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Roy Family Genealogy
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Thyra of Denmark
- 1000
Generation: 1
Generation: 3
Generation: 4
1. Thyra of Denmark (daughter of Harold III "Bluetooth", King of Denamrk and Norway and Gunhilda); died on 18 Sep 1000. Family/Spouse: Styrbiorn Olafsson. Styrbiorn (son of Olaf Edmundsson, King of Uppsala, and Sweden and Ingelberg) was born in 956; died in 985. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:
2. 
Harold III "Bluetooth", King of Denamrk and Norway was born about 910 (son of Gorm "the Old", King of Denmark and Thyra Danebord); died on 1 Nov 988; was buried in Roskilde Cathedral, Roskilde, Denmark. Other Events and Attributes:
- History: He was the founder of the Jomsborg Vikings. King Harold Bluetooth brought Christianity to Denmark roughly 1100 years ago. At least that's what he declared on the Jelling Stone located in Jutland: "King Haraldr ordered this monument made in memory of Gormr, his father, and in memory of Thyrvé, his mother; that Haraldr who won for himself all of Denmark and Norway and made the Danes Christian."
Notes:
Name:
Harold married Gunhilda. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
3. Gunhilda Notes:
Parentage: She may have been the daughter of King Olaf of Sweden.
Children:
- 1. Thyra of Denmark died on 18 Sep 1000.
Generation: 3
4. Gorm "the Old", King of Denmark was born about 840 (son of Harold II, King of Staelland and Bertrade, Princess of Norway); died after 950; was buried in Jelling, Denmark. Other Events and Attributes:
- History: in 883, he was crowned the King of Denmark. He was opposed Christianity. In 905, he was crowned the King of East Anglia.
Notes:
Name:
Gorm married Thyra Danebord. Thyra (daughter of Jarl Harold "Klak") died about 935 in Denmark; was buried in Jelling, Denmark. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
5. Thyra Danebord (daughter of Jarl Harold "Klak"); died about 935 in Denmark; was buried in Jelling, Denmark. Children:
- Gunhild
- 2. Harold III "Bluetooth", King of Denamrk and Norway was born about 910; died on 1 Nov 988; was buried in Roskilde Cathedral, Roskilde, Denmark.
Generation: 4
8. Harold II, King of Staelland (son of Frotho, King of Staelland); died in 899 in Denmark. Notes:
Name:
Harold married Bertrade, Princess of Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
9. Bertrade, Princess of Norway Children:
- 4. Gorm "the Old", King of Denmark was born about 840; died after 950; was buried in Jelling, Denmark.
10. Jarl Harold "Klak" Other Events and Attributes:
- History: He was the ruler of Jutland and built Danewiak between 936 and 940.
Children:
- 5. Thyra Danebord died about 935 in Denmark; was buried in Jelling, Denmark.
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