Gorm the Old
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Gorm the Old, also called Gorm the Languid, was ruler of Denmark, reigning from c. 936 to his death c. 958 or a few years later. He ruled from Jelling, and made the oldest of the Jelling stones in hon
Runic stone for Thyra, front side
Harthacnut I of Denmark
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Harthacnut I or Cnut I was a semi-legendary King of Denmark. The old Norse story Ragnarssona þáttr makes Harthacnut son of the semi-mythic viking chieftain Sigurd Snake-in-the-Eye, himself one of the
Gorm the Old
…origins include Old Norse goð ("god") + ormr ("snake") and goð ("god") + *þormr ("deity"). Gorm is the reported son of semi-legendary Danish king Harthacnut. Chronicler Adam of Bremen says that Harthacnut came from "Northmannia" to Denmark and seized power in the early 10th century. He deposed the young…
1670 depiction of Harthacanut I