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Thyra

800 - 958

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Thyra or Thyri (Old Norse: Þyri or Þyre) was the wife of King Gorm the Old of Denmark, and one of the first queens of Denmark believed by scholars to be historical rather than legendary. She is presented in medieval sources as a wise and powerful woman who ordered the building or fortification of the Danevirke, consistent with her commemoration on multiple Viking Age runestones. These include those at Jelling which was the seat of power for her dynasty. Although her existence is documented in Viking Age runic inscriptions, very little is known about Thyra with certainty as no other contemporary sources about her survive. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Thyra is the 8,871st most popular politician (down from 6,093rd in 2019), the 238th most popular biography from Denmark (down from 171st in 2019) and the 90th most popular Danish Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Thyra ranks 8,871 out of 19,576. Before her are Petru Rareș, Kamo, Ghulam Ishaq Khan, José Félix Estigarribia, John Doukas, and Roger III of Sicily. After her are Tato, Akhtar Mansour, Matti Vanhanen, Prince Karl Anton of Hohenzollern, Bob Dole, and Wilhelm, Duke of Urach.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 800, Thyra ranks 34. Before her are Gerberga, wife of Carloman I, Nominoe, Mauregatus of Asturias, Eudokia, wife of Constantine V, Andal, and Maria, wife of Constantine V. After her are Khaydhar ibn Kawus al-Afshin, Nennius, Aznar Galíndez I, Alkmund of Derby, Ibn Abd al-Hakam, and Toktu of Bulgaria. Among people deceased in 958, Thyra ranks 2. Before her is Gorm the Old. After her is Toda of Pamplona.

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In Denmark

Among people born in Denmark, Thyra ranks 238 out of 1,032. Before her are Christian Mortensen (1882), Poul Hartling (1914), Herman Bang (1857), Ernst Reuter (1889), Jørgen Ingmann (1925), and Rorik of Dorestad (900). After her are Søren Lerby (1958), Christian August, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg (1696), Karl Verner (1846), Princess Elisabeth of Denmark (1935), Christian August II, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg (1798), and Svein Knutsson (1016).

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Among POLITICIANS In Denmark

Among politicians born in Denmark, Thyra ranks 90. Before her are Princess Wilhelmina Caroline of Denmark (1747), Prince Axel of Denmark (1888), Princess Caroline of Denmark (1793), Augusta of Denmark (1580), Poul Hartling (1914), and Ernst Reuter (1889). After her are Karl Verner (1846), Princess Elisabeth of Denmark (1935), Christian August II, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg (1798), Svein Knutsson (1016), Helle Thorning-Schmidt (1966), and Holger Nielsen (1866).

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