Some Descendants of
Harald 'Parcus' Of DENMARK King of Denmark
(858 - 899)

(None of the persons on this page are Direct Ancestors of George Washington 1st US President)

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First Generation

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1. Harald 'Parcus' Of DENMARK King of Denmark 68 was born Abt 0858 in Sjaelland Island, Denmark 68 and died Abt 0899 of Denmark.68 Harald married Elgifu Of WESSEX (See Link for Ancestry),68 daughter of Aethelred 'Gewissa' Of WESSEX King of Kent and West Saxony [866-871] and Wulfthryth UNKNOWN, Cir 0878. Elgifu was born Abt 0860 in Wessex (West Saxony), England 68 and died of Denmark.68

The Child from this marriage was:

2. i.   Gorm 'the Old' HARALDSON King of Denmark [899-936] 68 was born Abt 0880 in Sjaelland Island, Denmark 68 and died Abt 0936 in Jellinge Vejle, Denmark.68
 
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Second Generation

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2. Gorm 'the Old' HARALDSON King of Denmark [899-936] 68 (Harald 'Parcus' Of King of Denmark 1) was born Abt 0880 in Sjaelland Island, Denmark 68 and died Abt 0936 in Jellinge Vejle, Denmark.68 Gorm married Thyra 'Ornament of Denmark' Danebod 'Gewissa' Of WESSEX (See Link for Ancestry),68 2138 2139 daughter of Edward 'the Elder' 'Gewissa' Of WESSEX King of England [899-924] and Ecgwyn Of WESSEX, Cir 0910.68 Thyra was born Abt 0893 in Wessex (West Saxony), England 68 and died Abt 0935 in Jellinge Vejle, Denmark.68

Children from this marriage were:

3. i.   Gunhild GORMSDOTTIR 68 was born Abt 0910 in Jutland (now Denmark).68
4. ii.   Harald 'Blue Tooth' Of DENMARK King of Denmark 68 was born Abt 0913 in Denmark 68 and died 1 Nov 0987.68
 
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Third Generation

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3. Gunhild GORMSDOTTIR 68 (Gorm 'the Old' King of Denmark [899-936] 2, Harald 'Parcus' Of King of Denmark 1) was born Abt 0910 in Jutland (now Denmark).68 Gunhild married Eric 'Bloodaxe' HARALDSON King of Northumbria and Norway (See Link for Ancestry),68 son of Harald I 'Haarfagn' HAFDANSON 1st King of Norway and Ragnhild ERIKSDOTTIR, Bef 0928.68 Eric was born Abt 0885 in Norway 68 and died Abt 0954 in Killed in Battle at Stainmore, Northumberland, England.68

The Child from this marriage was:

5. i.   Harald II 'Graypelt' ERICSON King of Norway 68 was born Abt 0935 in Norway 68 and died Abt 0970.68

4. Harald 'Blue Tooth' Of DENMARK King of Denmark
68 (Gorm 'the Old' King of Denmark [899-936] 2, Harald 'Parcus' Of King of Denmark 1) was born Abt 0913 in Denmark 68 and died 1 Nov 0987.68 Harald had a relationship with Som Asa UNKNOWN 68 Bef 0947 in as his Mistress.68 Som was born Abt 0930 in Denmark.68
Their Child was:

6. i.   Sweyn 'Forkbeard' Of DENMARK King of England [1013-1014] 68 was born Abt 0948 in Denmark 68 and died 3 Feb 1014 in Gainsborough, Lincolnshire, England.68
 
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Fourth Generation

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5. Harald II 'Graypelt' ERICSON King of Norway 68 (Gunhild GORMSDOTTIR 3, Gorm 'the Old' King of Denmark [899-936] 2, Harald 'Parcus' Of King of Denmark 1) was born Abt 0935 in Norway 68 and died Abt 0970.68 Harald married Wife of Harald (ERICSON) UNKNOWN 68 Cir 0965. Wife was born Cir 0935 and died of Norway.

The Child from this marriage was:

7. i.   Thyra HARALDSDOTTIR 68 was born Abt 0969 in Norway.68

6. Sweyn 'Forkbeard' Of DENMARK King of England [1013-1014]
68 (Harald 'Blue Tooth' Of King of Denmark 3, Gorm 'the Old' King of Denmark [899-936] 2, Harald 'Parcus' Of King of Denmark 1) was born Abt 0948 in Denmark 68 and died 3 Feb 1014 in Gainsborough, Lincolnshire, England.68 Sweyn married Gunnhild Of POLAND 68 Abt 0995.68 Gunnhild was born Abt 0967 in Poznan, Poland 68 and died about 1014 in Denmark.68

The Child from this marriage was:

8. i.   Canute 'the Great' Of DENMARK King of England [1016-1035] 68 was born Abt 0995 in Denmark 68 and died 12 Nov 1035 in Shaftesbury, Dorset, England.68
 
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Fifth Generation

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7. Thyra HARALDSDOTTIR 68 (Harald II 'Graypelt' ERICSON King of Norway 4, Gunhild GORMSDOTTIR 3, Gorm 'the Old' King of Denmark [899-936] 2, Harald 'Parcus' Of King of Denmark 1) was born Abt 0969 in Norway.68 Thyra married Thorkill 'Sprakaleg' STYRBJORNSSON 68 Cir 0990.68 Thorkill was born Abt 0975 in Uppsala, Sweden.68

The Child from this marriage was:

9. i.   Gytha SPRAKALAEG 68 2134 2138 was born Abt 0995 in England 68 and died of Wessex (West Saxony), England.
 
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8. Canute 'the Great' Of DENMARK King of England [1016-1035] 68 (Sweyn 'Forkbeard' Of King of England [1013-1014] 4, Harald 'Blue Tooth' Of King of Denmark 3, Gorm 'the Old' King of Denmark [899-936] 2, Harald 'Parcus' Of King of Denmark 1) was born Abt 0995 in Denmark 68 and died 12 Nov 1035 in Shaftesbury, Dorset, England.68 Canute married Emma DE NORMANDY Queen Consort and William I's Claim to the Throne (See Link for Ancestry),68 daughter of Richard I 'the Fearless' DE NORMANDY Duc de Normandy and Gunnora 'Gundra' DES ARQUES, about 1017.68 Emma was born Abt 0980 in Rouen, Seine-Inferieure, Normandy, France,68 died 6 Mar 1052 in Winchester Cathedral, Winchester, Hampshire, England,68 and was buried in St. Martin's, Winchester, Hampshire, England.
 

See the Emma DE NORMANDY Queen Consort and William I's Claim to the Throne Entry for this Couple's Children and Descendants.



Canute next married Aelgifu Of NORTHAMPTON 68 circa 1012.68 Aelgifu was born Abt 0985 in Northamptonshire, England 68 and died before 1016.68

The Child from this marriage was:

10. i.  Harald I 'Harefoot' Of DENMARK King of England [1035-1040] 68 was born about 1015 in Northamptonshire, England 68 and died 17 Mar 1040 in Oxford, Oxfordshire, England 68 about age 25.
 
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Sixth Generation

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9. Gytha SPRAKALAEG 68 2134 2138 (Thyra HARALDSDOTTIR 5, Harald II 'Graypelt' ERICSON King of Norway 4, Gunhild GORMSDOTTIR 3, Gorm 'the Old' King of Denmark [899-936] 2, Harald 'Parcus' Of King of Denmark 1) was born Abt 0995 in England 68 and died of Wessex (West Saxony), England. Gytha married Godwine 'Gewissa' Of SUSSEX_&_WESSEX Ealdorman [Earl] of Wessex (See Link for Ancestry) [Earl] of Wessex,68 2134 2138 son of Wulfnoth Cild 'Gewissa' Of SUSSEX_&_WESSEX and Wife of Wulfnoth Of (SUSSEX & WEST SAXONY) UNKNOWN, circa 1012.68 Godwine was born Abt 0990 in Sussex, England 68 and died 15 Apr 1053 of Wessex (West Saxony), England.68 2134 2138

Children from this marriage were:

11. i.  Druella 'Gewissa' Of SUSSEX_&_WESSEX was born about 1013 in Sussex, England. Another name for Druella was Druella Of SUSSEX.2140
12. ii.  Ealdgyth Godwin 'Gewissa' Of SUSSEX_&_WESSEX 68 2134 was born about 1020 in Sussex, England,68 died 18 Dec 1078 in Winchester Castle, Winchester, Hampshire, England about age 58, and was buried in Westminster Abbey, London, Middlesex, England. Another name for Ealdgyth was Eadgyth Godwin Of SUSSEX.  Ealdgyth married Edward III 'the Confessor' 'Gewissa' Of ENGLAND King of England [1042-1066],26 68 son of Aethelred II 'the Unready' 'Gewissa' Of WESSEX King of England [978-1016] and Emma DE NORMANDY Queen Consort and William I's Claim to the Throne, 23 Jan 1045.68 Edward was born about 1003 in Islip, Oxfordshire, England,26 68 died 5 Jan 1066 in London, Middlesex, England 26 68 about age 63, and was buried in Westminster Abbey, London, Middlesex, England.
13. iii.   Harold II Godwinson 'the Saxon' 'Gewissa' Of SUSSEX_&_WESSEX King of England [1066-1066] 1237 1987 1988 was born about 1022 in Wessex (West Saxony), England,1987 died 14 Oct 1066 in Killed by William I in Battle of Hastings 1987 about age 44, and was buried of Wessex (West Saxony), England.
14. iv.  Tostig 'Gewissa' Of SUSSEX_&_WESSEX Earl of Northumbria 1237 2141 2142 was born about 1025 in Sussex, England and died 25 Sep 1066 in Killed in Battle of Stamford Bridge, Yorkshire, England 2142 about age 41. Another name for Tostig was Tostig Of SUSSEX.
 
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Seventh Generation

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13. Harold II Godwinson 'the Saxon' 'Gewissa' Of SUSSEX_&_WESSEX King of England [1066-1066] 1237 1987 1988 (Gytha SPRAKALAEG 6, Thyra HARALDSDOTTIR 5, Harald II 'Graypelt' ERICSON King of Norway 4, Gunhild GORMSDOTTIR 3, Gorm 'the Old' King of Denmark [899-936] 2, Harald 'Parcus' Of King of Denmark 1) was born about 1022 in Wessex (West Saxony), England,1987 died 14 Oct 1066 in Killed by William I in Battle of Hastings 1987 about age 44, and was buried of Wessex (West Saxony), England. Another name for Harold was Harold II Godwinson "The Saxon" Of WESSEX. Harold had a relationship with Eadgyth 'of the Swan Neck' SWANNESHA circa 1040. Eadgyth was born circa 1025 and died of Wessex (West Saxony), England.
Their Child was:

15. i.   Gyttha Haraldsdotter 'Gewissa' Of SUSSEX_&_WESSEX was born circa 1053 in Wessex (West Saxony), England and died of Kiev, Ukraine, Russia.

Harold married Ealdgyth Of MERCIA (See Link for Ancestry),1396 daughter of Aelfgar III Of MERCIA Ealdorman of Wessex and Mercia and Aelfgifu 'Elgifu' 'of the Seven Boroughs' Of WESSEX, circa 1064. Ealdgyth was born circa 1040 in Rhuddlan, Flintshire, Wales 1396 and died before 1086 of Chester, Chestershire, England.2 1395 1396 Another name for Ealdgyth was Eldgyth Of ENGLAND.2 1395
 

See the Ealdgyth Of MERCIA Entry for this Couple's Children and Descendants.

 
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Eighth Generation

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15. Gyttha Haraldsdotter 'Gewissa' Of SUSSEX_&_WESSEX (Harold II Godwinson 'the Saxon' 'Gewissa' Of SUSSEX_&_WESSEX King of England [1066-1066] 7, Gytha SPRAKALAEG 6, Thyra HARALDSDOTTIR 5, Harald II 'Graypelt' ERICSON King of Norway 4, Gunhild GORMSDOTTIR 3, Gorm 'the Old' King of Denmark [899-936] 2, Harald 'Parcus' Of King of Denmark 1) was born circa 1053 in Wessex (West Saxony), England and died of Kiev, Ukraine, Russia. Another name for Gyttha was Gyttha Of WESSEX. Gyttha married Vladimir II Monomakh Of KIEV Grand Duke of Kiev (See Link for Ancestry),2 son of Vsevolod I Of KIEV Grand Duke of Kiev [1078-1093] and Irene Anastasia 'Maria' Manomacha Of BYZANTIUM, before 1076 in Prob Russia. Vladimir was born about 1053 in Kiev, Ukraine, Russia 2 and died 19 May 1125 of Kiev, Ukraine, Russia 2 about age 72.
 
See the Vladimir II Monomakh Of KIEV Grand Duke of Kiev Entry for this Couple's Children and Descendants.

 
 
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