NameThorkils “The Strong” Sprakalegg
Birthabt 936
Alias/AKAThorkill "Sprakalaeg"; Thorgil Sprakling - also called Torkel Styrbjörnsson, Torgils or Sprakalägg
Spouses
ChildrenGytha (->1069)
 Ulf Jarl (~967-)
Notes for Thorkils “The Strong” Sprakalegg
Father: Olafsson, Styrbjorn of Sweden, b. ABT 959

Mother: Haraldsdottir, Thyra, b. BEF 1000
Child 1: , Gytha
Child 2: , Eilaf
Child 3: Thorkilsson, Ulf (Wolf), Jarl of Denmark, b. ABT 967

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3Thorgil Sprakling (also called Torkel Styrbjörnsson, Torgils or Sprakalägg) is claimed by late genealogical traditions[who?] to have been the son of the disinherited Swedish prince Styrbjörn the Strong, the son of Olaf, son of Björn, king of Sweden. Styrbjorn's wife, Thyra Haraldsdotter, was the daughter of Harold Bluetooth (king of Denmark and Norway). However, this pedigree may have been concocted to glorify his descendants, who later reigned in Denmark. Alternatively, Saxo Grammaticus reports he was son of a bear.
He died at the Battle of Swold.
His children were Ulf (d. 1027), the Earl of Canute the Great in Denmark and Danish steward, and Gytha Thorkelsdóttir who was to marry Godwin, Earl of Wessex
Notes for Tyra (Spouse 1)
3Tyra of Denmark, also called Tyri Haraldsdatter and Thyra (10th-century – 1000) was a Danish princess and a Norwegian Viking age Queen consort, spouse of King Olav I of Norway.
Tyra was born to King Harald I of Denmark and Queen Gyrid, Princess of Sweden. She was first married to the Swedish prince and throne claimant Styrbjörn Starke (Beorn the Feisty and Strong) and was as such a titular crown princess of Sweden. As a widow, she married a Polish prince. Second widowed, she married King Olav I of Norway. According to legend, Queen Tyra committed suicide by starvation after the news of her husband's death in 1000.
Notes for Thora (Spouse 2)
3Thora (Tova) the daughter of Mistivir in 970. She raised the Sønder Vissing Runestone after her mother.

Princess Tove of the Obotrites, also called Tova, Tofa or Thora, (10th century) was a Slavic princess and a Danish Viking Age queen consort, the spouse of King Harald I of Denmark.
Thora (Tova) was the daughter of Prince Mistivir of the Obotrites. She married King Harald in 970. It is not known whether she was the mother of any of her spouse's children. She raised the Sønder Vissing Runestone after her mother.
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