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Peerage Record – 10543

Gyrid Olafsdottir

Female, Registry Number #105421

Last Edited=9 Mar 2002
     Gyrid Olafsdottir married Harald I ‘Bluetooth’ Gormsson, King of Denmark.

Children of Gyrid Olafsdottir and Harald I ‘Bluetooth’ Gormsson, King of Denmark

Håkon Haraldsson

Male, Registry Number #105422

Last Edited=9 Mar 2002
     Håkon Haraldsson is the son of Harald I ‘Bluetooth’ Gormsson, King of Denmark and Gyrid Olafsdottir.

Gunhild Haraldsdottir

Female, Registry Number #105423

Last Edited=9 Mar 2002
     Gunhild Haraldsdottir is the daughter of Harald I ‘Bluetooth’ Gormsson, King of Denmark and Gyrid Olafsdottir.

Sweyn Godwinson, Earl of Mercia1

Male, Registry Number #105424, b. circa 1023, d. 29 September 1052

Last Edited=3 Nov 2002
     Sweyn Godwinson, Earl of Mercia was born circa 1023.1 He was the son of Godwine, Earl of Wessex and Gytha (?)1 He married Edgiva (?)1 He died on 29 September 1052 at Lycia, Turkey.1
     He gained the title of Earl of Mercia in 1043.1

Children of Sweyn Godwinson, Earl of Mercia and Edgiva (?)

Citations:
  1. [S11] Alison Weir, Britain’s Royal Families: The Complete Genealogy (London, U.K.: The Bodley Head, 1999), page 35. Hereinafter cited as Britain’s Royal Families.

Thorgils ‘Sprakalegg’ Styrbjornson1

Male, Registry Number #105425, b. circa 965

Last Edited=9 Apr 2006
     Thorgils ‘Sprakalegg’ Styrbjornson was born circa 965.1 He was the son of Styrbjon Olavsson and Thyra Haraldsdottir.1 He married Sigrid of Halland.

Children of Thorgils ‘Sprakalegg’ Styrbjornson and Sigrid of Halland

Citations:
  1. [S1266] Shaun Hobson, “re: Thorgils ‘Sprakalegg’ Styrbjornson,” e-mail message to British and European Nobility Register, 5 February. Hereinafter cited as “re: Thorgils ‘Sprakalegg’ Styrbjornson.”
  2. [S11] Alison Weir, Britain’s Royal Families: The Complete Genealogy (London, U.K.: The Bodley Head, 1999), page 26. Hereinafter cited as Britain’s Royal Families.

Harald III Hén Svendsson, King of Denmark1

Male, Registry Number #105426, d. 17 April 1080

Last Edited=14 Jul 2005
     Harald III Hén Svendsson, King of Denmark was the son of Svend II Estrithson, King of Denmark.1 He married Margaret Asbjornsdottir. He died on 17 April 1080.
     He succeeded as the King Harald III of Denmark in 1074.2
Citations:
  1. [S38] John Morby, Dynasties of the World: a chronological and genealogical handbook (Oxford, Oxfordshire, U.K.: Oxford University Press, 1989), page 149. Hereinafter cited as Dynasties of the World.
  2. [S16] Jirí Louda and Michael MacLagan, Lines of Succession: Heraldry of the Royal Families of Europe, 2nd edition (London, U.K.: Little, Brown and Company, 1999), table 16. Hereinafter cited as Lines of Succession.

Saint Knud II Svendsson, King of Denmark1

Male, Registry Number #105427, b. circa 1043, d. 10 July 1086

Last Edited=26 May 2021
     Saint Knud II Svendsson, King of Denmark was born circa 1043.2 He was the son of Svend II Estrithson, King of Denmark and Gunhilda Sweynsdottir.3,1 He married Adelheid van Vlaanderen, daughter of Robrecht I ‘de Fries’ Graaf van Vlaanderen Comte d’Artois and Gertrud Billung von Sachsen, circa 1080. He died on 10 July 1086 murdered by rebels.1
     He succeeded as the King Knud II of Denmark in 1080.1 In 1101 he was recognised by the Roman Catholic Church as the patron saint of Denmark.2

Children of Saint Knud II Svendsson, King of Denmark and Adelheid van Vlaanderen

Citations:
  1. [S16] Jirí Louda and Michael MacLagan, Lines of Succession: Heraldry of the Royal Families of Europe, 2nd edition (London, U.K.: Little, Brown and Company, 1999), table 16. Hereinafter cited as Lines of Succession.
  2. [S130] Wikipedia, online http;//www.wikipedia.org. Hereinafter cited as Wikipedia.
  3. [S38] John Morby, Dynasties of the World: a chronological and genealogical handbook (Oxford, Oxfordshire, U.K.: Oxford University Press, 1989), page 149. Hereinafter cited as Dynasties of the World.

Oluf I ‘Hunger’ Svendsson, King of Denmark

Male, Registry Number #105428, d. 18 August 1095

Last Edited=14 Jul 2005
     Oluf I ‘Hunger’ Svendsson, King of Denmark was the son of Svend II Estrithson, King of Denmark and Gunhilda Sweynsdottir.1 He married Ingegerd Haraldsdotter, daughter of Harald III Hardrade, King of Norway and Elisaveta Yaroslavna of Kiev. He died on 18 August 1095.
     He succeeded as the King Oluf I of Denmark in 1086.1

Child of Oluf I ‘Hunger’ Svendsson, King of Denmark and Ingegerd Haraldsdotter

Citations:
  1. [S16] Jirí Louda and Michael MacLagan, Lines of Succession: Heraldry of the Royal Families of Europe, 2nd edition (London, U.K.: Little, Brown and Company, 1999), table 16. Hereinafter cited as Lines of Succession.

Erik I ‘the Evergood’ Svendsson, King of Denmark1

Male, Registry Number #105429, d. 10 July 1103

Last Edited=14 Jul 2005
     Erik I ‘the Evergood’ Svendsson, King of Denmark was the son of Svend II Estrithson, King of Denmark and Gunhilda Sweynsdottir.1,2 He married Bothilde Thorgautsdottir, daughter of Thorgaut Ulvson. He died on 10 July 1103 at CyprusG.
     He succeeded as the King Erik I of Denmark in 1095.2

Children of Erik I ‘the Evergood’ Svendsson, King of Denmark and Bothilde Thorgautsdottir

Citations:
  1. [S38] John Morby, Dynasties of the World: a chronological and genealogical handbook (Oxford, Oxfordshire, U.K.: Oxford University Press, 1989), page 149. Hereinafter cited as Dynasties of the World.
  2. [S16] Jirí Louda and Michael MacLagan, Lines of Succession: Heraldry of the Royal Families of Europe, 2nd edition (London, U.K.: Little, Brown and Company, 1999), table 16. Hereinafter cited as Lines of Succession.

Niels Svendsson, King of Denmark1

Male, Registry Number #105430, d. 25 June 1134

Last Edited=14 Jul 2005
     Niels Svendsson, King of Denmark was the son of Svend II Estrithson, King of Denmark.1 He married Margaret Frithpoll, daughter of Inge I, King of Sweden and Helen (?), in 1105.2 He married Ulfhild Haroldsdottir, daughter of Harold Finson.3 He died on 25 June 1134 murdered.3
     He succeeded as the King Niels of Denmark in 1104.3

Children of Niels Svendsson, King of Denmark and Margaret Frithpoll

Citations:
  1. [S38] John Morby, Dynasties of the World: a chronological and genealogical handbook (Oxford, Oxfordshire, U.K.: Oxford University Press, 1989), page 149. Hereinafter cited as Dynasties of the World.
  2. [S16] Jirí Louda and Michael MacLagan, Lines of Succession: Heraldry of the Royal Families of Europe, 2nd edition (London, U.K.: Little, Brown and Company, 1999), table 27. Hereinafter cited as Lines of Succession.
  3. [S16] Louda and MacLagan, Lines of Succession, table 16.

 

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