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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.
The Danish House of Knýtlinga (English: "House of Cnut's Descendants") was a ruling royal house in Middle Age Scandinavia and England. Its most famous king was Cnut the Great, who gave his name to this dynasty. Other notable members were Cnut's father Sweyn Forkbeard, grandfather Harald Bluetooth, and sons Harthacnut, Harold Harefoot, and ...
Harald I r. 872–930 lived 849–933: Bjørn Farmann d. 927: Eric I r. 930–934 d. 954: Sigurd Rise 912–937: Olaf Haraldsson Geirstadalf d. 934: Haakon I 920–934–961: Harald Bluetooth r. 961–980 d. 987: Ålov Haraldsdatter b. Ca. 865: Bergljot Torresdatter: KNÝTLINGA: EARLS OF LADE: Gudrød Bjørnsson d. 968: Harald II r. 961–970 ...
Harald Bluetooth 932–985 King of Denmark r. 963/964–985: Gyrid of Sweden 10th cent. Knut Gormsson c. 920/925 –962 Co-King of Denmark r. 947–962: Toke c. 948/950 –986 King of Scania King of Denmark r. 971–986, r. 985–986: Styrbjörn the Strong d. 986: Tyra of Denmark d. 1000: Olaf Tryggvason 960s–1000 King of Norway: Sigrid the ...
Gorm was the father of three sons, Toke, Knut and Harald, later King Harald Bluetooth. [ 7 ] His wife, Thyra, is credited with the completion of the Danevirke , a wall between Denmark's southern border and its unfriendly Saxon neighbors to the south.
Harald Bluetooth: Mieszko I of Poland: Doubravka of Bohemia: William I Longsword: Sprota: Sweyn Forkbeard: Sigrid the Haughty: Gunnor: Richard I of Normandy [1] Ælfgifu of Northampton: Cnut the Great: Emma of Normandy [1] Æthelred the Unready [1] Ælfgifu of York [1] Richard II of Normandy [1] Judith of Brittany: Svein Knutsson: Harold ...
For Harald, he attacked Götaland and killed its ruler Ottar Jarl. [citation needed] Around 973–974, he went to Denmark to help Harald Bluetooth of Denmark in his defense against the Holy Roman Emperor Otto II. Otto's forces successfully opposed an attempt by Harald to throw off the German yoke. After that Haakon paid no taxes to Denmark.
Gorm's son, Harald Bluetooth succeeded his father as king and married possibly three times with Gunhild, Tove and Gyrid. Harald had a son named Sweyn Forkbeard. Sweyn succeeded his father as king and married Gunhild (Świętosława of Poland). They had a son named Cnut the Great. Sweyn also ruled England in his lifetime and established the ...