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It would be helpful to have some explanation of why he is called Guthrum yet his Danish name was Gorm.
There is a misunderstanding here. Guthrum is Guthrum in Danish according to the New Danish Encyclopedia and the newest History of Denmark (vol. 3 written by the historian Peter Sawyer (English by the way)), and there may be a successor to Guthrum the 1. called Guthrum the 2., but we only know his name from a false treaty and he may not have existed. Gorm den Gamle (the Old) on the other hand is King of Denmark around the beginning and middle of the 10th century, and as far as is known Gorm was busy "forming" (I don't know the correct english word) the Danish Kingdom. Later on his grandson Sven Tveskæg (Forkbeard) around 1000 a.d. conquered large parts of England, but that is another story. (20th August 2006 Peter Staugaard)
By adopting the Christian name of Aethelstan which was also the name of Alfred the Great’s eldest brother
Is this correct? Athelstan was certainly the name of Alfred's grandson, the son of Edward the Elder, but Alfred the Great's brothers are given as Ethelbald, Ethelbert and Ethelred I in his wikipedia entry. I'm requesting a citation for this and will remove it soon if one is not forthcoming. Alun 09:07, 11 July 2006 (UTC)
Arigato1 added an image of a different Gorm the old. I have removed the image from this article, but I strongly encourage Arigato1 to add it to the proper page: Gorm the Old.--The trollfighter 12:51, 2 April 2007 (UTC)
Then Saxo write a History of Denmark, he had problems by sources. He solve problem by stealing the Danish kings of Danelaw, from a History of England. The name Gorm/Guthrum the Old be due to of the two Gorm/Guthrum of Danelaw, The older and the younger.--Håbet 22:33, 3 April 2007 (UTC)
Gorm, Gottorm and Guthrum is samme name in Danish, in Norse and in English.--Håbet 22:33, 3 April 2007 (UTC)
informs King Gorm about his sons Knud's death in Ireland. Saxo tell: Thyra was daughter of Aethelred/Ethelred of England and Thyra was living after the death of King Gorm, opposite a later King Gorm of Denmark who make a runic stone in memory of his wife, and somebody read her name Tyrwi, not Thyra --Håbet 22:33, 3 April 2007 (UTC)
http://medlem.spray.se/abujaftiel/saxo09.html Dan 9.11.2 (p. 266,18)
The various Guthrums are a problem area. We also have Guthrum II of East Anglia, so this person should be Guthrum I of East Anglia. However this person is clearly the best known of the name, and we also have Gorm the Old. I propose moving this page to Guthrum I of East Anglia, Guthrum should redirect here, and we have a Guthrum (disambiguation) article. Do we have serious grounds for believing Guthrum II is unhistorical? PatGallacher (talk) 11:46, 9 May 2008 (UTC)
Although, where a name has belonged to the kings of only one country, according to Wikipedia standards we may not need to disambiguate using "of East Anglia". PatGallacher (talk) 11:59, 9 May 2008 (UTC)
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