Gyda Anundsdotter av Sverige

Abt 1040 - Abt 1060  (20 years)

• Name	Gyda Anundsdotter av Sverige
  Relationship	with Joanna Willems
  Birth	Abt 1040
  Gender	Female
  Death	Abt 1060	Gudhems kloster, Västergötland, Sverige
  Person ID	I467061	savenije
  Last Modified	12 Mar 2025

  
  

  Family	Svend II. af Danmark           b. 1020             d. 28 Apr 1076, Søderup, Sønderjylland, Danmark (Age 56 years)
  Marriage	Abt 1054
  Age at Marriage	She : ~ 14 years - He : ~ 34 years.
  Divorce	1055
  Family ID	F309325	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Other Spouse	Thora Thorbergsdotter           b. Abt 1025, Giske, Møre og Romsdal, Norge           d. Yes, date unknown
  Stepchildren	2 stepsons and 1 stepdaughter
  + 1. Knut II. (IV.) af Danmark           b. Abt 1043             d. 10 Jul 1086, Odense, Danmark  (Age 43 years) ▻ Adele van Vlaanderen + 2. Niels af Danmark           b. Abt 1064             d. 25 Jun 1134, Schleswig, Schleswig-Holstein, Deutschland  (Age 70 years) ▻ Margaretha av Sverige;   Ulvhild Håkansdotter > 3. Ingerid af Danmark           b. Abt 1070             d. Yes, date unknown ▻ Olav III av Norge
  Family ID	F313091	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Other Spouse	Gunhild av Norge           b. Abt 1015             d. Yes, date unknown m. Abt 1052,  div. 1054
  Family ID	F309324	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	02 Feb 2021

  
  

• Notes

  yda Anundsdotter of Sweden, also known as Guda and Gunhild (died c. 1048/1049), was a medieval and Viking Age Swedish princess and Danish queen consort, spouse of King Sweyn II of Denmark. Biography There is little information about Gyda;[citation needed] our main source being the German ecclesiastic chronicler Adam of Bremen (c. 1075). According to the much later historian Saxo Grammaticus and the Icelandic annals, she was the daughter of the Swedish king, meaning Anund Jacob (1022-c. 1050).[1] Her mother would then be Queen Gunhild of Sweden.[2] The near-contemporary Adam, however, does not say that Anund and Gunhild had any children. It is also possible that she was the daughter of Anund and another woman. She was married to King Sweyn of Denmark, maybe in 1047 or 1048. The date cannot be confirmed, and it is possible, that they were married during the time when Sweyn lived in exile at the Swedish court. After a short marriage, she died. According to Adam of Bremen it was a matter of foul play, since she was poisoned by Sweyn's concubine Thora.[3] It is not known if any of the many children of Sweyn were also the children of Gyda. Her assumed father Anund died in c. 1050, and was survived by Gunhild. At about the same time, Gyda's widower Sweyn married a woman also called Gunhild. She was possibly the same person as Gyda's mother or stepmother, though several modern historians maintain that there were two separate Gunhilds, a Swedish and a Danish queen, respectively.[4] A much later Chronicle of Bremen refers to a letter supposedly written by Archbishop Adalbert, which says that Gunhild was the "mother" (mother-in-law) of Sweyn.[5] Anyway, Sweyn and Gunhild were soon forced to separate by the Archbishop of Hamburg on account of their close kinship.[6] Gyda has often been confused and mixed up with her assumed mother (or stepmother) Gunhild, as their names were similar, and because they were both married to Sweyn. Both of them were known as Gunhild, Guda or Gyda.

  
  

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