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href="https://ang.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gorm_se_Eald" title="Gorm se Eald – Old English" lang="ang" hreflang="ang" data-title="Gorm se Eald" data-language-autonym="Ænglisc" data-language-local-name="Old English" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ænglisc</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ar mw-list-item"><a href="https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%BA%D9%88%D8%B1%D9%85_%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B9%D8%AC%D9%88%D8%B2" title="غورم العجوز – Arabic" lang="ar" hreflang="ar" data-title="غورم العجوز" data-language-autonym="العربية" data-language-local-name="Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>العربية</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-az mw-list-item"><a href="https://az.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qoca_Qorm" title="Qoca Qorm – Azerbaijani" lang="az" hreflang="az" data-title="Qoca Qorm" data-language-autonym="Azərbaycanca" data-language-local-name="Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Azərbaycanca</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-azb mw-list-item"><a href="https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%82%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%85_%D9%BE%DB%8C%D8%B1" title="قورام پیر – South Azerbaijani" lang="azb" hreflang="azb" data-title="قورام پیر" data-language-autonym="تۆرکجه" data-language-local-name="South Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>تۆرکجه</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-be mw-list-item"><a href="https://be.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%93%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%BC_%D0%A1%D1%82%D0%B0%D1%80%D1%8B" title="Горм Стары – Belarusian" lang="be" hreflang="be" data-title="Горм Стары" data-language-autonym="Беларуская" data-language-local-name="Belarusian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Беларуская</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-be-x-old mw-list-item"><a href="https://be-tarask.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%93%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%BC_%D0%A1%D1%82%D0%B0%D1%80%D1%8B" title="Горм Стары – Belarusian (Taraškievica orthography)" lang="be-tarask" hreflang="be-tarask" data-title="Горм Стары" data-language-autonym="Беларуская (тарашкевіца)" data-language-local-name="Belarusian (Taraškievica orthography)" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Беларуская (тарашкевіца)</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bs mw-list-item"><a href="https://bs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gorm_Stari" title="Gorm Stari – Bosnian" lang="bs" hreflang="bs" data-title="Gorm Stari" data-language-autonym="Bosanski" data-language-local-name="Bosnian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bosanski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gorm_el_Vell" title="Gorm el Vell – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="Gorm el Vell" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Català</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gorm_Star%C3%BD" title="Gorm Starý – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="Gorm Starý" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Čeština</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-da mw-list-item"><a href="https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gorm_den_Gamle" title="Gorm den Gamle – Danish" lang="da" hreflang="da" data-title="Gorm den Gamle" data-language-autonym="Dansk" data-language-local-name="Danish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Dansk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gorm" title="Gorm – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Gorm" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-et mw-list-item"><a href="https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gorm_Vana" title="Gorm Vana – Estonian" lang="et" hreflang="et" data-title="Gorm Vana" data-language-autonym="Eesti" data-language-local-name="Estonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Eesti</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-el mw-list-item"><a href="https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%93%CE%BA%CE%BF%CF%81%CE%BC_%CE%BF_%CE%A0%CE%B1%CE%BB%CE%B1%CE%B9%CF%8C%CF%82" title="Γκορμ ο Παλαιός – Greek" lang="el" hreflang="el" data-title="Γκορμ ο Παλαιός" data-language-autonym="Ελληνικά" data-language-local-name="Greek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ελληνικά</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gorm_el_Viejo" title="Gorm el Viejo – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Gorm el Viejo" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eu mw-list-item"><a href="https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gorm_Zaharra" title="Gorm Zaharra – Basque" lang="eu" hreflang="eu" data-title="Gorm Zaharra" data-language-autonym="Euskara" data-language-local-name="Basque" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Euskara</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%AF%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%85_%D9%BE%DB%8C%D8%B1" title="گورام پیر – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="گورام پیر" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gorm_l%27Ancien" title="Gorm l'Ancien – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Gorm l'Ancien" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EA%B3%A0%EB%A6%84_%EA%B0%80%EB%AF%88%EB%A6%AC" title="고름 가믈리 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="고름 가믈리" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gorm_L%C3%B8ge" title="Gorm Løge – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="Gorm Løge" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Indonesia</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-is mw-list-item"><a href="https://is.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gormur_gamli" title="Gormur gamli – Icelandic" lang="is" hreflang="is" data-title="Gormur gamli" data-language-autonym="Íslenska" data-language-local-name="Icelandic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Íslenska</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gorm_il_Vecchio" title="Gorm il Vecchio – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Gorm il Vecchio" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-he mw-list-item"><a href="https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%92%D7%95%D7%A8%D7%9D_%D7%94%D7%96%D7%A7%D7%9F" title="גורם הזקן – Hebrew" lang="he" hreflang="he" data-title="גורם הזקן" data-language-autonym="עברית" data-language-local-name="Hebrew" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>עברית</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hu mw-list-item"><a href="https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/III._Gorm_d%C3%A1n_kir%C3%A1ly" title="III. Gorm dán király – Hungarian" lang="hu" hreflang="hu" data-title="III. Gorm dán király" data-language-autonym="Magyar" data-language-local-name="Hungarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Magyar</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-arz mw-list-item"><a href="https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%88%D8%B1%D9%85_%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%82%D8%AF%D9%8A%D9%85" title="جورم القديم – Egyptian Arabic" lang="arz" hreflang="arz" data-title="جورم القديم" data-language-autonym="مصرى" data-language-local-name="Egyptian Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>مصرى</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gorm_de_Oude" title="Gorm de Oude – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="Gorm de Oude" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nederlands</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B4%E3%83%BC%E3%83%A0%E8%80%81%E7%8E%8B" title="ゴーム老王 – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="ゴーム老王" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>日本語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-no mw-list-item"><a href="https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gorm_den_gamle" title="Gorm den gamle – Norwegian Bokmål" lang="nb" hreflang="nb" data-title="Gorm den gamle" data-language-autonym="Norsk bokmål" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Bokmål" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk bokmål</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pl mw-list-item"><a href="https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gorm_Stary" title="Gorm Stary – Polish" lang="pl" hreflang="pl" data-title="Gorm Stary" data-language-autonym="Polski" data-language-local-name="Polish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Polski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pt mw-list-item"><a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gormo_da_Dinamarca" title="Gormo da Dinamarca – Portuguese" lang="pt" hreflang="pt" data-title="Gormo da Dinamarca" data-language-autonym="Português" data-language-local-name="Portuguese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Português</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ro mw-list-item"><a href="https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gorm_cel_B%C4%83tr%C3%A2n_al_Danemarcei" title="Gorm cel Bătrân al Danemarcei – Romanian" lang="ro" hreflang="ro" data-title="Gorm cel Bătrân al Danemarcei" data-language-autonym="Română" data-language-local-name="Romanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Română</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ru mw-list-item"><a href="https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%93%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%BC_%D0%A1%D1%82%D0%B0%D1%80%D1%8B%D0%B9" title="Горм Старый – Russian" lang="ru" hreflang="ru" data-title="Горм Старый" data-language-autonym="Русский" data-language-local-name="Russian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Русский</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sr 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color:inherit; font-size: 125%">Gorm the Old</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image photo"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:August_Thomsen_-_Thyra_Dannebod_meddeler_Kong_Gorm_den_Gamle_Underretning_om_hans_S%C3%B8n_Knuds_D%C3%B8d.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/76/August_Thomsen_-_Thyra_Dannebod_meddeler_Kong_Gorm_den_Gamle_Underretning_om_hans_S%C3%B8n_Knuds_D%C3%B8d.png/220px-August_Thomsen_-_Thyra_Dannebod_meddeler_Kong_Gorm_den_Gamle_Underretning_om_hans_S%C3%B8n_Knuds_D%C3%B8d.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="269" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/76/August_Thomsen_-_Thyra_Dannebod_meddeler_Kong_Gorm_den_Gamle_Underretning_om_hans_S%C3%B8n_Knuds_D%C3%B8d.png/330px-August_Thomsen_-_Thyra_Dannebod_meddeler_Kong_Gorm_den_Gamle_Underretning_om_hans_S%C3%B8n_Knuds_D%C3%B8d.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/76/August_Thomsen_-_Thyra_Dannebod_meddeler_Kong_Gorm_den_Gamle_Underretning_om_hans_S%C3%B8n_Knuds_D%C3%B8d.png/440px-August_Thomsen_-_Thyra_Dannebod_meddeler_Kong_Gorm_den_Gamle_Underretning_om_hans_S%C3%B8n_Knuds_D%C3%B8d.png 2x" data-file-width="1633" data-file-height="2000" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption" style="line-height:normal;padding-bottom:0.2em;padding-top:0.2em;">Gorm learns of the death of his son Canute, painting by <a href="/w/index.php?title=August_Carl_Vilhelm_Thomsen&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="August Carl Vilhelm Thomsen (page does not exist)">August Carl Vilhelm Thomsen</a></div></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: #e4dcf6;color:inherit;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;"><a href="/wiki/King_of_Denmark" class="mw-redirect" title="King of Denmark">King of Denmark</a></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Reign</th><td class="infobox-data"><abbr title="circa">c.</abbr><span style="white-space:nowrap;"> 936</span> – 958/963/964</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Predecessor</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Harthacnut_I" class="mw-redirect" title="Harthacnut I">Harthacnut (Canute I)</a> (<i>semi-legendary</i>)<br />or <a href="/wiki/Gnupa_of_Denmark" class="mw-redirect" title="Gnupa of Denmark">Gnupa</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Successor</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Harald_Bluetooth" title="Harald Bluetooth">Harald I</a></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: #e4dcf6;color:inherit;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;"><div style="height: 4px; width:100%;"></div></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Born</th><td class="infobox-data">before 900</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Died</th><td class="infobox-data">958/963/964</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Spouse</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Thyra" title="Thyra">Thyra</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Issue_(genealogy)" title="Issue (genealogy)">Issue</a><br /><span style="font-weight:normal"><i><a href="#Marriage_to_Thyra">Detail</a></i></span></th><td class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409">.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}</style><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/Harald_Bluetooth" title="Harald Bluetooth">Harald Bluetooth</a></li><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Knut_Dana%C3%A1st&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Knut Danaást (page does not exist)">Knut Danaást</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Gunnhild,_Mother_of_Kings" title="Gunnhild, Mother of Kings">Gunnhild, Mother of Kings</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Strut-Harald" title="Strut-Harald">Strut-Harald</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Toke_Gormsson" class="mw-redirect" title="Toke Gormsson">Toke Gormsson</a></li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Dynasty" title="Dynasty">House</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/House_of_Kn%C3%BDtlinga" title="House of Knýtlinga">House of Gorm</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Father</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Harthacnut_I_of_Denmark" title="Harthacnut I of Denmark">Harthacnut I of Denmark</a> (<i>semi-legendary</i>)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Mother</th><td class="infobox-data">unknown</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Religion</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Norse_religion" class="mw-redirect" title="Norse religion">Norse paganism</a></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Gorm the Old</b> (<a href="/wiki/Danish_language" title="Danish language">Danish</a>: <i lang="da">Gorm den Gamle</i>; <a href="/wiki/Old_Norse_language" class="mw-redirect" title="Old Norse language">Old Norse</a>: <i lang="non">Gormr gamli</i>; <a href="/wiki/Latin_language" class="mw-redirect" title="Latin language">Latin</a>: <i lang="la">Gormus Senex</i><sup id="cite_ref-Zoega_1797_p._338_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Zoega_1797_p._338-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Torfaeus_1711_p._557_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Torfaeus_1711_p._557-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>), also called <b>Gorm the Languid</b> (<a href="/wiki/Danish_language" title="Danish language">Danish</a>: <i lang="da">Gorm Løge, Gorm den Dvaske</i>), was <a href="/wiki/List_of_Danish_monarchs" title="List of Danish monarchs">ruler of Denmark</a>, reigning from <abbr title="circa">c.</abbr><span style="white-space:nowrap;"> 936</span> to his death <abbr title="circa">c.</abbr><span style="white-space:nowrap;"> 958</span><sup id="cite_ref-Kongehuset_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Kongehuset-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> or a few years later.<sup id="cite_ref-Jellingkongerne_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Jellingkongerne-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Fyrisvallarna_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Fyrisvallarna-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He ruled from <a href="/wiki/Jelling" title="Jelling">Jelling</a>, and made the oldest of the <a href="/wiki/Jelling_stones" title="Jelling stones">Jelling stones</a> in honour of his wife <a href="/wiki/Thyra" title="Thyra">Thyra</a>. Gorm was born before 900 and died perhaps around 958<sup id="cite_ref-Kongehuset_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Kongehuset-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> or possibly 963<sup id="cite_ref-Jellingkongerne_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Jellingkongerne-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> or 964.<sup id="cite_ref-Fyrisvallarna_5-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Fyrisvallarna-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Ancestry_and_reign">Ancestry and reign</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Gorm_the_Old&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Ancestry and reign"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Gorm is the reported son of semi-<a href="/wiki/Legend" title="Legend">legendary</a> Danish king <a href="/wiki/Harthacnut_I_of_Denmark" title="Harthacnut I of Denmark">Harthacnut</a>. Chronicler <a href="/wiki/Adam_of_Bremen" title="Adam of Bremen">Adam of Bremen</a> says that Harthacnut came from <i><a href="/wiki/Northmannia" class="mw-redirect" title="Northmannia">Northmannia</a></i> to Denmark and seized power in the early 10th century.<sup id="cite_ref-Den_Store_Danske_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Den_Store_Danske-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He deposed the young king <a href="/wiki/Sigtrygg_Gnupasson" title="Sigtrygg Gnupasson">Sigtrygg Gnupasson</a>, reigning over Western Denmark.<sup id="cite_ref-Kongehuset_3-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Kongehuset-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> When Harthacnut died, Gorm ascended the throne. </p><p><a href="/wiki/Heimskringla" title="Heimskringla">Heimskringla</a> reports Gorm taking at least part of the kingdom by force from <a href="/wiki/Gyrd_and_Gnupa" title="Gyrd and Gnupa">Gnupa</a>, and Adam himself suggests that the kingdom had been divided prior to Gorm's time. Gorm is first mentioned as the host of <a href="/wiki/Unni_(archbishop)" class="mw-redirect" title="Unni (archbishop)">Archbishop Unni</a> of <a href="/wiki/Hamburg" title="Hamburg">Hamburg</a> and <a href="/wiki/Bremen" title="Bremen">Bremen</a> in 936.<sup id="cite_ref-Den_Store_Danske_6-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Den_Store_Danske-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> According to the <a href="/wiki/Jelling_Stones" class="mw-redirect" title="Jelling Stones">Jelling Stones</a>, Gorm's son, <a href="/wiki/Harald_Bluetooth" title="Harald Bluetooth">Harald Bluetooth</a>, "won all of Denmark", so it is speculated that Gorm only ruled <a href="/wiki/Jutland" title="Jutland">Jutland</a> from his seat in <a href="/wiki/Jelling" title="Jelling">Jelling</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Den_Store_Danske_6-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Den_Store_Danske-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Marriage_to_Thyra">Marriage to Thyra</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Gorm_the_Old&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Marriage to Thyra"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Gorm married <a href="/wiki/Thyra" title="Thyra">Thyra</a>, who is given conflicting and chronologically dubious parentage by late sources, but no contemporary indication of her parentage survives. Gorm raised one of the great <a href="/wiki/Burial_mound" class="mw-redirect" title="Burial mound">burial mounds</a> at Jelling as well as the oldest of the Jelling Stones for her, calling her <i>tanmarkar but</i> ("Denmark's Salvation" or "Denmark's Adornment"). Gorm was the father of three sons, Toke, Knut and Harald, later King <a href="/wiki/Harald_Bluetooth" title="Harald Bluetooth">Harald Bluetooth</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Danmarks_Konger_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Danmarks_Konger-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>His wife, Thyra, is credited with the completion of the <a href="/wiki/Danevirke" title="Danevirke">Danevirke</a>, a wall between Denmark's southern border and its unfriendly <a href="/wiki/Saxon" class="mw-redirect" title="Saxon">Saxon</a> neighbors to the south. The wall was not new, but it was expanded with a ditch and earthen foundation topped by a timber stockade above it. The Danevirke ran between the <a href="/wiki/Schlei" title="Schlei">Schlei</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Treene_(river)" title="Treene (river)">Treene</a> river, across what is now <a href="/wiki/Schleswig" class="mw-redirect" title="Schleswig">Schleswig</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Huitfeldt_1977_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Huitfeldt_1977-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Death,_burial_and_reburial"><span id="Death.2C_burial_and_reburial"></span>Death, burial and reburial</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Gorm_the_Old&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Death, burial and reburial"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>One theory is that Gorm died in the winter of 958–959,<sup id="cite_ref-Danmarks_Konger_7-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Danmarks_Konger-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> this is based on <a href="/wiki/Dendrochronology" title="Dendrochronology">dendrochronology</a> that shows that the burial chamber in the northern burial mound in Jelling was made from wood felled in 958.<sup id="cite_ref-Sawyer_Sawyer_1993_p._6_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Sawyer_Sawyer_1993_p._6-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Arild_Huitfeldt" title="Arild Huitfeldt">Arild Huitfeldt</a> relates one legend of his death in <i>Danmarks Riges Krønike</i>:<sup id="cite_ref-Huitfeldt_1977_8-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Huitfeldt_1977-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Runenstein_Gorm_1.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Runenstein_Gorm_1.jpg/220px-Runenstein_Gorm_1.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="308" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Runenstein_Gorm_1.jpg/330px-Runenstein_Gorm_1.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Runenstein_Gorm_1.jpg/440px-Runenstein_Gorm_1.jpg 2x" data-file-width="683" data-file-height="956" /></a><figcaption>Runic stone for Thyra, front side</figcaption></figure> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1244412712">.mw-parser-output .templatequote{overflow:hidden;margin:1em 0;padding:0 32px}.mw-parser-output .templatequotecite{line-height:1.5em;text-align:left;margin-top:0}@media(min-width:500px){.mw-parser-output .templatequotecite{padding-left:1.6em}}</style><blockquote class="templatequote"><p>The three sons were <a href="/wiki/Viking" class="mw-redirect" title="Viking">Vikings</a> in the truest sense, departing Denmark each summer to raid and pillage. Harald came back to the royal enclosure at Jelling with the news that his brother Canute had been killed in an attempt to capture <a href="/wiki/Dublin,_Ireland" class="mw-redirect" title="Dublin, Ireland">Dublin, Ireland</a>. Canute was shot with a coward's arrow while watching some games at night. No one would tell the king in view of the oath the king had made. Queen Thyra ordered the royal hall hung with black cloth and that no one was to say a single word. When Gorm entered the hall, he was astonished and asked what the mourning colors meant. Queen Thyra spoke up: "Lord King, you had two <a href="/wiki/Falcon" title="Falcon">falcons</a>, one white and the other gray. The white one flew far afield and was set upon by other birds which tore off its beautiful feathers and is now useless to you. Meanwhile, the gray falcon continues to catch fowl for the king's table." Gorm understood immediately the Queen's metaphor and cried out, "My son is surely dead, since all of Denmark mourns!" "You have said it, your majesty," Thyra announced, "Not I, but what you have said is true." According to the story Gorm was so grieved by Canute's death that he died the following day.</p></blockquote> <p>This account would contradict information on the Jelling Stones which point to Queen Thyra dying before Gorm. Some <a href="/wiki/Archaeologist" class="mw-redirect" title="Archaeologist">archaeologists</a> and <a href="/wiki/Historian" title="Historian">historians</a> have suggested that Gorm was buried first in Queen Thyra's grave mound at Jelling, and later moved by his son, Harald Bluetooth, into the original wooden church in Jelling.<sup id="cite_ref-Kongehuset_3-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Kongehuset-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> According to this theory it is believed that the skeleton found at the site of the first Christian church of Jelling is in fact Gorm the Old, though the theory is still much debated. During the reign of Gorm, most Danes still worshipped the <a href="/wiki/Norse_mythology" title="Norse mythology">Norse gods</a>, but during the reign of Gorm's son, Harald Bluetooth, Denmark officially <a href="/wiki/Christianization_of_Scandinavia" title="Christianization of Scandinavia">converted to Christianity</a>. Harald, accordingly, left the hill where Gorm had originally been interred as a memorial. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Legacy">Legacy</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Gorm_the_Old&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Legacy"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Gorm was "old" in the sense that he was considered the traditional ancestral "head" of the Danish monarchy. <a href="/wiki/Saxo_Grammaticus" title="Saxo Grammaticus">Saxo Grammaticus</a> in the <span title="Latin-language text"><i lang="la"><a href="/wiki/Gesta_Danorum" title="Gesta Danorum">Gesta Danorum</a></i></span> asserts that Gorm was older than other monarchs and, having lived so long, was blind by the time his son Canute was killed.<sup id="cite_ref-Grammaticus_Grundtvig_1855_p._419_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Grammaticus_Grundtvig_1855_p._419-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Gorm_the_Old&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Gorm%27s_Cup" title="Gorm's Cup">Gorm's Cup</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Gorm_the_Old&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output 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(1977). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=cCeNswEACAAJ"><i>Danmarks Riges Krønike: Fra Erik Menved til Valdemar Atterdag. Chronologia 2</i></a> (in Danish). Rosenkilde og Bagger<span class="reference-accessdate">. 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(1855). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=4XNmzCIF71MC&pg=PA419"><i>Danmarks Krønike af Saxe Runemester</i></a> (in Danish). Iversen. p. 419<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">6 July</span> 2018</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Danmarks+Kr%C3%B8nike+af+Saxe+Runemester&rft.pages=419&rft.pub=Iversen&rft.date=1855&rft.aulast=Grammaticus&rft.aufirst=S.&rft.au=Grundtvig%2C+N.F.S.&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3D4XNmzCIF71MC%26pg%3DPA419&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AGorm+the+Old" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> </ol></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Further_reading">Further reading</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Gorm_the_Old&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Further reading"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>Birkebæk, Frank (2003). <i>Vikingetiden i Danmark</i>. Viborg: Sesam. <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/87-11-13718-5" title="Special:BookSources/87-11-13718-5">87-11-13718-5</a></li> <li>Hybel, Nils (2003). <i><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=njBYWBDrL7cC">Danmark i Europa: 750–1300</a></i>. København: Museum Tusculanums forlag. <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/87-7289-882-8" title="Special:BookSources/87-7289-882-8">87-7289-882-8</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/K%C3%A5re_Johannessen" title="Kåre Johannessen">Johannessen, Kåre</a> (2001). <i>Politikens bog om Danmarks vikingetid. Politikens håndbøger</i>. København: Politikens forlag. <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/87-567-6456-1" title="Special:BookSources/87-567-6456-1">87-567-6456-1</a></li> <li>Lund, Niels (2020). <i>Jellingkongerne og deres forgængere</i>, Gylling: <a href="/wiki/Viking_Ship_Museum_(Roskilde)" title="Viking Ship Museum (Roskilde)">Vikingeskibsmuseet i Roskilde</a>. <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-87-85180-75-9" title="Special:BookSources/978-87-85180-75-9">978-87-85180-75-9</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Peter_Sawyer_(historian)" title="Peter Sawyer (historian)">Sawyer, P. H.</a> (1999). <i>The Oxford Illustrated History of the Vikings</i>. Oxford: Oxford University Press. <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-19-285365-1" title="Special:BookSources/0-19-285365-1">0-19-285365-1</a></li> <li>Thiedecke, Arendse, and Thiedecke, Johnny (2003). <i>De danske vikinger: samfund, kongemagt og togter ca. 700–1050</i>. Valby: Pantheon. <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/87-90108-21-3" title="Special:BookSources/87-90108-21-3">87-90108-21-3</a></li></ul> <table class="wikitable succession-box noprint" style="margin:0.5em auto; font-size:small;clear:both;"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="3" style="border-top: 5px solid #ACE777;">Regnal titles </th></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td style="width:30%;" rowspan="1">Preceded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Harthacnut_I_of_Denmark" title="Harthacnut I of Denmark">Harthacnut I</a></div> </td> <td style="width: 40%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1"><b> <a href="/wiki/List_of_Danish_monarchs" title="List of Danish monarchs">King of Denmark</a> </b><br /><abbr title="circa">c.</abbr><span style="white-space:nowrap;"> 936</span> – 958/964 </td> <td style="width: 30%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1">Succeeded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Harald_I_of_Denmark" class="mw-redirect" title="Harald I of Denmark">Harald Bluetooth</a></div> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="navbox-styles"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1129693374">.mw-parser-output .hlist dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul{margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt,.mw-parser-output .hlist li{margin:0;display:inline}.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline,.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline ul,.mw-parser-output .hlist dl dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist dl ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist dl ul,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol ul,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul ul{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .hlist 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title="Olaf I of Denmark">Olaf I Hunger</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eric_I_of_Denmark" title="Eric I of Denmark">Eric I Evergood</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Niels,_King_of_Denmark" title="Niels, King of Denmark">Niels</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eric_II_of_Denmark" title="Eric II of Denmark">Eric II the Memorable</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eric_III_of_Denmark" title="Eric III of Denmark">Eric III Lamb</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sweyn_III_of_Denmark" title="Sweyn III of Denmark">Sweyn III Grathe</a> / <a href="/wiki/Canute_V_of_Denmark" title="Canute V of Denmark">Canute V</a> / <a href="/wiki/Valdemar_I_of_Denmark" title="Valdemar I of Denmark">Valdemar I the Great</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Canute_VI_of_Denmark" title="Canute VI of Denmark">Canute VI</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Valdemar_II_of_Denmark" title="Valdemar II of Denmark">Valdemar II the Victorious</a> / <a href="/wiki/Valdemar_the_Young" title="Valdemar the Young">Valdemar the Young</a></li> <li><a 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0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th id="1376–1412" scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:8.5em;font-weight:normal; text-align:center;">1376–1412</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Margaret_I_of_Denmark" title="Margaret I of Denmark">Margrethe I</a></i><sup>2</sup></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;line-height:1.3em;"><a href="/wiki/House_of_Pomerania" class="mw-redirect" title="House of Pomerania">Pomerania</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th id="1397–1439" scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:8.5em;font-weight:normal; 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