King Gorm The Old

King Gorm The Old. Large North Mound, built 958 959 probably for Gorm the Old, the first king of Denmark, by his With king Gorm (or 'Kurm' as is the spelling on the Jelling stone, king Harold's memorial over his father and mother), the Danish line of kings officially begins. Gorm was married to Thyra and was the father of Harald Bluetooth

Who Was Gorm the Old, Viking King of Denmark?
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Gorm was married to Thyra and was the father of Harald Bluetooth He was known as a staunch pagan, resisting Christian.

Who Was Gorm the Old, Viking King of Denmark?

Both father and son were involved in the construction of the monuments at Jelling Originally interred in one of two nearby mounds, Gorm was apparently reburied in a wooden church built at the site by his son Harald Bluetooth (r It is believed that King Gorm died in about 958 CE and was buried in a burial mound at Jelling.

Who Was Gorm the Old, Viking King of Denmark?. Gorm the Old was a Danish king who ruled from his seat in Jelling from c.936 until his death c.958 "Thou hast said it, and not I, King Gorm," was the queen's reply

Gorm the Old Denmark's First King YouTube. Denmark's peripatetic Viking ruler Gorm the Old (d The news of the death had thus been conveyed to him without any one incurring the sworn penalty