Person:Gorm the Old (1)
Gorm the Old
b.abt 890 Germany
d.bef 950 Jelling, Vejle, Denmark
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  1. Gorm the Old
Spouse and Children
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m. 0880
  1. Herfast De Crepon
  2. Knud Gormsson
  3. Gunnor, Princess of Denmark
  4. Gunnhild , Mother of Kings
  5. King Harald I "Bluetooth" Gormsson , of Denmark & Norway
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Name Gorm the Old
Alt Name King Gorm the Old of Denmark
Alt Name King of Denmark Gorm "the Old" of Jutland
Gender Male
Marriage 0880 Denmarkto Tyra Danabod
Birth[1] abt 890 GermanyBlauzahn?
Death[2] bef 950 Jelling, Vejle, DenmarkGormshoj
Other[3] notat
Reference Number? Q314490?
Burial? Jelling, Vejle, Denmark


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Gorm the Old (, Latin: GORM VETUS), also called Gorm the Languid, was the first historically recognized King of Denmark, reigning from to his death . He ruled from Jelling, and made the oldest of the Jelling Stones in honour of his wife Thyra. Gorm was born before 900 and died .[1]

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References
  1. ↑ Gorm the Old, in Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia.
  2. ↑ GORM, son of [HARDEKNUD] & his wife his [wife] --- (-before 950, bur Jelling), in Cawley, Charles. Medieval Lands: A prosopography of medieval European noble and royal families.
  3. ↑ Dansk konge med sæde i Jelling; havde også tilnavnet "Løge", d.v.s. "den
    dvaske". Han var gift med Thyra og rejste sten over hende i Jelling, hvor de
    begge begravedes i kæmpehøje. Sønnen Harald Blåtand rejste dem den store
    Jelling-sten. Det var formentlig også Harald, der lod deres lig flytte ind i en
    grav under Jellingkirkens gulv.
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