- Gorm the Old _____Abt 890 - Bef 950
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Gorm the Old (, [1][2]), also called Gorm the Languid, was the first historically recognized ruler of Denmark, reigning from to his death .[3] 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 .[3]
References
- ↑ Gorm the Old, in Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ 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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