Gyrid of Sweden Olafsdottir [6930] ²⁴

   Another name for Gyrid was Gunhild Olafsdatter.

  General Notes:

http://www.hull.ac.uk/php/cssbct/cgi-bin/gedlkup.php/n=royal?royal18709

http://www.rpi.edu/~holmes/Hobbies/Genealogy/ps15/ps15_436.htm


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gyrid_Olafsdottir


Princess Gyrid Olafsdottir of Sweden, also called Gyrithe Olafsdottir, (10th century ) was a Swedish princess and a Danish Viking Age queen consort, the spouse of King Harald I of Denmark .

Biography

Gyrid was the daughter of King Olof (II) Björnsson of Sweden and Queen Ingeborg Thrandsdotter . She was the sister of the Swedish throne claimant Prince Styrbjörn Starke , whom she accompanied to Denmark when he left Sweden after his inheritance to the throne was denied him, in order to marry Harald Bluetooth .
References
Saxo Grammaticus

  Noted events in her life were:

• Reigned, 952–970.

Gyrid married Harald I Bluetooth Gormsson King of Denmark [6921] [MRIN: 2626], son of Gorm the old of Jutland King of Denmark [6922] and Thyri Klacksdottir [6924]. (Harald I Bluetooth Gormsson King of Denmark [6921] was born about 910 in Blauzahn, Germany and died on 1 Nov 986 in Jomsborg.)