Genealogy of the Marshall Family,
including Medieval and Ancient Lines

Updated: 02-03-2022.

Submitted and Maintained by Bill Marshall, bill.marshall@verizon.net.


Additions and corrections appreciated (especially with sources). My current list of sources is here. Homepage here.

Index of Medieval and Ancient Lines is here, notable people here, and Gedcom may be downloaded here.

Index of Modern Lines (immigrants to America and their descendants) is here, notable people here, and Gedcom here.


Individual Page


Family:
Marriage:
Marriage: Children:
  1. Harald II King Of Denmark Death: Abt 1018
  2. Gytha
  3. Thyra
  4. Estrid Death: 9 May After 1020
  5. Knut The Great King Of Denmark And England Birth: Abt 995 Death: 12 Nov 1035 in Sherborne

Bibliography
  1. Berg, Anders, Adam of Bremen on mother of Olaf. Posting to soc.genealogy.medieval (email list GEN-MEDIEVAL) on 6/2/1996. Subject: Erik the Victorious' wives. Available at https://groups.google.com/g/soc.genealogy.medieval/c/2jcao-2Cluw/m/144X4JzNdiEJ. Author address: anders dot berg at PI dot SE. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Anders Berg SGM 6/2/1996].
  2. Berg, Anders, Thietmar of Merseburg. Posting to soc.genealogy.medieval (email list GEN-MEDIEVAL) on 6/3/1996. Subject: Erik the Victorious' wives. Available at https://groups.google.com/g/soc.genealogy.medieval/c/2jcao-2Cluw/m/144X4JzNdiEJ. Author address: anders dot berg at PI dot SE. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Anders Berg SGM 6/3/1996].
  3. Schwennicke, Detlev, ed., Europaische Stammtafeln: Stammtafeln zur Geschichte der europaischen Staaten, New Series. II: Die Ausserdeutschen Staaten Die Regierenden Hauser der Ubrigen Staaten Europas. Marburg: Verlag von J. A. Stargardt, 1984. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: ES II #[0-9]*].
  4. Olar, Jared, Sigrid and Gunnhild. Posting to soc.genealogy.medieval (email list GEN-MEDIEVAL) on 6/6/1996. Subject: Sigrid and Gunnhild. Available at https://groups.google.com/g/soc.genealogy.medieval/c/gBfnkDrwat4/m/8HCaTYXYBhEJ. Author address: olar at UIS dot EDU. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Jared Olar SGM 6/6/1996].
  5. Keats-Rohan, K.S.B., Domesday Descendants, A Prosopography of Persons Occurring in English Documents 1066-1166. Vol II: Pipe Rolls to Cartae Baronum. Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk: Boydell Press, 2002. NYPL ARF 03-4178 vol 2. Corrections at http://users.ox.ac.uk/~prosop/domesday-descendants-corrigenda.pdf Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Keats-Rohan DD p[0-9]*].
  6. Paget, Gerald, The Lineage and Ancestry of H.R.H. Prince Charles, Prince of Wales. London: Charles Skilton Ltd, 1977. Nypl ARF+ 78-835. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Paget HRHCharles p[0-9]*].
  7. Baldwin, Stewart, Adam of Bremen vs saga authors. Posting to soc.genealogy.medieval (email list GEN-MEDIEVAL) on 5/8/1996. Subject: Erik the Victorious' wives. Available at https://groups.google.com/g/soc.genealogy.medieval/c/1QaMa3_c4BU/m/f0aK45wqK-gJ. Author address: sbald at AUBURN dot CAMPUS dot MCI dot NET. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Stewart Baldwin SGM 5/8/1996].

Sources for birth and parent Information
date:
kurz nach 967 [Ref: ES II #114, ES II #120],
parents:
[Ref: ES II #120],
father:
[Ref: ES II #114, ES II #97, Paget HRHCharles p7]
Sources for death Information
date:
nach 1014 [Ref: ES II #97]
nach 2.II 1014 [Ref: ES II #114, ES II #120]
Sources with Information about marriage to Erik SEGERSALL, King Of Sweden
date:
980/90 [Ref: ES II #120]
first marriage of Gunhild [Ref: ES II #97]
second marriage of Erik [Ref: ES II #114]
Sources with Information about marriage to Sven I Forkbeard King Of Denmark And England
date:
[Ref: ES II #120]
first marriage of Sven Forkbeard [Ref: Paget HRHCharles p7],
child:
[Ref: ES II #97, Keats-Rohan DD p1101, Paget HRHCharles p7]
Research Notes:
The progression would seem to be as follows (significant new details or alterations in the testimony are hightlighted with asterisks):
Thietmar: Boleslav, son of Mieszko, gives Erik of Sweden his sister, a daughter of Mieszko, in marriage. After Erik's death, this Polish princess becomes the wife of Svein of Denmark, and the mother of Svein's sons Harald and Knut, who bring her back to Denmark from Poland after their father's death in 1014.
Adam: Boleslav gives Erik of Sweden his sister **or daughter** in marriage. **Boleslav's sister becomes the mother of Erik's son and heir Olaf.** After Erik's death his widow marries Svein of Denmark, and their sons are Harald and Knut.
Snorri: Erik of Sweden marries **Sigrid, daughter of Skoglar-Tosti,** and has a son and heir named Olaf. Erik dies. Svein marries Gunnhild, a **daughter** of Burizlaf, King of Vindland. **Gunnhild dies of a sickness.** Svein then marries Erik's widow **Sigrid**, so that Olaf of Sweden is the half-brother of Svein's son Knut. [Ref: Jared Olar SGM 6/6/1996]

Thietmar of Merseburg died in 1019. This is really a contemporary source [Ref: Anders Berg SGM 6/3/1996]

Adam's account that the sister of Boleslaw was the mother of Olaf is discarded by most historians today. It is chronologically impossible. Olaf Sko:tkonung must have been at least 15 years old when his father Erik died in ~995, and Erik married the polish princess no more than a couple of years prior to his death. We can say this because Boleslaw Chobry became king in 992, and it was he who gave his sister to Erik (see Adam's skolium 24).
The obvious conclusion is that Olaf was born in an earlier marriage between Erik and a woman not known/mentioned in the contemporary or near-contemporary sources (that is, Thietmar/Adam). [Ref: Anders Berg SGM 6/2/1996]

I don't think that comparing him [Adam of Bremen] with the sagas ... is entirely fair. There are several reasons why Adam of Bremen should be regarded as a much more reliable source for early Scandinavian history than the sagas. First, Adam wrote at an earlier time than the saga authors, and therefore was closer in time to the relevant events. Second, Adam got some of his information on early Scandinavian history directly from king Svend II of Denmark, and there is no indication that any of the saga authors got their data from an early source of the same caliber for Danish or Swedish history, and it is Swedish history that is relevant here. (You could make an excellent case that the saga authors were better informed than Adam about Norwegian (and Icelandic) history, but Adam certainly gets the edge with regard to Sweden and Denmark.) Third, Adam of Bremen's work is a work of history, whereas the sagas contain a layer of literature superimposed on the historical material which dilutes their value as a historical source. Finally, if you compare the statements of both Adam of Bremen and the sagas regarding early Scandinavian history with that part of the history which can be verified with good contemporary records, Adam of Bremen, even with his errors, still comes through this test much better than the sagas do. [Ref: Stewart Baldwin SGM 5/8/1996]

We can alla gree that both the sagas and Adam have confused things. Most historians favor the following confusion: Sigrid existed, but was married only to Erik, and was the mother of Olaf [Ref: Anders Berg SGM 6/2/1996]



Pedigree of Gunhild
          /-----Ziemovitus Duke Of Poland
 /-----Miesko Prince Of Poland
Gunhild
|                           /-----Borzhivoi I Duke Of Bohemia
|                  /-----Vratislav I Duke Of Bohemia
|                 |        |         /-----Slavabor Of Alcelnick
|                 |         \-----Saint Ludomilla Of Alcelnick
|         /-----Boleslav I Duke Of Bohemia
|        |         \-----Drahomira Of Stodor
 \-----Dabrowaka Of Bohemia
          \-----Bosena Of Stochou



Descendants of Gunhild
1. Gunhild m1. Erik SEGERSALL, King Of Sweden m2. Sven I Forkbeard King Of Denmark And England
m. Erik SEGERSALL, King Of Sweden father: Bjorn The Old King Of Sweden
m. Sven I Forkbeard King Of Denmark And England father: Harald Blaatand King Of Denmark mother: Gunthilda

2nd generation

5. Estrid m1. Richard II The Good Duke Of Normandy m2. Ulf Jarl
m. Richard II The Good Duke Of Normandy father: Richard I The Fearless Duke Of Normandy mother: Gunnora
m. Ulf Jarl father: Jarl Thorkill Sprakalaeg
6. Knut The Great King Of Denmark And England m1. Aelfgyfu m2. Emma
m. Aelfgyfu father: Aelfreln Ealdorman Of Northumbrian Danes mother: Wulfruna
m. Emma father: Richard I The Fearless Duke Of Normandy mother: Gunnora

3rd generation

7. Sven II Astridson King Of Denmark m1. m2. Gunhild m3. Gyda m4. Thora Thorbergsdotter
m. Gunhild father: Sven Hakonsson Jarl mother: Holmfrid Of Sweeden
m. Gyda
m. Thora Thorbergsdotter
11. Cunegunda Of Denmark m. Henry III The Black King Of Germany, Emperor
m. Henry III The Black King Of Germany, Emperor father: Conrad II The Salic King Of Germany mother: Gisele Of Swabia

4th generation

13. Knut IV King Of Denmark m. Adele Of Flanders
m. Adele Of Flanders father: Robert Le FRISON, Count Of Flanders mother: Gertrude Of Saxony
15. Erik I King Of Denmark m1. m2. Bodil Thrugotsdatter
m. Bodil Thrugotsdatter father: Thrugot Ulfssen mother: Thorgunna Vagnsdatter
16. Neils King Of Denmark m. Margareta Of Sweden
m. Margareta Of Sweden father: Inge I Stenkilsson King Of Sweden mother: Helena

5th generation

20. Ingegard Of Denmark m. Folk Der Dicke
m. Folk Der Dicke
22. Erik II King Of Denmark m. Malmfried Of Kiev
m. Malmfried Of Kiev father: Mstislas II Grand Prince Of Kiev mother: Christina Of Sweden
23. Ragnhild Of Denmark m. Hakon Sunnivasson
m. Hakon Sunnivasson
24. Knut Lavand King Of South Jutland m. Ingeborg Of Kiev
m. Ingeborg Of Kiev father: Mstislas II Grand Prince Of Kiev mother: Christina Of Sweden