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Revision as of 19:22, 17 October 2001 by NickelKnowledge (talk | contribs)(diff) ← Previous revision | Latest revision (diff) | Newer revision → (diff)Gormsson, Harald II Bluetooth, King of Denmark (Danish Harald Blatand) (German Harald Blauzahn). Harald was born about 910 and under the emperor 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 Pommern or Pomerania.
From Royal Genealogy, Hull UK:
Gormson, Harald II Bluetooth
Born: ABT 910, Blauzahn, Germany
Acceded: 940
Died: 1 NOV 986, Jomsborg
Father: Gorm the old of Jutland, King of Denmark, b. ABT 840
Mother: Klacksdottir, Thyri
Associated with Thora
Associated with Gunhilde
Associated with Olafsson, Gyrid
Child 1: Haraldsson, Håkon
Child 2: Haraldsson, Sveyn I Forkbeard, King of Denmark, b. 965
Child 3: Haraldsdottir, Gunhild
Child 4: Haraldsdottir, Thyra, b. BEF 1000