Thyra
(Tyra)
"Thyre, of Denmark"
Haraldsdatter
Born [date unknown] in Scandinavia
[uncertain]
Ancestors [uncertain]
Daughter of Harald Blåtand (Gormsson) Gormsen VIII
and [mother unknown]
Sister of
Mo Haraldsdottir, Gunhild Haraldsdatter [half], Svend Tveskæg Haraldsson [half], Haakon Haraldsson and Sigrid Haraldsdottir
Wife of
Styrbjörn Starke Olofsson
— married
[date unknown] (to 0985) [location unknown]
Wife of
Olav (Trygvasson) of Norway
— married
0998 [location unknown]
Descendants 
Mother of
Thorgils Sprakeleg (Styrbjörnsson) Styrbjörnson, Biorn Styrbiornson and Harald (Olafsson) Olavson
Died about
in Jellinge, Vejle, Denmark
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Research suggests that this person may never have existed. See the text for details.
Relationships between historical figures could have been simplified or even fabricated in the text to give the impression that succession remained within the same family.
Precise chronology is also difficult to assess from the Sagas. The conclusion must be that the tight family network described in the Sagas is unlikely to be correct and that the relationships shown below should be treated with considerable caution.
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Biography
Tyra of Denmark (d.1000)
- Thyra Haraldsdottir (d.1000)
- Alias: Tora, Tyre, Thrya Tyri Tyra
Parents
- Harald I 'Bluetooth' Gormsson, King of Denmark and Gyrid Olafsdottir.
Marriage
- m.Styrbjon "the Strong" Olavsson of Sweden (d. in battle Fyrisvall, near Uppsala 985).[1] Issue:
- (disputed existence) Thorgils 'Sprakalegg' Styrbjornson (b. c 965)
- m.2 (divorced) as his _____ wife, BURISLAW Prince of the Wends, son of ____.
- m.3 OLAV I Trygveson King of Norway 998 Tønsberg[2]
Heimskringla
Daughter of Harold Bluetooth Gormsson. Married to Burislav of Wendland in a marriage arrangement whereby her brother Swend Haraldsson married Burislav's daughter, Gunnhild. [3] She went most reluctantly and was married to Burislav but refused to either eat or drink. Tyra fled from her husband and was rescued by Olaf Trygvason and they were subsequently married. [4]
Sources
- ↑ from Jomsburg, son of OLOF Björnsson King of Sweden and ___ .
- ↑ his third wife; Father TRYGVE Olavvsson King in Romerike and Åstrid Eiriksdatter; (968 -09 Sep 1000); 3rd marriage did not take place as Svend King of Denmark (described as Tyre's father, not brother) withdrew consent. ... event took place just before King Svend's marriage to Sigrid (Gesta Danorum); marriage of King Olav and "sororem Sweinonis regis…Tyri" ... earlier betrothed to "dux quidam de Sclauia" (The Historia Norwegie).
- ↑ Snorri Sturluson: The Olaf Sagas. Translated by Samuel Laing. Revised with an Introduction and notes by Jacqueline Simpson MA. Everyman's Library Dent, London, Dutton, New York ISBN ) 460 00717 3 Page 34
- ↑ Snorri Sturluson: The Olaf Sagas. Translated by Samuel Laing. Revised with an Introduction and notes by Jacqueline Simpson MA. Everyman's Library Dent, London, Dutton, New York ISBN ) 460 00717 3 Page 80/81
- https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thyra_Haraldsdatter
- https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tyra_Haraldsdatter
- Wikipedia: Tyra of Denmark
- thepeerage.com Poor source. Cites an Email
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Categories: Norse Mythology | Heimskringla | Uncertain Existence | Early Scandinavia Project
Thyra Hardsdatter was the daughter of Harald Gormsson VIII and married to Styrbjǫrn Sterki Olafson- but Harald appears to be duplicated so then Thyra is duplicated
Harald was son of Gorm den gamle (Gorm the old), ruler of Jelling, and his wife Thyra Dannebod. He named his daughter after his mum. He did not have a daughter called Sigrid. Spouses:
i) Gunhild ii) Thora (Tova) the daughter of Mistivir in 970. She raised the Sønder Vissing Runestone after her mother. iii) Gyrid Olafsdottir
Children:
i) Tyra of Denmark, married Styrbjörn the Strong. ii) Sweyn Forkbeard. Born about 960. Usually given as the son of Harald and Gunhild, though it is said in some of the older sagas that he was an illegitimate son. iii) Haakon. Born in 961(?) iv) Gunhilde. She married Pallig, Jarl and Ealdorman of Devonshire. It is thought that they both died in the St. Brice's Day massacre in November 1002. Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harald_Bluetooth
edited by Kate Botha
Maggie Andersson Co-Leader Early Scandinavia Project