Harald II
Bluetooth Gormson, King of
Denmark (Danish,
Harald Blatand; German,
Harald Blauzahn). Harald was born about 910 in Blauzahn, present Germany, son of [Gorm the Old]
?, King of Denmark and Thyri Klacksdottir. Acceded as king of Denmark in 940. Difficulties with his son [Sveyn I Forkbeard]
? forced Harald to seek refuge at
Jomsburg, between the
Oder and
Vistula river at the
Baltic Coast, where he died in 986. This stretch of land was later called
Pomerania.
May have had three wives or consorts: Thora, Gunhilde, Gyrid Olafsson.
He had four children: Håkon Haraldsson, [Sveyn I Forkbeard]? Haraldsson, King of Denmark, b. 965, Gunhild Haraldsdottir, Thyra Haraldsdottir.
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