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Thyra Svendsdatter (abt. 993 - abt. 1018)

Thyra Svendsdatter aka Svensdottir
Born about in Denmarkmap [uncertain]
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Died about at about age 25 in Englandmap [uncertain]
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Thyra is supposed to be daughter of King Sweyn "Forkbeard" and his first wife, Gunhilda.

Alison Weir in her book Britain's Royal Families suggests that Thyra, daughter of Svend Forkbeard and Gunhilda (possibly his oldest child), King of Denmark, was the first wife of Godwin Earl of Wessex; that they had children whose names are not known; and that Thyra died in 1018.[1] No source is given and there appears to be no good evidence. Thyra does not appear in any pedigrees in reliable sources.

Thyra is not listed as a child of Svend Forkbeard in Medlands.[2]

Thyra has previously been attached as a wife of Godwin, but is now detached.

Godwin married Gytha, whose brother Ulf married a sister of Knut, king of Denmark, England and Norway. See Godwin's and Gytha's profiles for sourcing. Knut and his sister were children of Svend Forkbeard.

Sources

  1. Alison Weir. Britain's Royal Families, new Pimlico edition, Vintage Books, 2008, p. 26
  2. Charles Cawley, Svend Haraldsen, entry in "Medieval Lands" database (accessed 1 August 2021)
  • Lundy, D. (2002). "Thyra Sveynsdottir #105419, b. circa 993," citing Alison Weir. The Peerage. Web.[1]




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Thyra has been marked as of uncertain existence for some time. I have now detached her from being wife of Godwin Earl of Wessex, on whose profile I am currently working, and added explanations in the bio. The mother connected to her on WikiTree is not the mother suggested by Alison Weir and named in the main text of the bio.
posted by Michael Cayley
ODNB Ann Williams, ‘Godwine , earl of Wessex (d. 1053)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004 accessed 26 Aug 2017. Implies that Thyra was actually Gytha and for sister read sister-in-law which Gytha would have been if she was Thorgils daughter.
posted by C. Mackinnon
I don't think anyone can name a wife for Wulfnoth. Perhaps this is actually Thyra first wife of Wulfnoth's son, Godwin?
posted by C. Mackinnon

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