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Harald "Bluetooth" Gormsson (Old Norse: Haraldr Blátǫnn Gormsson; [2] Danish: Harald Blåtand Gormsen, died c. 985/86) was a king of Denmark and Norway. He was the son of King Gorm the Old and of Thyra Dannebod. Harald ruled as king of Denmark from c. 958 – c. 986.
The Rebellion of Harald Bluetooth, also known as the German–Danish War of 974, [citation needed] was a conflict between Denmark, under the newly established House of Knýtlinga, and the Holy Roman Empire, under the Ottonian Dynasty.
He was the father of King Harald II of Denmark, King Cnut the Great, and Queen Estrid Svendsdatter. [2] In the mid-980s, Sweyn revolted against his father, Harald Bluetooth, and seized the throne. Harald was driven into exile and died shortly afterwards in November 986 or 987. [4]
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In 1013 Sweyn Forkbeard, already the king of Denmark and of Norway, overthrew King Æthelred the Unready of the House of Wessex. Sweyn had first invaded England in 1003 to avenge the death of his sister Gunhilde and many other Danes in the St. Brice's Day massacre , which had been ordered by Æthelred in 1002.
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Palnatoke raised king Harald Bluetooth's son Sweyn Forkbeard and was a staunch supporter of the old pagan faith. Harald Bluetooth had allowed Christian missionaries from the Archbishop of Hamburg-Bremen missionary in Denmark and the king himself was baptized once between 960 and 965. Palnatoke convinced Sweyn to wage war on his father.
Harald Bluetooth: 25. Thyra: 6. Sweyn I Forkbeard: 26. (perhaps Mstivoj of the Obotrites) 13. Gunhild (or Tove) 3. Estrid Svendsdatter: 7. Sigrid the Haughty (legendary)