Gunhild (with variants Gundhild, Gunhilda, Gunhilde, Gunhjild, Gunilda, Gunnhild, Gunnhildr, Gunnhildur) is a
Germanic feminine
given name composed of two words meaning "war" (gunn and hild/hildr). It may refer to:
*, allegedly a Danish queen consort, wife of Harald Bluetooth
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Gunhild of Wenden
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-centur ...
, wife of Sweyn I of Denmark
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Gunhilde (died 1002), said to have been the sister of Sweyn Forkbeard
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Gunhild of Wessex, (1055–1097), eldest daughter of Harold Godwinson and Edith the Fair
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Gunhild Carling, Swedish jazz musician
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Gunhild Kyle
Gunhild Kyle (28 August 1921 – 14 February 2016) was a Swedish historian.Sweden's population 1970, CD-ROM, Version 1.04, Swedish Family Research Association (2002). She was Sweden's first professor of women's history at the University of Gothenb ...
(1921–2016), Swedish historian
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Gunhild Rosén (1855–1928), Swedish ballerina
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891 Gunhild, an asteroid in the Asteroid Belt
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Gunhilda of Denmark
Gunhilda of Denmark ( 1020 – 18 July 1038), was Queen consort of Germany by her marriage with King Henry III from 1036 until her death.
Biography
Gunhilda was a daughter of King Cnut the Great (985/95 – 1035), ruler over the Anglo-Scandi ...
, daughter of Canute the Great and wife of Henry III, Holy Roman Emperor
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Gunhilde, sister of Sweyn I of Denmark, wife of Pallig Tokesen
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Domina Gunilda, a weapon of remarkable size at Windsor Castle in the 1300s; considered the origin of the word "gun"
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Gunnhild, Mother of Kings, wife of Erik Bloodaxe
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Gunnhildr Sveinsdóttir
Gunnhildr Sveinsdóttir or Gunnhildr Haraldsdóttir, ''Guda'' or ''Gyda'' (traditionally died in Gudhem, Västergötland, Sweden, c. 1060) was, according to the traditional view, a queen consort of King Anund Jacob of Sweden and of king Sveinn II ...
, queen consort of Denmark and Sweden
In the masculine form, Gunnhildus, it is attested from earlier times.
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Gunnhildus,
Visigothic
The Visigoths (; la, Visigothi, Wisigothi, Vesi, Visi, Wesi, Wisi) were an early Germanic people who, along with the Ostrogoths, constituted the two major political entities of the Goths within the Roman Empire in late antiquity, or what is k ...
bishop of Maguelonne.
See also
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gunhild, a French clothing brand
* The name of the London area "
Gunnersbury" means "Manor house of a woman called Gunnhildr", and is from an old Scandinavian personal name +
Middle English
Middle English (abbreviated to ME) is a form of the English language that was spoken after the Norman conquest of 1066, until the late 15th century. The English language underwent distinct variations and developments following the Old English ...
-''bury'', manor or manor house.
[Oxford Dictionary of British Place Names, A.D.Mills. 2003. . .]
*''
Gunilda'', a steel yacht which sank on
Lake Superior
Lake Superior in central North America is the largest freshwater lake in the world by surface areaThe Caspian Sea is the largest lake, but is saline, not freshwater. and the third-largest by volume, holding 10% of the world's surface fresh w ...
.
References
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External links
Nomina • Historiska MuseetGunilda - Nordic Names
Given names
Feminine given names