Family:
Marriage:
Children:
- Ragnhild Of Norway
Bibliography
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Cokayne, George Edward, Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain, and the United Kingdom, extant, extinct, or dormant, vol 10, Oakham-Richmond. London: St Catherine Press, 1945. Reprinted (4 per page) Gloucester: A Sutton, 1982. Available at https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/271412 Information from this source tagged as [Ref: CP X [Ap][p0-9].*].
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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]*].
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Baldwin, Stewart, Gorm's wife and children. Posting to soc.genealogy.medieval (email list GEN-MEDIEVAL) on 2/26/2000. Subject: Gorm's wife and children. Available at https://groups.google.com/g/soc.genealogy.medieval/c/gC6kT2Ktwng/m/kJ_mHdOW8FAJ. Author address sbald at mindspring dot com. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Stewart Baldwin SGM 2/26/2000].
- parents:
- dotted line on chart, Gorm der Alte & Thyra [Ref: ES II #97],
- father:
- (T v Kg Gorm d Alten (den Gamle)) [Ref: ES II #105]
- either Gorm the Old or Azur Tot [Ref: CP X AppA p5]
Sources for death Information
- date:
- nach 970 [Ref: ES II #105, ES II #97]
Sources with Information about marriage to Eric Bloodage
- names:
- [Ref: CP X AppA p5, ES II #97],
- child:
- [Ref: ES II #105]
Research Notes:
Gunnhild was the wife of Erik "Bloodaxe", king of Norway, and later of York.
Although Erik himself appears in contemporary (or nearly so) English sources
[Anglo-Saxon Chronicle], I am unaware of any source prior to the twelfth
century which gives the name of Erik's wife. The Icelandic sources all agree
in making her the daughter of a certain Ozurr, and make no mention of any
connection between her and the royal family of Denmark. The only primary
source to my knowledge which makes her a daughter of Gorm is "Historia
Norvegiae", a Latin history of Norway, of uncertain date (perhaps late 12th or
13th century), existing only in a single manuscript of 1500 or later. (An
English translation is supposed to be forthcoming, but I have not seen it
on the bookselling websites.) Although many secondary sources obviously prefer
the account in which Gunnhild was the daughter of Gorm, it is not clear why
the unique testimony of "Historia Norwegiae" should outweigh the contrary
sources. Another negative indicator is that some sources [e.g., Theodoricus
Monachus and grip, both pre-1200 sources, neither of which states Gunnhild's
parentage] state that Gorm's son Harald offered his hand in marriage to
Gunnhild, something that would not have happened if Harald and Gunnhild were
siblings. Thus, in my opinion, Gunnhild's status as a child of Gorm should
be considered unlikely. [Ref: Stewart Baldwin SGM 2/26/2000]
Pedigree of Gunhild
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Randver
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Sigurd Ring King Of Sjaelland And Uppsala
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Rayner Lodbrok King Of Denmark And Sweden
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Sigurd Snodoye King Of Denmark And Sweden
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Horda Knut King Of Denmark
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Frotho King Of Denmark
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Harold Parcus King Of Denmark
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Gorm Del Gammel King Of Denmark
Gunhild
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Ingild
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Eoppa
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Eafa
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Eahlmund King of Kent
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Egbert The Great King Of England
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Egbert I King Of Kent
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Wihtred King Of Kent
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Ethelbert II King Of Kent
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Ethelburga
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(Unk Dau)
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Ethelwolf King Of England
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Raedburh
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Ethelred I King Of England
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Oslac Great Butler Of England
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Osburh
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Thyra
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(Unk)
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Wulfrida
Descendants of Gunhild