Individual Details

Harald caused the Jelling stones to be erected to honour his parents. The Encyclopædia Britannica considers the runic inscriptions as the most well known in Denmark. King Harald Bluetooth's conversion to Christianity is a contested bit of history, not least because medieval writers such as Widukind of Corvey and Adam of Bremen give conflicting accounts of how it came about.

Birth	Abt 910	Arque, Seine Inferieure, Normandy, France
Death	1 Nov 987	Gormshoj, Jellinge, Vejle, Denmark

Spouse	Gyrithe OLAFSDOTTER Queen Denmark (915 - 1002)
Child	Herbastus DE CREPON (911 - )
Child	Gunnora DE CREPON (936 - 1031)
Child	Thyra HARALDSDATTER (947 - 1000)
Child	Svend I HARALDSON (960 - 1014)
Child	Gunhilde GORMSSON ( - 1002)
Child	Haakon GORMSSON (961 - )

Father	Gorm HARDEKNUDSSON (840 - 940)
Mother	Thyre HAROLDSDATTER (844 - 935)