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page 1Gorm the Old
Harald Bluetooth
King of Denmark and Norway

Gorm the Old
King of Denmark
Jelling stones
2 runestones in Jelling, Denmark
Gunnhild, Mother of Kings
Wife of Eric Bloodaxe

Thyra
Thyra or Thyri (Old Norse: Þyri or Þyre) was the wife of King Gorm the Old of Denmark, and one of the first queens of Denmark believed by scholars to be historical rather than legendary. She is presented in medieval sources as a wise and powerful woman who ordered the building or fortification of the Danevirke, consistent with her commemoration on multiple Viking Age runestones. These include those at Jelling which was the seat of power for her dynasty.
Toke Gormsson
King of Scania 971-986