List of monarchs of Denmark

of the "House of Olaf" was raised after king Sigtrygg by his mother. 934 AD. . 17th century engraving. The exact date of origin of the Kingdom of Denmark is not established, but names of Danish kings begins to emerge in foreign sources from the 8th century and onwards. Danish and Nordic legendary stories, chronicles and sagas often have accounts of Danish kings and dynasties stretching further back in time than the 7th century, but the historicity of the content and interpretations of these stories are often put to doubt. • Chochilaicus—see Hugleik and Hygelac— 515 AD, mentioned by Gregory of Tours (538–594). • Ongendus (Angantyr): Saint Willibrord wrote about when he visited the Danes, at the time ruled by Ongendus. • Harald, named as former king in relating 9th-century events, perhaps model for legendary Harald Wartooth. Related to the Frisian king Redbad II who in 754 had to flee to "the land of the Danes" where King Harald reigned ("Daniae Regi Heraldi"). • Sigfred: 770s–790s • Gudfred: 804–810, mentioned as Danish king. • Sons of Gudfred (Godrik): 814–820s • Horik I: (814) 827–854. • Olof, said by Adam to have come from Sweden and defeated Heiligo, taking the crown. • Gyrd and Gnupa, sons and joint successors of Olof, according to Adam. Gnupa is named by Widukind of Corvey as leader of the Danes in 934, and appears on the Sigtrygg Runestones. The Danish medieval annals, on the other hand, doesn't mention Gnupa at all, whereas Gyrd is stated in several of these annals as being a nephew of and successor to Olof. • Sigtrygg, son of Gnupa, memorialized on the Sigtrygg Runestones, presumably dating from shortly after 934. • Eric the Victorious of Sweden mentioned by Adam of Bremen and Saxo Grammaticus as ruling Denmark after an invasion by Sweden together with Slavic warriors. Adam of Bremen got the information from Danish king Sweyn II. The Stone of Eric also describes an attack on Hedeby from the same period. Since Eric also, according to another source of Adam of Bremen, invaded the Holy Roman Empire. It virtually requires Eric to have been the king of Denmark. Therefore two independent sources describe Eric as the king of Denmark. Semi-legendary kings • Ragnar Lodbrok, a legendary king probably in the 9th century, only appears in sagas and late histories, and these accounts are wildly inconsistent. He may be a composite character, a chimera of several historical kings and Vikings. • Sigurd Snake-in-the-Eye (da: Sigurd Orm-i-øje or Snogeøje). Mentioned by late and Ragnarssona þáttr. Said to be king of Zealand and Scania, and son of Ragnar Lodbrok. He may be inspired by late 9th century King Sigfred (above). • Harthacnut I (Hardeknud). According to the sagas he is son of Sigurd Snake-in-the-Eye, but some historians identify him with Adam's Hardegon, Svein's son, who invaded Denmark from Northmannia and supplanted the House of Olof. He may have ruled only part of Denmark, as Adam places the commencement of his long reign between 909 and 915, while the House of Olof was still ruling at least part of Denmark as late as 934. He was father of Gorm the Old. ==List of monarchs of Denmark==

===House of Gorm (c. 936–1042)=== ===House of Fairhair (1042–1047)=== ===House of Estridsen (1047–1375)=== ===House of Bjälbo (1376–1387)=== House of Estridsen (1387–1412) ===House of Griffin (1396–1439)=== ===House of Wittelsbach, Palatinate-Neumarkt branch (1440–1448)=== ===House of Oldenburg (1448–1863)=== ====Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg branch (1863–present)==== ==Timeline of Danish monarchs==

ImageSize=width:1250 height:auto barincrement:12 PlotArea=top:10 bottom:30 right:130 left:20 AlignBars=justify DateFormat=yyyy Period=from:940 till:2026 TimeAxis=orientation:horizontal ScaleMajor=unit:year increment:100 start:950 ScaleMinor=unit:year increment:25 start:950 Colors= id:canvas value:rgb(1,1,1) id:al value:yellow id:du value:green id:fa value:rgb(1,0.5,0.5) id:ba value:red id:br value:rgb(0.5,0.5,1) id:sw value:rgb(0.85,0.35,0) id:su value:orange id:cw value:rgb(0.8,0.8,0.8) id:eon value:Black Backgroundcolors=canvas:canvas BarData= barset:Rulers bar:eon PlotData= align:center textcolor:black fontsize:8 mark:(line,black) width:25 shift:(0,-5) bar:eon color:eon from: 940 till: 1042 color: al text:Gorm from: 1042 till: 1047 color: du text:Fairhair from: 1047 till: 1375 color: fa text:Estridsen from: 1376 till: 1387 color: ba text:Bjelbo from: 1387 till: 1412 color: fa text:Estridsen from: 1396 till: 1439 color: br text:Pomerania from: 1440 till: 1448 color: cw text:Palatinate-Neumarkt from: 1448 till: 1863 color: sw text:Oldenburg from: 1863 till: 2025 color: su text:Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg width:5 align:left fontsize:S shift:(5,-4) anchor:till barset:Rulers from: 940 till: 964 color:al text:Gorm the Old from: 964 till: 985 color:al text:Harald I Bluetooth from: 986 till: 1014 color:al text:Sweyn I Forkbeard from: 1014 till: 1018 color:al text:Harald II Svendsen from: 1018 till: 1035 color:al text:Cnut the Great from: 1035 till: 1042 color:al text:Harthacnut from: 1042 till: 1047 color:du text:Magnus the Good from: 1047 till: 1076 color:fa text:Sweyn II Estridsson from: 1076 till: 1080 color:fa text:Harald III the Soft from: 1080 till: 1086 color:fa text:Canute IV the Holy from: 1086 till: 1095 color:fa text:Olaf I Hunger from: 1095 till: 1103 color:fa text:Eric I Evergood from: 1104 till: 1134 color:fa text:Niels from: 1134 till: 1137 color:fa text:Eric II the Memorable from: 1137 till: 1146 color:fa text:Eric III Lamb from: 1146 till: 1157 color:fa text:Sweyn III Grathe from: 1146 till: 1157 color:fa text:Canute V from: 1154 till: 1182 color:fa text:Valdemar I the Great from: 1170 till: 1202 color:fa text:Canute VI from: 1202 till: 1241 color:fa text:Valdemar II the Victorious from: 1215 till: 1231 color:fa text:Valdemar the Young from: 1232 till: 1250 color:fa text:Eric IV Ploughpenny from: 1250 till: 1252 color:fa text:Abel from: 1252 till: 1259 color:fa text:Christopher I from: 1259 till: 1286 color:fa text:Eric V Klipping from: 1286 till: 1319 color:fa text:Eric VI Menved from: 1320 till: 1326 color:fa text:Christopher II from: 1321 till: 1326 color:fa text:Erik Christoffersen from: 1326 till: 1329 color:fa text:Valdemar III from: 1329 till: 1332 color:fa text:Christopher II (restored) from: 1329 till: 1331 color:fa text:Erik Christoffersen (restored) from: 1332 till: 1340 color:fa text:Interregnum from: 1340 till: 1375 color:fa text:Valdemar IV Atterdag from: 1376 till: 1387 color:ba text:Olaf II from: 1376 till: 1412 color:fa text:Margrethe I from: 1396 till: 1439 color:br text:Eric VII from: 1440 till: 1448 color:cw text:Christopher III from: 1448 till: 1481 color:sw text:Christian I from: 1481 till: 1513 color:sw text:John from: 1513 till: 1523 color:sw text:Christian II from: 1523 till: 1533 color:sw text:Frederick I from: 1533 till: 1534 color:sw text:Interregnum from: 1534 till: 1559 color:sw text:Christian III from: 1559 till: 1588 color:sw text:Frederick II from: 1588 till: 1648 color:sw text:Christian IV from: 1648 till: 1670 color:sw text:Frederick III from: 1670 till: 1699 color:sw text:Christian V from: 1699 till: 1730 color:sw text:Frederick IV from: 1730 till: 1746 color:sw text:Christian VI from: 1746 till: 1766 color:sw text:Frederick V from: 1766 till: 1808 color:sw text:Christian VII from: 1784 till: 1808 color:sw text:Frederick VI (as regent) from: 1808 till: 1839 color:sw text:Frederick VI from: 1839 till: 1848 color:sw text:Christian VIII from: 1848 till: 1863 color:sw text:Frederick VII from: 1863 till: 1906 color:su text:Christian IX from: 1906 till: 1912 color:su text:Frederik VIII from: 1912 till: 1947 color:su text:Christian X from: 1947 till: 1972 color:su text:Frederik IX from: 1972 till: 2024 color:su text:Margrethe II from: 2024 till: end color:su text:Frederik X barset:skip ==See also==