denmark, NOBILITY
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TOC \o "1-3" \h \z INTRODUCTION
STRUTHARALD. King in Skåne. Snorre names "Sigvalde…earl over Jomsborg in Vindland…a son of King Strutherald who had ruled over Skane"[1].
1. THORKELL "Havi/the Tall" (-killed in battle 1039). Snorre names "Heming and Thorkel the Tall" as brothers of Sigvalde[2]. One of the leaders of the Danish invasion of England in 1009. He and his 3000 Jömvikings[3] were hired as mercenaries to help the defence of England by Æthelred II King of England at the end of 1012 for 48,000 pounds of silver[4]. He defected back to join Knud's invasion fleet in Aug 1015 and fought with the Danes at Ashington in Oct 1016. King Canute appointed him Ealdorman of East Anglia 1017 after the murder of Eadric "Streona/the Acquisitor", whose widow he married. It is probable that the King appointed him regent of England 1019, during his absence in Denmark. King Canute outlawed him 11 Nov 1021[5], but the two of them entered a pact of reconciliation in 1023 under which Thorkell would govern Denmark, keeping each other's sons as hostages[6]. He remained regent for about three years, being replaced by Ulf, Knud's brother-in-law. He was killed by the Welsh[7]. m firstly ---. No record has been found of a first marriage. However, as noted below, the chronology is unfavourable for Thorkil's son Harald to have been from his marriage to Eadgyth of England. m secondly (after 1017[8]) as her second husband, EADGYTH, widow of EADRIC "Streona/the Acquisitor" Ealdorman of Mercia, daughter of ÆTHELRED II King of England & his first wife Ælfgifu (-after 11 Nov 1021). She was banished from England with her husband 11 Nov 1021[9]. child of first marriage:
a) HARALD Thorkilsen (-murdered 1043). It is likely that Harald was the son of Thorkil by an earlier marriage. If he was the son of Eadgyth of England, he would have been born in 1018 at the earliest and therefore under 13 years old at the time of his marriage, which seems unlikely. Maybe the son of Thorkell who was delivered as a hostage to Canute King of England when Thorkell was reconciled with the King and appointed Regent in Denmark in 1023[10]. He was murdered by Ordulf of Saxony, who had married a sister of Magnus King of Norway. m ([1031]) as her second husband, GUNHILD of the Wends, widow of HAKON Eiriksson Jarl in Norway, daughter of BURISLAW Prince of the Wends & his wife [Tyre Haraldsdatter of Denmark] (-after 1045). Florence of Worcester names "the noble lady Gunhilda daughter of king Wyrtgeorn by Canute's sister and successively the wife of earls Hakon and Harold" when recording that she was banished from England in 1044 with her two sons Haakon and Harald and went to Bruges, later to Denmark[11]. It is not, however, certain that Gunhild was the daughter of Burislaw by his wife Tyre of Denmark. If this was the case, she was the first cousin of her first husband. Gunhild is named "kinswoman of King Cnut" in the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle, when recording that she was expelled from England in 1045 and for a long time thereafter lived at Bruges before going to Denmark[12].
i) HAAKON (-after 1044). He and his brother were banished from England in 1044 with their mother11.
ii) HARALD (-after 1044). He and his brother were banished from England in 1044 with their mother11.
2. SIGVALDI. Snorre names "Sigvalde…earl over Jomsborg in Vindland…a son of King Strutherald who had ruled over Skane", recording that he captured Svend King of Denmark, took him to Jomsborg and threatened to deliver him into the hands of the Wends unless he made peace[13]. He led a fleet of Jomsborg Vikings who invaded Norway and fought Haakon Jarl of Norway at Hjorungavag but was defeated[14]. m ASTRID of the Wends, daughter of BURISLAW King of the Wends & his wife ---. Snorre names "Astrid, a daughter of King Burizleif" as the wife of Sigvalde[15].
3. HEMMING (-[1014]). Snorre names "Heming and Thorkel the Tall" as brothers of Sigvalde[16]. Together with his brother, a leaders of the Danish invasion of England in 1009. He was probably killed in England in 1014.
ULF Jarl in Denmark "Galicienfari", son of ---.
m BODIL Haakonsdotter, daughter of HAAKON Eriksson Jarl in Norway & his wife Gunhild of the Wends. Her marriage and parentage is given in Knytlnga Saga[17].
1. THRUGOT Ulfsen "Fagrskinna". Commander of household troops of Svend I Estridsen King of Denmark. m THORGUNNA, daughter of VAGN Ågesen & his wife Ingeborg Thorkilsdatter. 1070.
a) THORKIL Thrugotsen "SVEND Thorgunnasen". Commander of Knud II "den Hellige" King of Denmark. 1086. m INGE ---.
i) SVEND (-Jerusalem 30 Mar [1153], bur Jerusalem, Pater Noster Church, Mount of Olives). Bishop of Viborg [1132].
ii) CHRISTIERN Svendsen (-20 May [1140]). Danish commander. Høvding in Jylland.
(a) ESKIL ([1100]-Clairvaux [Aug/Sep] 1181, bur Clairvaux Monastery). Bishop of Roskilde 1134. Archbishop of Lund 1139-1177. Papal legate. Later a monk at Clairvaux. m ---.
(1) [ASA] Eskilsdotter . m KARL Eriksen Jarl in Halland, son of Jarl ERIK from Falster & his wife Cæcilia of Denmark. 1155/1162.
(b) AAGE Christiernsen . Commander of Erik II "Emun" King of Denmark. 1134.
(1) SVEND Aggesen . Danish historian. [1185].
(c) SVEND Christiernsen .
(1) ASSER . Provost at Lund cathedral. 1171/74.
(2) CHRISTIAN Svendson . 1176.
iii) ASSER (-5 May 1137, bur Lund Cathedral). Bishop of Lund 1089. 1st Archbishop of Lund 1104.
iv) ESKIL Svendson (-Jerusalem [1153], bur Jerusalem, Pater Noster Church, Mount of Olives). Danish storman. Crusader.
v) AAGE Svendson .
b) ASTRAD Thorgunasen . Commander of Knud II "den Hellige/the Holy" King of Denmark. 1080.
c) BODIL Thorgunnasdatter (-Mount of Olives near Jerusalem 1103). She is named as the wife of Erik by Saxo Grammaticus, who also gives her father's and paternal grandfather's name[18]. m firstly BJØRN ---. m secondly (before 1086) ERIK Svendsen, illegitimate son of SVEND II Estridsen & his wife --- (Slangerup ---- -Cyprus 10 Jul 1103, bur Cyprus). He succeeded in 1095 as ERIK I "Ejegod/the Good" King of Denmark.
[1] Snorre, King Olav Trygvason's Saga Part I, 38.
[2] Snorre, King Olav Trygvason's Saga Part I, 38.
[3] Named after the military community at the fortress of Jömsborg at the mouth of the River Oder.
[4] Ronay, p. 3.
[5] Anglo-Saxon Chronicle D and E, 1021.
[6] Anglo-Saxon Chronicle C, 1023.
[7] Anglo-Saxon Chronicle C, 1039.
[8] When her first husband was murdered.
[9] Fl 1021, p. 135.
[10] Anglo-Saxon Chronicle C, 1023, where the son of Thorkell is not named.
[11] Florence of Worcester 1044, p. 146.
[12] Anglo-Saxon Chronicle D 1045.
[13] Snorre, King Olav Trygvason's Saga Part I, 38.
[14] Snorre, King Olav Trygvason's Saga Part I, 43, and Part II, 44.
[15] Snorre, King Olav Trygvason's Saga Part I, 38.
[16] Snorre, King Olav Trygvason's Saga Part I, 38.
[17] Knytlinga Saga, ch. 75, cited in Saxo (Ch), p. 263 footnote 2, although the editor is sceptical about the accuracy of the information as it is uncorroborated in other sources.
[18] Saxo (Ch), 12, I, p. 90.