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Gunhilda of Denmark (c. 1020 – 18 July 1038), was Queen consort of Germany by her marriage with King Henry III from 1036 until her death.
Killed on November 13, 1002; daughter of Harald Bluetooth (c. 910–985), king of Denmark (r. 940–985) and Gyrid; sister of Thyra of Denmark (d. 1000) and Sven or Sweyn I Forkbeard, king of Denmark (r. 985–1014), king of England (r. 1014); married Jarl Pallig or Palig, ealdorman in Devon.
Gunhild was a Norman princess and the daughter of Cnut the Great, king of England, Denmark and Norway. She married Henry III, king of Germany and Holy Roman emperor, in 1036.
Learn about the life and legacy of Gunhilda of Denmark, a Scandinavian princess who became the Queen Consort of England. Discover how she influenced English culture, politics, and history, and why her disappearance remains a mystery.
Gunhilda of Wenden was a Polish princess, daughter of Mieszko I of Poland according to Chronicles of Thietmar of Merserburg, Adam von Bremen and Acta Cnutonis regis princess and Danish Viking Age queen consort, the supposed spouse of 10th-century King Sweyn I of Denmark (c. 960–1014).
Gunhilda of Denmark, a member of the House of Knýtlinga, was Queen consort of Germany from 1036 until her death by her marriage with King Henry III of the Salian dynasty.
Gunhilda of Denmark, born circa 1020, was Queen consort of Germany through her marriage to King Henry III from 1036 until her death in 1038. She was a daughter of King Cnut the Great and his second wife, Emma of Normandy, placing her in the House of Knýtlinga.
