Tyra

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Tyra (Thyra Haraldsdatter) was the daughter of Harold Bluetooth (Harald Blaatand) and his wife Gyrid. She was born about 947. She married (1) the disinherited Swedish prince Styrbjörn Starke (Styrbjörn Olafsson) and had the son Torkel Styrbjörnsson, who had the daughter Gytha Thorkelsdóttir. Gytha married Godwin, Earl of Wessex and had the son Harold II of England. Styrbjörn died in battle in 986.

She married second Olav Tryggvason, King of Norway, about 995. He died in 1000.

She died on 18 SEP 1000.


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