NameThorkils “The Strong” Sprakalegg ![](../img/i_tree.png)
Birthabt 936
Alias/AKAThorkill "Sprakalaeg"; Thorgil Sprakling - also called Torkel Styrbjörnsson, Torgils or Sprakalägg
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.