Connecting the Orms from Sigurðr Orm-i-Oga of Norway circa 780 to Lincolnshire, England circa 1020 & OrmsKirk, Kirkdale circa 1066. Part I: The Sigurðr Orm-i-Oga of Norway to OrmsKirk sundial in Kirkdale, England Connection: http://www.american-pictures.com/genealogy/persons/per02813.htm#0 http://www.angelfire.com/folk/genealogy20/ged/dat147.htm#35 (Mother of Orm) Aslaug Sigurdsdatter http://siff.spaceborn.dk/viking.asp?page=32 The London area Iver kept the rest he gave to Bjørn Jernside (ironside) and Sigurd Ormeøje. Sigurd got the nickname from his mother Aslaug who said that she had seen into his eyes and he knows that a dragon is more and other than a man. He know that a dragon lives in the mind of people and enslaves it. That is why I call him Sigurd Ormeøje. http://www.ammon.dreamstation.com/Website%20Genealogy/d0005/g0000038.html#I9517 (Father of Orm) Ragnar Lothbrok of SKJOLDUNG (*) ABT 0745 - ____ * TITLE: * * BIRTH: ABT 0745, Skjoldun - famous King * DEATH: Westfold Family 1: 1. +Sigurd Ragnarsson of SKJOLDUNG Note: this is Orm the snake eye. 2. Dtr of King Ragnar of SKJOLDUNG 3. Ivarr of YORK INDEX http://www.ammon.dreamstation.com/Website%20Genealogy/d0006/g0000038.html#I9518 Sigurd Ragnarsson of SKJOLDUNG aka: Sigurðr Orm-i-Oga of Norway ABT 0765 - ____ * BIRTH: ABT 0765, Skjoldung - son of Ragnar * DEATH: Ringerike or Westfold * CHRISTENING: Raumariki - aka Sigurd Hring * EVENT: Sigurd "The Dragon Eye" of the Raven Emblem AKA: * EVENT: Seeland Ruled: 9th Century [1076] Note: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~jamesdow/s014/f121014.htm Sigurd II RAGNARSON, Danish King; `Snake-in-Eye'; aka Seegurd II (King) of SEELAND My 37-Great Grandfather. HRH William's 33-Great Grandfather. Born: ? Died: 873? Northumb. d. in snake pit Father: Ragnar Lothbrok of SKJOLDUNG Note: (Mother of Orm) Aslaug Sigurdsdatter Family 1: 1. +Aslaug Thora Sigurdsdtr of SKJOLDUNG Note: Sigurðr Orm-i-Oga had two other children, see Part III for information on them & Gorm the Old. http://www.ammon.dreamstation.com/Website%20Genealogy/d0007/g0000038.html#I9519 (Oldest Daughter of Orm): Aslaug Thora Sigurdsdtr of SKJOLDUNG (*) Note: : Sigurðr Orm-i-Oga oldest daughter ----child : Sigurdsdottir, Tora (*0791 - ) http://24.74.222.190/TUTEN.wbg/wga86.html#I20458 ABT 0785 - ____ * TITLE: * * BIRTH: ABT 0785, Skjoldung - dtr of Sigurd Ragnarsson * DEATH: Ringerike - wife of Helgi the Keen Father: Sigurd Ragnarsson of SKJOLDUNG Family 1: Helgi the Keen of RINGERIKE 1. +Sigurth Hart Helgisson of RINGERIKE 2. Ingiald of RINGERIKE Note: : Sigurðr Orm-i-Oga younger daughter ----child: Sigurdsdottir, Aslaug (*0805 - ) http://24.74.222.190/TUTEN.wbg/wga86.html#I20458 http://www.ammon.dreamstation.com/Website%20Genealogy/d0001/g0000015.html#I9521 (Grandson of Orm): Sigurth Hart Helgisson of RINGERIKE (*) ABT 0800 - ____ * TITLE: * * BIRTH: ABT 0800, Hringariki - son of Helgi the Keen * DEATH: battle against Haki i Hathaland Father: Helgi the Keen of RINGERIKE Mother: Aslaug Thora Sigurdsdtr of SKJOLDUNG Family 1: Thyrrni Klakksdtr of JUTLAND 1. +Ragnhild Sigurthsdtr of RINGERIKE* 2. Guthorm Sigurthsson of RINGERIKE http://www.ammon.dreamstation.com/Website%20Genealogy/d0002/g0000015.html#I9522 (Great granddaughter of Orm): Ragnhild Sigurthsdtr of RINGERIKE* ABT 0818 - ____ * BIRTH: ABT 0818, Hringariki - dtr of Sigurth Hart * CHRISTENING: Ringerike - sister of Guthorm Father: Sigurth Hart Helgisson of RINGERIKE Mother: Thyrrni Klakksdtr of JUTLAND Family 1: Halfden the Swarthy of NORWAY 1. +Harald Haarfagere of NORWAY http://www.ammon.dreamstation.com/Website%20Genealogy/d0010/g0000001.html#I6842 (1st. Great grandson of Orm): Harald Haarfagere of NORWAY (Jarl*) [958] [959] ABT 0849 - 0934 * TITLE: Jarl* * BIRTH: ABT 0849, Vestfold, Norway - son of Halfden the Swarthy * DEATH: 0934, Rogaland - King Harald I - King from 872 & 900 [960] * CHRISTENING: 0860, Ringerike - aka Harold the Fairhaired * BURIAL: Hauger near Haugesund, Norway (mound burial) [961] * EVENT: Harold of the thick hair AKA: * EVENT: as King of all Norway Ruled: BET 0863 AND 0934 [962] * EVENT: Hafrsfjord Battle of: 0872, Oslo Fjord - Father: Halfden the Swarthy of NORWAY Mother: Ragnhild Sigurthsdtr of RINGERIKE* Family 1: Ragnhild the Mighty of JUTLAND * MARRIAGE: ABT 0894, Norway 1. +Eric I Bloodaxe of NORWAY Family 2: Snefrid or Snoefrith of FINALND * MARRIAGE: AFT 0897 1. +Sigurd Snefridsson of HRINGARIKI 2. Halfdan Halegg Haraldsson of RINGERIKE 3. Guthr0th Ljomi of HRINGARIKI 4. Rognvald Rettilbeini of HATHALAND Family 3: Svanhild Queen of Harald Haarfager of NORWAY 1. +Olav Haraldsson GEIRSTATHA-ALF 2. +Bj0rn Haraldsson of VIKEN 3. Ragnar Rykkil Haraldsson of GUTHBRANDSDAL Family 4: 1. +Sigfroid Haraldsson of TR0NDELAGEN 2. Halvdan of TR0NDELAGEN 3. Ingeborg Haraldsdtr of NORWAY http://www.ammon.dreamstation.com/Website%20Genealogy/d0002/g0000013.html#I9241 (2nd. Great grandson of Orm): Sigurd Snefridsson of HRINGARIKI * BIRTH: Upplands - son of Harald Haarfagre * CHRISTENING: Norway - aka Sigurd Hrisi the bastard Father: Harald Haarfagere of NORWAY Mother: Snefrid or Snoefrith of FINALND Family 1: 1. +Halfdan Sigurthsson of HRINGARIKI http://www.ammon.dreamstation.com/Website%20Genealogy/d0009/g0000024.html#I9599 (3rd. Great grandson of Orm): Halfdan Sigurthsson of HRINGARIKI * BIRTH: Ringerike - son of Sigurth Hrisi Haraldsson Father: Sigurd Snefridsson of HRINGARIKI Family 1: Dtr of Hrani Thinnose of GRENLAND 1. +Sigurd Syr of RINGERIKE http://www.ammon.dreamstation.com/Website%20Genealogy/d0000/g0000053.html#I9302 (4th. Great grandson of Orm): Sigurd Syr of RINGERIKE (King) * TITLE: King * BIRTH: Ringerike, Norway * DEATH: Ringerike - of old age * CHRISTENING: ABT 0997, Ringerike, Norway - stepfather of St. Olaf. Father: Halfdan Sigurthsson of HRINGARIKI Mother: Dtr of Hrani Thinnose of GRENLAND Family 1: Aasta of RINGERIKE * MARRIAGE: AFT 0995 1. Guthorm Sigurdsson of RINGERIKE 2. Gunnhild Sigurdsdtr of RINGERIKE 3. Halfdan Sigurdsson of RINGERIKE 4. +Ingirith Sigurdsdtr of RINGERIKE 5. +Harald III Sigurdsson of NORWAY http://www.ammon.dreamstation.com/Website%20Genealogy/d0002/g0000072.html#I9310 (6th. Great grandson of Orm): Harald III Sigurdsson of NORWAY [1067] 1015 - 25 Sep 1066 * BIRTH: 1015, Ringerike - son of Sigurd Syr & Asta * DEATH: 25 Sep 1066, battle of Stamford Bridge - aka Harald Haardraade * CHRISTENING: Oslo - founder of new capital abt 1048-50 * BURIAL: St. Mary's Church - Nidaros (Trondheim) Father: Sigurd Syr of RINGERIKE Mother: Aasta of RINGERIKE Family 1: Elizabeth of KIEV * MARRIAGE: ABT 1045, Kiev 1. Maria Haraldsdtr of NORWAY 2. +Ingegerd Haraldsdtr of NORWAY 3. Orm EIlivsson of NORWAY Family 2: Thora of the ARNM0DLING * MARRIAGE: ABT 1048, Norway 1. Magnus Haraldsson II NORWAY 2. +Olaf III Kyrre of NORWAY http://www.ammon.dreamstation.com/Website%20Genealogy/d0006/g0000049.html#I9322 (7th. Great grandson of Orm): Orm EIlivsson of NORWAY (Jarl of Oplandene) ABT 1050 - ____ * TITLE: Jarl of Oplandene * BIRTH: ABT 1050, Norway - son of Harald Haardraade & Eilivsson * DEATH: Oplanden Father: Harald III Sigurdsson of NORWAY Mother: Elizabeth of KIEV _Sigurd Syr of RINGERIKE _+ son of Halfdan Sigurthsson of HRINGARIKI | m 0995 stepfather of St. Olaf. 2nd husband to Aasta of RINGERIKE | _Harald III Sigurdsson of NORWAY _| Died at Stamford Bridge 1066, | (1015 - 1066) m 1045 | St Gregory's Minster, Kirkdale, Yorkshire / North York/ | | Northumberland / | | GAMAL of OrmsKirk? | | | |_Aasta of RINGERIKE ___________+ | m 099 | Mother to St. Olaf II Haraldsson of NORWAY (Saint Olav) ABT 0995 -29 Jul 1030 | NOTE: RICHARD De ORMESBY, Born: Abt. 1020, Of, Ormsby, Lincolnshire, England No connection to tree yet. | |--Orm EIlivsson of NORWAY 7th Grate grandson of Sigurðr Orm-i-Oga of Norway [ (1050 - ....) & Stepson to Aasta of RINGERIKE, cousin to St. Olaf II | Haraldsson of NORWAY (Saint Olav) ABT 0995 - 29 Jul 1030 [ | _Iaroslav Jaroslaus I of KIEV _+ | | (1000 - 1054) m 1019 |_Elizabeth of KIEV ______________| (1020 - ....) m 1045 | |_Ingegard of SWEDEN ___________+ (1000 - ....) m 1019 Part II: summary so far. Orm EIlivsson of NORWAY is the 7th Grate grandson of Sigurðr Orm-i-Oga of Norway & son of Harald III Sigurdsson of NORWAY . Note: Update on Orm EIlivsson of NORWAY http://www.math.nus.edu.sg/aslaksen/family/tafel.txt 260393586 Orm Eilivsson. Died After 1000. Occupation Jarl på Hedemark. He married Sigrid Finnsdatter. http://perso.wanadoo.fr/kelly.petit/522.htm Orm Eilivsson tree. Also; http://www.elsrud.com/Slekt/p000002m.htm Harald III Sigurdsson of NORWAY 6th Grate grandson of Sigurðr Orm-i-Oga of Norway ° birth ABT 0780? [1067] Could this be GAMAL of OrmsKirk? Note: answer YES see link below: http://www.pastforward.co.uk/vikings/stamford.html The Battle of Stamford Bridge 5. The Viking King, King Harald Sigurdsson, was enraged and went into the battle and ran out infront of his men 'hewing with both hands. Neither helmet or armour could withstand him, and everyone in his path gave way before him'. It looked then as if the English were on the point of being routed. The Battle Banner Banners were an important part of a battle. The most important people were grouped round it and the banner was a rallying point for the troops. The Vikings had names for their banners. The Viking banner at Stamford Bridge was called 'Land-Ravager'. After Stamford Bridge The Battle of Stamford Bridge was very important in English history for two main reasons: 1. It was the last Viking invasion and battle on English soil. After the Norman Conquest there were many invasion threats by the Vikings, but no invasion happened. Stamford Bridge was the last. 2. The Viking invasion and the Battle of Stamford Bridge forced the English army to march north, leaving Duke William of Normandy to land his army without opposition. When King Harold arrived, after a forced march from Yorkshire, the Normans had marched inland to good defensive positions. At the Battle of Hastings the course of English history changed. Without the Battle of Stamford Bridge the course of English history may have been very different. http://www.ormerod.uk.net/Kirkdale/placekirkdale.htm They are known to be of Anglo-Scandinavian design, and their presence indicates that the earlier church was used by settlers of Scandinavian descent. It is possible to discover a little bit about Orm from the slender documentation, which survives from the eleventh century. Both Orm and Gamel are Scandinavian names. This renders it likely that the family was descended from the Scandinavian settlers of North Yorkshire. A plausible context could have been the handing out of English estates by king Canute (1016-35) to the aristocratic warriors who had conquered England for him in the years 1014-16. (The sundial at Old Byland church was commissioned by 'Sumerled the housecarl': another Scandinavian name, and the housecarls were the crack troops who formed the backbone of Canute's armies). Orm was a prominent person in Northumbria in the middle years of the eleventh century. He married into the leading aristocratic clan of the region. His wife Aethelthryth was the daughter of Ealdred, earl of Northumbria from 1016 to 1038; amdong his brothers-in-law was Siward, earl of Northumbria from about 1042 to 1055, famous for his exploits against the king of Scots, Macbeth, and as the founder of St. Olave's (i.e. Loaf's) church in York. Orm was a considerable landowner in Yorkshire before 1066, as we may learn from the witness of Domesday Book. Among his landholdings in Ryedale was the big and valuable estate based on Kirkbymoorside. Earl Tosti. Tosti or Tostig, who became Earl of Northumberland in 1055, was banished for a variety of crimes, including the murder of Orm's father, Gamal, in 1065, but returned with Harold Hardrada, King of Norway, in the following year. The Norwegian army fought against Tostig's brother, Harold Godwinson, King of England, at Stamford Bridge, and there both Tostig and his Norwegian ally were killed. After the battle Harold Godwinson carried out his famous forced march to Hastings, where he was killed in battle by the Norman army of William the Conqueror. his evolution - greatly simplified for the sake of clarity in the sketch just offered - was complicated in much of the north and east of the country by the disruption occasioned by the Viking attacks and subsequent Scandinavian settlements of the ninth and tenth centuries. Whatever status Kirkdale might have enjoyed as a pastoral centre in the pre-Viking period, it appears that by the eleventh century the main ecclesiastical centre in this area was at Kirkbymoorside. Orm's great estate with its nucleus at Kirkbymoorside had a number of outliers attached to it. Some of these settlements evolved into separate parishes, for example Kirby Misperton. Kirkdale seems to have shared this evolution, with the difference from Kirby Misperton that its church was not built at a nucleated village because none existed in the dale. The parish consisted of a scatter of small hamlets and isolated farmsteads - Welburn, Skiplam, Nawton, Muscoates, Sunley Hill, Wombleton, and others, some of them now lost such as Walton and Hoveton. but its new church as rebuilt by Orm, embellished with its sundial by Hawarth, and served by the priest Brand, was where the old, ruined, minster church had stood in days gone by, the ruined church whose cemetery was still used by the local people for the burial of their dead. Part III: The Sigurðr Orm-i-Oga of Norway to Harald 'Bluetooth connection to Lincolnshire, England circa 1020 http://216.239.37.100/search?q=cache:Y6Au-I7bLy8C:www.taraprincessofwales.com/Story/Historical_Background_to_Tara.pdf+%2BAsa%2BGormsson&hl=en&ie=UTF-8 Denmark: The name `Dane' was first recorded in 550 AD, and the land was dubbed `Denemearc' by King Alfred in 890. Harald Haarfager (fair-haired), whose daughter PrincessYlva is abducted in the story, was King of West Norway and later all Norway (860-933). King Gorm of Denmark (860-935) was informally termed `Gorm the Old'. He is credited with unifying Denmark under one central monarch. Gorm's son was Harald Blatonn (Bluetooth) Gormsson. (The story borrows the name Gormsson for Gorm's grandson who is featured in the story). Hedeby (where Tara found sanctuary when Sigefert and his Vikings were recruited by Gorm and sent to the northern border of Denmark to establish the fortress at Aggersborg) was a trading center at the base of Jutland on the Baltic, for trade routes from the Baltic along the Dnieper and Volga Rivers. Ribe was a trading center on Denmark's west coast. Jelling, in central Denmark, was the royal necropolis. The Aggersborg fortress, built on the Lindholm. http://www.mostyn.com/Genealogy/Ahnentafel/AT01/AT01_169.HTM#P8592009562 8592009562 Gorm 'the Old' Of Jutland King Of Denmark. Born abt 0840. Gorm 'the Old' Of Jutland died abt 0936. Occupation: King 899-936, Erected A Runic Stone In Jeling For His Wife; King Of Denmark 883-941; King Of East Anglia, 905-918; King Of Seeland By Conquest; And By Marriage, Of Jutland, C880. Religion: Pagan; Opponent Of Christianity. abt 0880 Gorm 'the Old' Of Jutland married Thyri KLACKSDOTTIR. They had the following children: i. Knut (-~0936) ii. Harald 'Bluetooth' (~0910-0986) 4296004781 iii. Gunnhild Of Denmark (~0895->0970) iv. Toke 8592009563 Thyri KLACKSDOTTIR. Thyri died abt 0935. AKA: Thyra, Beatrice. Religion: Christian. http://www.stavacademy.co.uk/mimir/struggle.htm The Struggle Between Paganism and Christianity: from "The Viking Age," by Paul B. Du Chaillu, vol. 1, page 464-477. "When Harald Gormsson the Dana king had become a Christian, he sent an order throughout his realm that all the people should get baptized and be converted to the true faith. He went round himself, and punished and forced those who were unwilling. He sent two jarls to Norway with many men to preach Christianity there; their names were Urguthrjót and Brimisskjar. Many people were baptized in the Vikin Which belonged to King Harald. After Harald's death his son Svein Tjúguskegg (forked beard) soon went on an expedition to Saxland and Frisland, and later to England. The Northmen who had adopted Christianity turned again to their sacrifices as before, like the people did in the northern part of the country (Norway). Olaf Tryggvason said he would christianize the whole of Norway or lose his life. 'I will make you all great and powerful men, for I trust you best for the sake of kinship and other relationship.' They all consented to do whatever he commanded, and follow him in all that he wished, with all those who would take their advice. Then Olaf made known to the people that he would preach Christianity to all men in his realm " (Olaf Tryggvason, Heimskringla, c. 59). "The great Hákon jarl was a zealous sacrificer. When he came to Vikin he found that the (Emperor Otto's) jarls Urguthrjót and Brimisskjar had broken down the temples and christianized all the people they could. Hákon had all the broken temples rebuilt, and sent word all over Vikin that no man should believe in the faith which the jarls had imposed. He went northward across the land to Thrándheim, and there first remained quiet. He ruled over the whole of Norway, but never afterwards paid any taxes to the King of Denmark. Afterwards he was in all things worse and more heathen than he had been before he was baptized" (Fornmanna Sögur, vol. 1., ch. 73). "'Now, Sigurd, thou hast jarlship over the realm, which I call my own, as well as all other realms, which King Harald Fairhair owned, and each of his descendants have inherited one after the other. As it has happened that thou hast come into my power, thou hast two choices: the first is that thou and all thy dependents shall embrace the true faith and be baptized, and then thou shalt hold from me the rule thou hast heretofore, and what is worth more, live with Almighty God eternally in the kingdom of heaven, if thou observest His commands. The other choice is very bad, and very unlike the former: that thou shalt die in this place, and I will go with fire and sword over the islands and lay waste this whole realm, unless the people will believe in the true God; and, if thou shalt make this choice, then thou wilt, as all others who believe in a skurdgod (carved god, idol), after a sudden death, suffer terribly with the fiend in the flames of hell without end.' As the Jarl was then situated, he chose to embrace the true faith. "The Jarl and all his men were therefore baptized. Thereupon he became King Olaf's man, and bound this with oath. Sigurd Jarl then took the country as fief from the king, and gave him as hostage his son Hvelp (whelp) or Hundi (dog), whom King Olaf had baptized with the name Hlödver, and taken to Norway. Thereupon King Olaf sailed from the Orkneys, and left behind learned men to teach the people in the holy faith. The king and the jarl then separated as friends" (St. Olaf's Saga). The later accounts of the struggle between the two creeds show how many crimes were committed avowedly in the name of conscience and religion, but really in that of superstition and ignorance, which brings with it bigotry, vandalism and murder, the curse of mankind; and we see that the people had a dislike to the adoption of christian names. "He (King Olaf, the Saint) had Hrærek blinded in both eyes and took him with him; he had the tongue of Gudröd, King of Dalir, cut out; Hring and two others he forced to give oaths that they would leave Norway and never come back" (St. Olaf, Heimskringla, c. 74). "Hákon was open-handed with property toward his men, and for a long time beloved by the whole people; but he had the greatest misfortune to his dying day, which was not strange, for he was always guileful, unfaithful and treacherous, both to friends and foes, and the greatest god-nithing and sacrificing man: the time had come when Almighty God had intended that the sacrifices and heathendom, and the evil messenger of the devil, Hákon jarl, should be condemned, and the holy faith and true customs take their place. When Hákon was slain, he had been Jarl thirty-three winters since the fall of his father, Sigurd Jarl; he was twenty-five when his father fell, and lacked two winters of sixty" (Fornmanna Sögur, i., c. 104). http://www.angelfire.com/folk/genealogy20/ged/dat147.htm#35 SIGURDSDATTER, Aslaug Birth : ABT. 765 Of, , , Denmark Gender: Female Parents: Father: SIGMUNDSSON, Sigurd "Fafnisbana" Mother: BUDLASDATTER, Brynhild Family: Marriage: ABT. 783 in Of, , , Denmark Spouse: SIGURDSSON, Ragnar "Lodbrok" Birth : ABT. 765 , Uppsala, Uppsala, Sweden Gender: Male Parents: Father: RANDVERSSON KING IN SWEDeN, Sigurd "Ring" Mother: GANDOLFSDATTER, Alfhild Children: RAGNARSSON, Bjorn "Ironsides" RAGNARSSON, Sigurd "Snake-Eye" aka: Sigurðr Orm-i-Oga of Norway Birth : ABT. 786 , , , Denmark Gender: Male RAGNARSSON, Ivar "The Boneless" Birth : ABT. 787 , , , Denmark Gender: Male RAGNARSSON, Hvitserk Birth : ABT. 790 , , , Denmark Gender: Male RAGNARSSON, Rognvald Birth : ABT. 791 , , , Denmark Gender: Male http://24.74.222.190/TUTEN.wbg/wga86.html#I20458 Ragnarsson, Sigurd "Snake-In-Eye" (*0787 - 0891) - male d. 891 in Louvain father: Lodbrock, Ragnar (>0775 - ) mother: Sigurdsdottir, Aslaug (~0779 - ) [SUSANNA KEENE.FTW] Slain in battle at Louvain. a settl spouse: ----------child: Sigurdsdottir, Tora (*0791 - ) Note: Sigurðr Orm-i-Oga via Non St. Olaf OrmsKirk branch. ----------child: Sigurdsdottir, Aslaug (*0805 - ) Note: Only son, 3rd Sigurðr Orm-i-Oga via St. Olaf to OrmsKirk branch. ---child: King of Staelland, Horda-Knut Sigurdsson (*0815 - 0884) http://24.74.222.190/TUTEN.wbg/I15085 King of Staelland, Horda-Knut Sigurdsson (*0815 - 0884) - male d. 884 in of Staelland, Denmark father: Ragnarsson, Sigurd "Snake-In-Eye" (*0787 - 0891) [SUSANNA KEENE.FTW] "Royalty for Commoners", Roderick W. Stuart, 1992, 2nd edition. spouse: Note: Grandson from Sigurðr Orm-i-Oga only son: ----------child: King of Denmark, Gorm the Old of Jutland (~0840 - 0936) http://24.74.222.190/TUTEN.wbg/wga62.html#I14701 King of Denmark, Gorm the Old of Jutland (~0840 - 0936) - male b. ABT. 840 d. 936 father: King of Staelland, Horda-Knut Sigurdsson (*0815 - 0884) [SUSANNA KEENE.FTW] His reign was concerned with reviving Denmark's strength & consolidating its power as a nation state rather than as a sea-empire. spouse: Klacksdottir, Thyri "Danebod" (~0870 - ~0935) Note: Great Grandson from Sigurðr Orm-i-Oga only son: ----------child: King of Denmark, Harald Vii Bluetooth Gormsson (~0910 - 0986) http://www.fortidensjelling.dk/jellinge7.htm When no grave was found in the South-mound it was considered that Harald Blåtand had moved the remains of his parents from the heathen burial-site in the North-mound to a holy place in Jelling, most likely below the choir of the church king Harald had built as the first Christian church in this area. Besides the present Jelling church of granite boulders you will find in the choir the remains of Harald Blåtand`s church and a heathen place of gathering, and the Communion table could have been taken from the heathens to be inaugurated by the Christians. In the grave 89 parts of a body was found, all belonging to a man approximately 1,73m tall and between 35 and 50 at the time of death. The skeleton-parts were scattered all over the place indicating that the disceased was not buried here at first. The theory is now: Gorm is buried - most likely - in the North-mound, but the body is gone. An enormous church is built some years later. In the grave of the church lies a body that was already buried somewhere else as the bones are a mess. Note: This Gorm would be the Grandson of Sigurðr Orm-i-Oga by his only son: King of Staelland, Horda-Knut Sigurdsson (*0815 - 0884) - male d. 884 in of Staelland, Denmark http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~cousin/html/d0005/g0000579.html#I5580 Gormr Gamle of Denmark, King of Denmark, ( º850, †941 ) ‡ burial in Jutland. ·The second of two 10th-century royal gravestones, was erected in memory of his parents by Harald Bluetooth, son of Gorm and Thyre, ruler of Denmark and Norway, and Christianizer of Denmark, is a three-sided pyramid, two sides bearing pictures and the third, an inscription. Its carvings depict ornamental animal forms, sophisticated interlacing linear patterns, and a Christian theme (the Crucifixion). (1 ) aka: Gorm of Denmark (Succeeding Erik II (Haareg). )1 , 2 , Gorm "the Old" , Hardeknut Gorm (Sometimes given this double-name, and may be listed as Knut I of Denmark in some sources. )1 . event: 0883. ·the first significant figure in a new royal line centered at Jelling (North Jutland) (1 , 2 ) even: ·had, by the end of his rule, unified Jutland, Schleswig, many islands, part of Holstein, and some provinces of Norway and Sweden (an area larger than present day Denmark) under him event: ·per Snorri, a descendant of the mythical Ragnar Lodbrok, through Sigurd Snake-eye who was father of Hardeknut (who is otherwise known as the son of Swein) (1 ) event: ·of obscure parentage, though his father was probably named Hardeknut, and the only source which provides him any parentage calls him the son of Swein (1 ) Attributes: title , King of Denmark ., BETWEEN 0883 AND 0941. oo Tyra of Wessex ( º866 ) (dau of Æthelred I of Wessex ) marriage 1, 2 BEF 0909. with issue, including: ...Knut Gormsson of Denmark ( º909, †936 ) ...Haraldr I Blåtand Gormsson of Denmark ( º910, †985 ) ooTove of the Wends ooGunnhildr ooSöm-Asa ...Gunnhildr Konungamoðír Gormsdóttir of Denmark ( º913 ) ooEiríkr I Blóðøks Haraldsson of Norway Also see: http://www.american-pictures.com/genealogy/tree/y2267.htm http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~cousin/html/d0005/g0000579.html#I5578 Haraldr I Blåtand Gormsson of Denmark King of Denmark, ° birth ABT 0910. ·The younger brother. (1 , 2 , 3 ) ~ baptism ABT 0960. (1 ) † death, ABT 0985, in Jumne, Denmark. (1 , 2 , 3 ) First or second wife: Gunnhildr with issue, including: Hagen of Denmark ...Svend I Tveskaeg Haraldsson of Denmark ( º940, †1014 ) King of Denmark: ° birth ABT 0940. † death 3 Feb 1014, in Gainsborough, Lincolnshire, England. (1 , 2 , 3 , 4 , 5 ) ‡ burial in Roskilde Domkirke, Roskilde, Denmark. (1 , 2 ) ooGunhilda Piast ooSigrid Storråda Tostasdottir av Sverige Also Note: http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~cousin/html/d0005/I5578 aka: King Harald I of Denmark , Harald "Bluetooth" 1 . event 0941, in North Jutland, Denmark. ·the first significant figure in a new royal line centered at Jelling (1 ) event ABT 0945. ·took in his sister Gunnhild, the wife of the deceased Erik Bloodaxe, and he gave her sons great fiefs in his kingdom, so that they could maintain themselves and their men very well, (1 ) event ·was the son of Gorm the Old and Thyre (1 , 2 ) event ABT 0946. ·took Harald Eiriksson to be his foster-son, set him on his knee, and thereafter he was brought up at the Danish king's court (1 ) event 0969. ·played host to Earl Hakon Sigurdsson of Hlader after the latter had attacked the holdings of Harald Grafell in More (1 ) NOTE: Two branches of the Orm clan are now based in Lincolnshire, England circa 1020. http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~cousin/html/d0005/g0000579.html#I5578 Note: oo Söm-Asa marriage 1 ·His 3rd? Concubine? No other info given. Part IIII: Finding the missing link to RICHARD De ORMESBY Born: Abt. 1020, Of, Ormsby, Lincolnshire, England All that is left now is to figure out where RICHARD De ORMESBY Born: Abt. 1020, Of, Ormsby, Lincolnshire, England fits into the Orm clan. -------------------------- Next Generation -------------------------- http://www.antonymaitland.com/pakham03.htm Placenta 3 Genealogy RICHARD De ORMESBY AC31/364046181 (MLJ2-G7) Born: Abt. 1020, Of, Ormsby, Lincolnshire, England Married.: Abt. 1050, Of, Ormsby, Lincolnshire, Mrs Richard De Ormesby (MLJ2-HD) Issue: 1/1. William De Ormesby (MLJ2-JK) AC30/182023091 -------------------------- Next Generation -------------------------- WILLIAM De ORMESBY AC30/182023091 (MLJ2-JK) Born: Abt. 1052, Of, Ormsby, Lincolnshire, England Married.: Abt. 1083, Of, Ormsby, Lincolnshire, Parents: Richard De Ormesby (MLJ2-G7) Married: EMMA SMART (MLJ2-CP) Born: Abt. 1056, Of, Ormsby, Lincolnshire, England Issue:1/1. Oswald De Ormesby (MLJ2-DV) AC29/92012546 1/2. Simon De Ormesby (MLJ2-F2) Born: Abt. 1087, Of, Ormsby, Lincolnshire, England -------------------------- Next Generation -------------------------- OSWALD De ORMESBY AC29/92012546 (MLJ2-DV) Born: Abt. 1085, Of, Ormsby, Lincolnshire, England Parents: William De Ormesby (MLJ2-JK) & Emma SMART (MLJ2-CP) Married.: Abt. 1115, Of, Ormsby, Lincolnshire, Mrs-Oswald De Ormesby (MLJ2-86) Born: Abt. 1089, Of, Ormsby, Lincolnshire, England Issue:1/1. Oswald De Ormesby (MLJ2-9C) AC28/46006273 -------------------------- Next Generation -------------------------- OSWALD De ORMESBY AC28/46006273 (MLJ2-9C) Born: Abt. 1117, Of, Ormsby, Lincolnshire, England England Parents: Oswald De Ormesby (MLJ2-DV) & Mrs-Oswald De Ormesby (MLJ2-86) Married.: Abt. 1148, Of, Ormsby, Lincolnshire, ANASTATIA Mrs De Ormesby (MLJ2-5N) Born: Abt. 1121, Of, Ormsby, Lincolnshire, England Issue: 1/1. Richard De Ormesby (MLJ2-6T) AC27/23003137 Married: Mrs-Richard De Ormesby (MLJ2-25) -------------------------- Next Generation -------------------------- RICHARD De ORMESBY AC27/23003137 (MLJ2-6T) Born: Abt. 1150, Of, Ormsby, Lincolnshire, England England Parents: Oswald De Ormesby (MLJ2-9C) & Anastatia Mrs De Ormesby (MLJ2- 5N) Married.: Abt. 1180, Of, Ormsby, Lincolnshire, Mrs-Richard De Ormesby (MLJ2-25) Born: Abt. 1154, Of, Ormsby, Lincolnshire, England Issue:1/1. Ansketill De Ormesby (MLJ2-3B) AC26/11501569 Married: Agnes Langton (MLJ1-ZN) -------------------------- Next Generation -------------------------- ANSKETILL De ORMESBY AC26/11501569 (MLJ2-3B) Born: Abt. 1182, Of, Ormsby, Lincolnshire, England England Parents: Richard De Ormesby (MLJ2-6T) & Mrs-Richard De Ormesby (MLJ2-25) Married.: Abt. 1235, Of, Ormsby, Lincolnshire, AGNES LANGTON AC26/11501570 (MLJ1-ZN) Born: Abt. 1203, Of, Ormsby, Lincolnshire, England Issue:1/1. William Ormesby (MLJ2-0S) AC25/5750785 Married: Anne Meeres (MLJ1-V5) -------------------------- Next Generation -------------------------- WILLIAM ORMESBY AC25/5750785 (MLJ2-0S) Born: Abt. 1236, Of, Ormsby, Lincolnshire, England England Parents: Ansketill De Ormesby (MLJ2-3B) & Agnes Langton (MLJ1-ZN) Married.: Abt. 1266, Of, Ormsby, Lincolnshire, ANNE MEERES AC25/5750786 (MLJ1-V5) Born: Abt. 1240, Of, Ormsby, Lincolnshire, England Issue:1/1. John Ormesby (MLJ1-WB) AC24/2875393 Married: Anne Lamworth (MLJ1-MX) Sir NICHOLAS LAMWORTH AC25/5750787 (MLJ1-KL) Born: <1246, Issue:1/1. Anne Lamworth (MLJ1-MX) Married: John Ormesby (MLJ1-WB) ____Info on Sir William De Ormsby ______circa 1297 AD_____ Note: Sir William De Ormsby would be 61 years old in 1297. http://www.baronage.co.uk/classic1/herart11.html Sir William de Ormesby ~ Gules a bend between six cross crosslets fitchy Or. Together with Hugh de Cressingham's appointment as Chamberlain of Scotland, Edward I made Sir William de Ormesby the Justiciar. Scotland was in revolt during his term of office, so there was little he could achieve in the establishment of law and order. His family estates were in Lincolnshire and today it is based in Ireland. http://www.castlewales.com/8283cost.html Expenses associated with Edward I's Welsh campaign of 1282/83 http://www.geocities.com/foleynz/famousscots.html Longshanks left Scotland on the 19 of September 1296, but before doing so he appointed three English officials to govern under his name...John de Warenne, William Ormsby, Hugh Cressingham. On leaving Scotland Longshanks is said to have uttered,"He who rids himself of shit does a good job". It was in early June of 1297 that William Wallace, at the request of the Bishop planned a strike to liberate Scone - the seat of the English appointed Justice of Scotland, William Ormesby. Scone was held sacred by the Scots and it was here that William Ormesby dispensed on the Scots his form of English justice - the outcome of this justice was to force all Scots to swear allegiance to King Edward I ( by whatever means possible ). William Ormesby was warned of the imminent assault on Scone. As William Wallace rode into Scone he met with very little resistance, William Ormesby along with the English soldiers had fled. http://www.scotlandspast.org/robert1274.cfm Edward I was not idle either and his army advanced from Newcastle to Berwick, which he took with a massive slaughter of the inhabitants. In April King John renounced his fealty to Edward to which Edward replied 'Be it unto the fool according to his folly'. Edward's army met the Scottish host at Dunbar and quickly defeated them. Balliol was now beaten and Edward ordered the Scottish national records and other important artefacts, including the Stone of Destiny, to be sent to England. He then appointed Englishmen to the highest positions in Scotland, Earl Warenne as Lieutenant of the Kingdom, Hugh de Cressingham as Treasurer, William Ormesby as Chief Justice and Walter of Amersham as Chancellor. http://www.btinternet.com/~timeref/hstt51.htm Aug 1296 - The First Interregnum: Edward I created a government for Scotland consisting of John de Warnne, Earl of Surrey as Governor; Hugh de Cressingham as Treasurer; Walter of Agmondesham as Chancellor; William Ormesby as Justicar. This English government was very unpopular and soon the Scots where up in revolt. See Also EDWARD (I, King of England 1272-1307) Part V: My view on the summary of the Orm information collected so far. The two branches of Sigurðr Orm-i-Oga of Norway circa 780 meet up in Lincolnshire, England circa 1020 when Harald III Sigurdsson of NORWAY married his second wife Aasta of RINGERIKE. Harald III Sigurdsson is descended from Sigurðr Orm-i-Oga oldest child & daughter Sigurdsdottir, Tora (*0791 - ). While Aasta of RINGERIKE is the mother of St. Olaf II Haraldsson of NORWAY (Saint Olav) ABT 0995 - 29 Jul 1030 & descendants of Sigurðr Orm-i-Oga youngest child & only son King of Staelland, Horda-Knut Sigurdsson (*0815 - 0884). It appears like Sigurðr Orm-i-Oga of Norway may have built OrmsKirk when he converted to Christianity. Sigurðr Orm-i-Oga's grandson Gorm the Old of Jutland (~0840 - 0936) of Jutland is noted as being "The last pagan king of Denmark:" & "Opponent Of Christianity". While his wife Thyre was Christian & raised their children in the Christian faith. Their second son Haraldr I Blåtand Gormsson of Denmark ( º910, †985 ) "Harald Bluetooth" is noted as "the first significant figure in a new royal line centered at Jelling (North Jutland)" & "took in his sister Gunnhild, the wife of the deceased Erik Bloodaxe, and he gave her sons great fiefs in his kingdom, so that they could maintain themselves and their men very well, (1 )". St. Olaf II Haraldsson is from Horda-Knut Sigurdsson branch of Sigurðr Orm-i-Oga family tree & would make Aasta of RINGERIKE of this who married Harald III Sigurdsson circa 1045 from the Sigurðr Orm-i-Oga oldest child & daughter Sigurdsdottir, Tora (*0791 - ). This would then mean that their son Orm EIlivsson of NORWAY the node for these two branches of the Sigurðr Orm-i-Oga family tree. I believe that there may have been some sibling competition between Orm EIlivsson of NORWAY & his stepbrother St. Olaf II Haraldsson for their father's Harald III Sigurdsson attention & favor. This may shed light on the sundial at OrmsKirk in Kirkdale since St. Olaf II Haraldsson died at age 18 converting all of Europe to Christianity by force. RICHARD De ORMESBY comes into the mix when he is born: Abt. 1020, Of, Ormsby, Lincolnshire, England. I do not have information on his parents or family at this time, but did notice that there no data on Söm-Asa marriage 1 Harald III Sigurdsson's 3rd Concubine. Other good links on Orm info: http://www.orme.info/ Stephen Orme. webmaster@orme.info http://www.ormsby.net/ Marilee@ormsby.net & admin@ormsby.net http://mywebpage.netscape.com/charocfl/instant/aboutme.html http://mywebpage.netscape.com/charocfl/instant/family.html CharO's Home http://genforum.genealogy.com/ormsby/messages/481.html Connecting Sigurðr Orm-i-Oga of Norway circa 780 to Lincolnshire, My info on: My Netscape link to this document: http://mywebpage.netscape.com/CharOcfl/Ormsby/Orm-I-tree.doc OrmsKirk: http://mywebpage.netscape.com/CharOcfl/Ormsby/OrmsKirk.doc Tracking down Sigurðr Orm-i-Oga of Norway: http://mywebpage.netscape.com/CharOcfl/Ormsby/Orm.doc Orm(e)sby beginnings in Lincolnshire: http://mywebpage.netscape.com/CharOcfl/Ormsby/Jarltree.doc More interesting Ormsby info, including USA: http://mywebpage.netscape.com/CharOcfl/Ormsby/Ormsby.clan.rtf 3/19/03, 5:07 PM. Orm-1-tree