Thyra

Family: English · Role: daughter of Ethelred · First appears: Book Nine · Part 11

In Book Nine · Part 11, Thyra agreed to marry Gorm only if Denmark were given to her as a dowry, and they were betrothed. They married, but Thyra initially sought to put off consummating the marriage; after Gorm told her of his dream, she consented.

In Book Nine · Part 12, Thyra became the mother of Kanute and Harald. After Kanute died, she revealed his death to Gorm through signs of mourning, and Gorm died after understanding her message.

Relationship record

Life events

• Thyra agreed to marry Gorm on condition that she received Denmark as her dowry, and they became betrothed.(Book Nine · Part 11 · 📍 Denmark)
  • With: Gorm (husband of Thyra) Ethelred
  • “She surpassed other women in seriousness and shrewdness, and laid the condition on her suitor that she would not marry him till she had received Denmark as a dowry. This compact was made between them, and she was betrothed to Gorm.”
• Gorm and Thyra married, and Thyra later consented to consummate the marriage after Gorm related his dream.(Book Nine · Part 11)
  • With: Gorm (husband of 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”
• Thyra became the mother of Kanute and Harald.(Book Nine · Part 12)
  • With: Kanute (son of Gorm) Harald (son of Thyra)
  • “Soon she was the fortunate mother of Kanute and Harald.”
• Gorm died after Thyra revealed Kanute's death to him through signs of mourning.(Book Nine · Part 12)
  • With: Gorm (husband of 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

• parent: Ethelred “he wooed Thyra, the daughter of Ethelred, the king of the English, for his wife.”
• married with Gorm (husband of Thyra) “This compact was made between them, and she was betrothed to Gorm.”
• admirer: Gorm (husband of 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 Gorm (husband of Thyra) “This compact was made between them, and she was betrothed to Gorm.”

Book Nine · Part 12

• child: Kanute (son of Gorm) “Soon she was the fortunate mother of Kanute and Harald.”
• child: Harald (son of Thyra) “Soon she was the fortunate mother of Kanute and Harald.”
• parent: Ethelred “Hence Thyra saw her sons inheriting the goods of her father, not grudging to be disinherited herself.”
• married with Gorm (husband of 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.