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| Name |
Thyri Klacksdottir |
| Birth |
Abt 870 |
Jutland, Denmark  |
| Gender |
Female |
| Name |
Thyra |
| Name |
Thyre "Danebod" Klacksdatter |
| Death |
Abt 935 |
Jellinge, Vejle, Denmark |
| Notes |
- «b»http://www.hull.ac.uk/php/cssbct/cgi-bin/gedlkup.php/n=royal?royal14294
http://www.rpi.edu/~holmes/Hobbies/Genealogy/ps15/ps15_429.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thyra
Thyra«/b» (correctly spelled Þyrvé) was the consort of King «u»Gorm the Old «/u» of «u»Denmark «/u». She is believed to have led an army against the «u»Germans «/u». Gorm and Thyra were the parents of King «u»Harald Bluetooth «/u».
While «u»Gorm the Old «/u» had disparaging nicknames, his wife Thyra was referred to as a woman of great prudence. «u»Saxo «/u» wrote that Thyra was mainly responsible for building the «u»Dannevirke «/u» on the southern border, but archeology has proven it much older.
Thyra predeceased Gorm, who raised a «u»memorial stone «/u» to Thyra at «u»Jelling «/u», which refers to her as «i»tanmarka but«/i», the 'Pride' or 'Ornament' of Denmark.
Gorm and Thyra were buried under one of the two great mounds at Jelling and later moved to the first Christian church there. This was confirmed when a tomb containing their remains was excavated in 1978 under the east end of the present church.
Accounts of Thyra's parentage are late, contradictory and chronologically dubious. Saxo holds she was the daughter of «u»Æthelred «/u», King of England (usually identified with «u»Æthelred of Wessex «/u»), while «u»Jómsvíkinga saga «/u» and «u»Snorri «/u»'s «u»Heimskringla «/u» say her father was a king or «u»«i»jarl «/u»«/i» of «u»Jutland «/u» or «u»Holstein «/u» called «u»Harald Klak «/u».
According to popular tradition, her daughter was captured by «u»trolls «/u» and carried off to a kingdom in the far north beyond «u»Halogaland «/u» and «u»Biarmaland «/u».
Tradition also has it that before Thyra consented to marry Gorm, she insisted he build a new house and sleep in it for the first three nights of winter and give her an account of his dreams those nights. The dreams were told at the wedding banquet and as recorded, imitate the dreams Pharaoh had that were interpreted by Joseph in Genesis. Oxen came out of the sea (bountiful harvest) and birds (glory of the king to be born).
«b»References
«tab»«/b»Source: «u»«i»Saxo Grammaticus «/u»: The History of the Danes Vol II.«/i» Davidson, Hilda Ellis and Peter Fisher. (1980) D.S. Brewer: Cambridge
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«tab»Salmonson, Jessica Amanda.(1991) «i»The Encyclopedia of Amazons«/i». Paragon House. Page 251. «u»ISBN 1-55778-420-5 «/u»
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| Person ID |
I6924 |
Glenn Cook Family |
| Last Modified |
19 Jun 2013 |
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| Photos |
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Lorenz Frølich's impression of Thyra Dannebod ordering the foundation of the Dannevirke. |
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| Sources |
- [S36] Brian Tompsett, Dept of Computer Science, University of Hull, England(B.C.Tompsett@dcs.hull.ac.uk), Directory of Royal Genealogical Data, (This work is Copyright b 1994-2002 Brian C Tompsett).
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