Gunhild
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Gunhild, Gunnhild, Gunnhildr, Gundhild, Gunhilde or Gunhilda is a Germanic
feminine given name
composed of two words meaning "war" (hild/hildr and gunn). It may refer to:
Germanic languages
The Germanic languages constitute a sub-branch of the Indo-European language family. The common ancestor of all of the languages in this branch is called Proto-Germanic , which was spoken in approximately the mid-1st millennium BC in Iron Age northern Europe...
feminine given name
Given name
A given name, in Western contexts often referred to as a first name, is a personal name that specifies and differentiates between members of a group of individuals, especially in a family, all of whose members usually share the same family name...
composed of two words meaning "war" (hild/hildr and gunn). It may refer to:
- Gunhild of WendenGunhild of WendenPrincess Gunhilda of Wenden was a semi-legendary Slavic princess and Danish Viking age queen consort, the supposed spouse of 10th-century King Sweyn I of Denmark .- Heimskringla :...
, wife of Sweyn I of Denmark - Gunhild RosénGunhild RosénGunhild Rosén , was a Swedish ballerina, choreographer and a ballet master of the Royal Swedish Ballet in Stockholm.Gunhild Rosén was a student of Anders Selinder...
, Swedish ballerina - GunhildeGunhildeGunhilde is said to have been the sister of Sweyn Forkbeard, King of Denmark, and the daughter of Harald Bluetooth. She was married to Pallig, a Dane who served the King of England, Æthelred the Unready, as ealdorman of Devonshire...
, sister of Sweyn I of Denmark - Gunhilda of DenmarkGunhilda of DenmarkGunhilda of Denmark was the first spouse of Henry III, Holy Roman Emperor.-Biography:Gunhilda was a daughter of Canute the Great and Emma of Normandy. Her maternal grandparents were Richard I of Normandy and his second wife Gunnora, Duchess of Normandy.She was a sister of Harthacanute. She was a...
, daughter of Canute the Great and wife of Henry III, Holy Roman Emperor - Gunnhild, Mother of Kings, was the wife of Erik Bloodaxe
- Gunnhild Haraldsdottir, wife of Pallig Tokesen
- Gunnhildr Sveinsdóttir, queen consort of Denmark and Sweden