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The House of Oldenburg is a German dynasty whose members rule or have ruled in Denmark, Iceland, Greece, Norway, Russia, Sweden, the United Kingdom, Livonia, Schleswig, Holstein, and Oldenburg. The current kings of Norway and the United Kingdom are patrilineal descendants of the Glücksburg branch of this house.
Harald, named as former king in relating 9th-century events, perhaps model for legendary Harald Wartooth. Related to the Frisian king Redbad II who in 754 had to flee to "the land of the Danes" where King Harald reigned ("Daniae Regi Heraldi"). [6] Sigfred: 770s–790s; Gudfred: 804–810, mentioned as Danish king in the Treaty of Heiligen 811. [1]
Adam of Bremen was an 11th century German chronicler. Although not Danish himself, he spent time in the court of the Danish king Svend Estridson.Adam claims to derive much of the information on Danish history from his Latin chronicle Gesta Hammaburgensis ecclesiae pontificum ("Deeds of the Bishops of Hamburg") from conversations with Svend (whom he quotes verbatim in several places) and from ...
King of Denmark r. 986–1014: Thorgil Sprakling: Anund Jacob 1008/1010–c. 1050 King of Sweden: Gunnhildr Sveinsdóttir d. c. 1060: Cnut the Great 985/995–1035 King of Denmark r. 1018–1035: Harald II d. 1018 King of Denmark r. 1014–1018: Estrid Svendsdatter 990 or 997 – between 1057 and 1073: Ulf the Earl Jarl of Orkney d. 1026: Gyda ...
In the Kingdom of Denmark all members of the ruling dynasty who hold the title Prince or Princess of Denmark are said to be members of the Danish royal family. As with other European monarchies, distinguishing who is a member of the national royal family is difficult due to lack of strict legal or formal definition of who is or is not a member.
The House of Estridsen [1] [2] was a dynasty that provided the kings of Denmark from 1047 to 1412. The dynasty is named after its ancestor Estrid Svendsdatter.The dynasty is sometimes called the Ulfinger, after Estrid's husband, Ulf Jarl.
Nothing is known about Sigfred's relationship to Gudfred, who succeeded him as king of Denmark c. 804–810, or later kings such as Hemming (810–812), Harald 'Klak' Halfdansson (812-813, 819–827) and Horik I (813–854).
The ducal family was related to the House of Schleswig-Holstein-Gottorp; both belonged to the House of Oldenburg.The duchy was created in the 16th century when King Frederick II of Denmark shared his part of the duchies of Schleswig and Holstein with his two brothers, each receiving a third of the royal estate in Schleswig and Holstein.