Gorm (husband of Thyra)
Also known as: Germ / Gorm · Family: Danes · Role: king · First appears: Book Nine · Part 11
In Book Nine · Part 11, Gorm obtained the throne after Harald and razed the temple founded by religious men in Sleswik. He wooed Thyra, daughter of Ethelred, who agreed to marry him only if Denmark were her dowry; they became betrothed, and after Gorm related his dream on their first night together, Thyra consented to consummate the marriage.
In Book Nine · Part 12, Gorm had sons, Kanute and Harald, and swore to kill whoever first told him of Kanute’s death. When Thyra revealed the news through signs of mourning, Gorm died.
Relationship record
Life events
- Gorm obtained the throne after Harald.(Book Nine · Part 11)
- “After this the throne was obtained by GORM”
- Gorm razed the temple founded by religious men in Sleswik.(Book Nine · Part 11 · 📍 Sleswik)
- “Also, in order to restore the old worship to the shrines, he razed to its lowest foundations, as though it were some unholy abode of impiety, a temple which religious men had founded in a stead in Sleswik”
- Thyra agreed to marry Gorm on condition that she received Denmark as her dowry, and they became betrothed.(Book Nine · Part 11 · 📍 Denmark)
- Gorm and Thyra married, and Thyra later consented to consummate the marriage after Gorm related his dream.(Book Nine · Part 11)
- With: Thyra
- “When his servants questioned him, he related his vision; and Thyra, thinking that she would be blest with offspring, forbore her purpose to put off her marriage, eagerly relaxing the chastity for which she had so hotly prayed. Exchanging celibacy for love, she granted her husband full joy of herself”
- Gorm died after Thyra revealed Kanute's death to him through signs of mourning.(Book Nine · Part 12)
- With: Thyra
- “By this answer she made out her lord a dead man and herself a widow, and had to lament her husband as soon as her son.”
Book Nine · Part 11
- married with Thyra “This compact was made between them, and she was betrothed to Gorm.”
- admired: Thyra “This man was counselled by the elders to celebrate the rites of marriage, and he wooed Thyra, the daughter of Ethelred, the king of the English, for his wife.”
- engaged with Thyra “This compact was made between them, and she was betrothed to Gorm.”
Book Nine · Part 12
- child: Kanute (son of Gorm) “But so great was his love for his elder son that he swore that he would slay with his own hand whosoever first brought him news of his death.”
- child: Harald (son of Thyra) “being more anxious for the life and prosperity of his sons than for the few days he had to breathe.”
- married with Thyra “For she took the royal robes off her husband and dressed him in filthy garments, bringing him other signs of grief also, to explain the cause of her mourning;”
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Extracted from the original text of The Danish History, Books I–IX. Made with Rho MD.