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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.
Rosborn points out that Adam of Bremen, the only historical source commenting on the death of Harald, says that Harald died in Jumne (Jomsborg) from his wounds. Yet, as Rosborn explains, Jumne probably did not have a Christian church, so Harald's body may have been buried, at least temporarily, in the nearest church located at Wiejkowo.
The Danish and Polish inscription, held in rune style, commemorates the death of Harald Bluetooth in Jómsborg, 986 (according to inscription). Jomsborg or Jómsborg (German: Jomsburg) was a semi-legendary Viking stronghold at the southern coast of the Baltic Sea (medieval Wendland, modern Pomerania), that existed between the 960s and 1043.
The larger of the two stones was raised by King Gorm's son, Harald Bluetooth, ... In 1994, the stones, in addition to the burial mounds and small church nearby, ...
King Harald Bluetooth erected a great mound, the largest burial mound in Denmark, over an existing Bronze Age burial mound at Jelling, and buried in it the remains of his father Gorm the Old. Later, to the south of it he raised an even higher empty mound, which a runestone raised by Gorm describes as the grave of Harald's mother, Queen Thyra ...
Also, the inscription can tell the social status of the dead person, possible foreign voyage, place of death, and also a prayer, as in the following example, [21] the Lingsberg Runestone U 241: And Danr and Húskarl and Sveinn had the stone erected in memory of Ulfríkr, their father's father. He had taken two payments in England. May God and ...
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Burial sites of the House of Knýtlinga (2 C, 2 P) House of Estridsen (11 C, 72 P) ... Harald Bluetooth; Harold Harefoot; Harthacnut; M. Maria of Mecklenburg-Schwerin; S.