This line starts with one Thorgils Sprakalegg; possibly m.Thyra, dau.of King Harold Bluetooth of Denmark; They had two kids:

Ulf, Jarl and earl in England, Reichsverweser of Denmark, +murdered 1026; m.Estrid of Denmark. They had issue:

• A1. Svend II Estridsen, became King of Denmark (1047-76), *1020, +28.2.1076; 1m: (div 1052) Gunnhild Svendotter; 2m: Gyda N; 3m: Thora Thorbergsdotter
  • B1. [1m.] Svend, +murdered 1097; m.Florine de Bourgogne (+1097)
  • B2. [3m.] Magnus, +young
    *** The remaining kids of King Svend Estridsen were illegitimate:
  • B3. Harald III Hein, King of Denmark (1076-80), +17.4.1080; m.Margareta, dau.of Asbjorn Odanejarl
    • C1. a daughter; m.Skjalm Hirde
  • B4. Knud IV "the Saint", King of Denmark (1080-86), +murdered 10.7.1086; m.ca 1080 Adele of Flanders (*1065 +1115)
    • C1. Charles "the Good", Cte d'Amiens, Ct of Flanders and Artois (1119-27), *1084, +murdered Bruges 1127; m.ca 1119 Marguerite, dau.of Cte Renaud II de Clermont by Adele de Vermandois
    • C2. Cecilie, fl 1131; m.Erik, Jarl of Falster, fl 1145
    • C3. Ingegerd; m.Folke "the Fat", a Swede
  • B5. Olaf I Hunger, King of Denmark (1086-95), +18.8.1095; m.Ingegerd of Norway
  • B6. Erik I Eigod, King of Denmark (1095-1103), *1059, +Cyprus 10.7.1103; m.before 1086 Bodil Thrugotsdotter (+1103)
    • C1. Knut Lavard, King of South Jutland (1115-31), King of the Wends (1129-31), *1096, +murdered 1131; m.ca 1116 Ingeborg of Kiev
      • D1. Waldemar I "the Great", King of Denmark (1157-82), *14.1.1131, +12.5.1182; m.1157 Sophia of Minsk (*1141 +5.5.1198); for their issue see HERE
      • D2. Margareta; m.Stig Hvitaledr
      • D3. Christina, *1118; m.1133 King Magnus "the Blind" of Norway (+1139)
      • D4. Katharina; m.ca 1159 Prislaw of the Wends
    • C2. [illegitimate] Harald Kesja, Reichsverweser of Denmark, +murdered 1135; m.Ragnhild of Norway; the first 6 of his kids are presumed to be legitimate; the other 6 are presumed to be illegitimate
      • D1. Erik Haraldsen, +drowned 1134
      • D2. Bjorn Jernside, +drowned 1134; m.Katharina of Sweden
        • E1. Christina; m.[St.] Erik II Jedvardsson, King of Sweden (+1159)
      • D3. Magnus Haraldsen, +k.a.1134
      • D4. Olaf Haraldsen, anti-King, +k.a.1143; he may have been father of King Harald "the Thin" of Sweden
      • D5. Harald Haraldsen, +murdered 1135
      • D6. Knut Haraldsen, +murdered 1135
      • D7. Sivard Haraldsen, +murdered 1135
      • D8. Erik Haraldsen, +murdered 1135
      • D9. Svend Haraldsen, +murdered 1135
      • D10. Niels Haraldsen, +murdered 1135
      • D11. Benedikt Haraldsen, +murdered 1135
      • D12. Mistivint Haraldsen, +murdered 1135
    • C3. [illegitimate] Benedikt
    • C4. [illegitimate] Erik II Emune, King of Denmark (1134-37), +18.9.1137; m.ca 1130 Malmfrid of Kiev (+after 1137)
      • D1. Svend II, King of Seeland 1147, King of Denmark (1152-57), +murdered 28.10.1157; m.ca 1152 Adela von Wettin (+1172/73)
        • E1. Erik, +ca 1157
        • E2. Luitgard; m.ca 1180 Gf Berthold II von Andechs, Mgve of Istria (*ca 1122 +14.11.1188)
    • C5. [illegitimate] Ragnhild; m.Hakon Sunnivasson
  • B7. Svend, +1104
    • C1. Henrik "the Limper", +k.a.1134; m.Ingrid of Sweden (+after 1161)
      • D1. King Magnus of Sweden (1160-61), +k.a.1161; m.Brigitta, dau.of King Harald Gille of Norway
      • D2. Ragnvald, Jarl in Sweden, +k.a.1161
      • D3. Knut, Duke of Jutland, +1162
      • D4. Buris, Duke of South Jutland, *1130, +murdered 1167; m.ca 1166 N, a dau.of Gf Hermann II von Winzenburg
      • D5. Jan, Jarl in Sweden, +ca 1161
  • B8. King Niels of Denmark (1104-34), +murdered Schleswig 25.6.1134; 1m: ca 1105 Margareta of Sweden (+before 1130); 2m: Ulvhild Hakonsdotter
    • C1. [1m.] Magnus "the Strong", King of Vaestergotland (1129-34), *1106, +k.a.Fodevig 4.6.1134; m.ca 1127 Richiza of Poland (*1116, +after 1155)
      • D1. Knut III Magnussen, King of Jutland 1147, co-King of Denmark (1154-57), +murdered 1157; m.1156 N of Sweden
        • E1. St.Niels, +1180
        • E2. Waldemar, Archbishop of Bremen, +1236
      • D2. Niels, +1158
    • C2. [1m.] Inge, +1121
    • C3. [illegitimate] Ingrid; m.before 1117 Ubbe Esbernsen (+murdered 1133)
  • B9. Thorgils
  • B10. Sigurd, +k.a.
  • B11. Benedikt, +k.a.1086
  • B12. Bjorn, +murdered 1100
  • B13. Guttorm
  • B14. Eymund
  • B15. Ulf
  • B16. Ragnhild; m.Sven Askelsson of Norway
  • B17. Helene=Gunhild
  • B18. Sigrid; m.Pr Gottschalk of the Obotrites (+murdered 1066)
  • B19. Ingrid; m.ca 1070 King Olaf III of Norway (+1093)
• A2. Bjorn, Jarl in England, +murdered 1049
  • B1. Asmund "Free-booter", +k.a.1065
• A3. Asbjorn, Jarl in Denmark, +1086

Gytha, *ca 1000, +in exile in Flanders after VI.1069; m.Earl Godwin of Wessex and Kent (15.4.1053)

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