Gorm The Old

Gorm The Old

male, deceased (958)
Gorm the Old (Gorm den Gamle) was King of Denmark in the mid-900s. He was the husband of Thyra (to whom he raised the older of the two Jelling...
Haakon Sigurdsson

Haakon Sigurdsson

male, deceased (995)
Haakon Sigurdsson Jarl, (d. 995) was the son of Sigurd Haakonsson, Earl of Lade, and thus Trøndelag. Haakon claimed descent from the divine linage o...

Redburga

female
Redburga or Raedburh was the wife of king Egbert of Wessex and may have been the sister-in-law of Charlemagne as the sister of his fourth wife,...
Ulf Jarl

Ulf Jarl

male, deceased (1026)
Ulf Jarl belonged to a prominent Swedish family since he was the son of Thorgils Sprakalägg who is considered to have been the son of Styrbjörn th...

Thyra

female
Thyra was the consort of King Gorm the Old of Denmark. She is believed to have led an army against the Germans. Gorm and Thyra were the parents of...
Harald Grenske

Harald Grenske

male
Harald Grenski was the son of Gudrød Bjørnsson. Gudrød was a grand-son of Harald Fairhair, and the king of Vestfold. Harald's cognomen "Grenski" is...
Sweyn I of Denmark I of Denmark

Sweyn I of Denmark I of Denmark

male, deceased (1014)
Sweyn I, or Sweyn Forkbeard, in the Anglo-Saxon Chronicles, also known as Swegen and Swein,, (c. 960–February 3, 1014), was king of Denmark and En...