Harde Sigurdsson Family
  
Jelling, Denmark


Harde Knud H. Sigurdsson Danmark of Sjaella (
b. about 814 Hord, Jutland, Denmark
d. 884 Hord, Jutland, Denmark
buried: Roskilde Cathedral

1m: unknown
b. unknown
d. unknown



his father: Sigurd (Ragnarsson)"Snake-in-eye" Danmark
his mother: Heluna E. Ellasdatter
Children with unknown - perhaps more than one wife or mistress
Gorm "den Gamle/the Old" Hardeknudsson aka Hardeknodsson *
King of Denmark c900-940
b. abt 835 Denmark@
d. 936-958 Groshoj, Jellinge, Vejle, Denmark
1m. Elgiva Saxon
2m. Thyra (Danebod) Edwardsdaughter in 897 Jellinge, Denmark
  much of this is based on the documented lineage of the The Kings of Denmark website and wikitree.com
  *Danish Kings - Foundation for Medieval Genealogy

Gorm was described as an "abdurant heathen" by the Christian historian Adam Bede.


Gorm's small stone   Gorm side 2 jpg
The Small Stone at Jelling, Denmark about 950 AD

The inscription reads: “King Gorm made these runes in honour of his wife Thyra, the pride of Denmark”.

I have no other information on this family at this time.  The records for families of this age are based on the writing of Snorri or Adam Bede which may be more mythical than historical.  Firm birth and death dates are unreliable.  .

General Notes from Wikitree.com: Gorm's wife was Tyra - of that there is no doubt. But her parentage is even more mysterious that Gorm's.
There seems to be more evidence to support the tradition that Gorm's wife was English.

In the first place, Tyra was a Christian. It is far more likely that a Christian princess would have come from England, where the royal family were Christians, than from Jutland, which was still thoroughly pagan despite the early missionary efforts of Ansgar.

Whatever her ancestry, Gorm's Christian wife seems to have been a kindly woman, and very popular with her subjects. But she was unable to convert her husband to Christianity, and he remained a staunch pagan until his dying day.
Thyra married Gorm "The Old" Haraldsson King Of DENMARK son of Harald "Parcus" King Of Sjaelland DENMARK and Elfgifu Princess Of WESSEX, about 897 in Denmark. Gorm was born about 880 in Sjaelland Island, Denmark and died in 936 in Jellinge Vejle, Denmark 2918,3201 about age 56. Other names for Gorm were Gorm De Gamel, Gorm "The Old" Den GAMLE King Of Denmark, and Gorm "The Old" HARALDSSON King Of Denmark.
Thyra next married Geva KNUDSSON, son of Hardecanute (Knud) Sigurdsson King Of DENMARK and Elgiva, about 897 in Denmark. Geva was born before 850 in Denmark and died in 936 in Jellinge, Vejle, Denmark. Another name for Geva was Gorm Hardaknutsson.
King of Denmark, founder of the Jelling Dynasty. Made his mains set at Jelling, home of the two biggest burial mounds in Denmark and by two runic stones, one erected by Gorm and the other by his son Harold the Bluetooth. The latter stone reads, "Harald, the king, ordered this memorial made for his father Gorm and his mother, Thyra, the Harald who won all of Denmark, and also Norway, and (made) the Danes Christians." [An Outline History of Denmark]
Gorm married Thyra, the daughter of one of the regional chiefs, probably from southern Jutland. Claims that Thyra was a daughter of King Harald Klak have been discounted due to the impossibility of the ages of the persons involved.

"Danebod" was a name given her for her initiative in building fortifications around the boundaries of her region.

The Chronicon Roskildense records that "[Swen] huius filii Gorm et Hartha Knut" invaded Denmark, killed "rege Danorum Haldano cum filiis eius" and divided the kingdom between them. 

Source:

Danish Kings - Foundation for Medieval Genealogy-
                 http://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/DENMARK.htm#_Toc196361191
Nationalmuseet, Jellingprojektet
Weaton, Henry. History of the Northmen: Or, Danes and Normans, from the earliest times to the Conquest of England by William of Normandy. John Murray, London, 1831
wikitree.com

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