Gorm the Englishman

Also known as: The Englishman · Family: Danes · Role: king · First appears: Book Nine · Part 11

Life events

• Gorm the Englishman gained sovereignty in England after his father's death.(Book Nine · Part 11 · 📍 England)
  • “His son GORM, who had the surname of ‘The Englishman,’ because he was born in England, gained the sovereignty in the island on his father's death”
• Gorm the Englishman left England for Denmark, and England rebelled and broke from Danish rule.(Book Nine · Part 11 · 📍 Denmark)
  • “He left England for Denmark to put it in order; but a long misfortune was the fruit of this short absence. For the English, who thought that their whole chance of freedom lay in his being away, planned an open revolt from the Danes, and in hot haste took heart to rebel.”

Book Nine · Part 11

• child: Harald (son of Gorm the Englishman) “After this man his son HARALD came to be king of Denmark;”
• parent: Frode (son of Kanute) “His son GORM, who had the surname of”

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Extracted from the original text of The Danish History, Books I–IX. Made with Rho MD.