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Harold II, King of Staelland

Male - 899


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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  Harold II, King of Staelland died in 899 in Denmark.

    Notes:

    Name:

    Family/Spouse: Bertrade, Princess of Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 2. Gorm "the Old", King of Denmark  Descendancy chart to this point was born about 840; died after 950; was buried in Jelling, Denmark.


Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Gorm "the Old", King of Denmark Descendancy chart to this point (1.Harold1) was born about 840; 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:

    Family/Spouse: Thyra Danebord. Thyra (daughter of Jarl Harold "Klak") died about 935 in Denmark; was buried in Jelling, Denmark. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 3. Gunhild  Descendancy chart to this point
    2. 4. Harold III "Bluetooth", King of Denamrk and Norway  Descendancy chart to this point was born about 910; died on 1 Nov 988; was buried in Roskilde Cathedral, Roskilde, Denmark.


Generation: 3

  1. 3.  Gunhild Descendancy chart to this point (2.Gorm2, 1.Harold1)

    Family/Spouse: Eric I "Bloodaxe", King of Norway, Jarl of Northumberland. Eric (son of Harold I "Haarfager", Over-King of Norway and Ragnhild) was born about 895. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 5. Harold II "Graypelt", King of Norway  Descendancy chart to this point died in 970.

  2. 4.  Harold III "Bluetooth", King of Denamrk and NorwayHarold III "Bluetooth", King of Denamrk and Norway Descendancy chart to this point (2.Gorm2, 1.Harold1) was born about 910; 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 ThyrvĂ©, his mother; that Haraldr who won for himself all of Denmark and Norway and made the Danes Christian."

    Notes:

    Name:

    Family/Spouse: Tofa. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Family/Spouse: Gunhilda. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 6. Thyra of Denmark  Descendancy chart to this point died on 18 Sep 1000.

    Family/Spouse: Gyrith. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]



Generation: 4

  1. 5.  Harold II "Graypelt", King of Norway Descendancy chart to this point (3.Gunhild3, 2.Gorm2, 1.Harold1) died in 970.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Reign: 950 to 963; King of Norway

    Notes:

    Death: Weis (1982) gives his death date as 963.

    Name:

    Family/Spouse: Unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 7. Bertrade, Prncess of Norway  Descendancy chart to this point

  2. 6.  Thyra of Denmark Descendancy chart to this point (4.Harold3, 2.Gorm2, 1.Harold1) 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:
    1. 8. Jarl Thorkill "Sparkalaeg"  Descendancy chart to this point


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