Henry I and his Christian forces defeat …
Years: 934 - 934
Henry I and his Christian forces defeat a pagan Danish army under King Gnupa and conquer Hedeby.
Gnupa is mentioned on the two Sigtrygg Runestones raised near Schleswig by his wife Asfrid for their son Sigtrygg.
Likewise, a Danish king Chnuba is named by Widukind of Corvey's Saxon chronicles as having been defeated and forced to accept baptism in 934, and Olav Tryggvasson's Saga tells of Gnupa's defeat by Gorm the Old.
However, this chronology would contradict that of Adam of Bremen, who places the succession and subsequent defeat of Sigtrygg during the tenure, from 909 to 915 or 917, of Archbishop Hoger of Bremen.
The late and legend-influenced Gesta Danorum of Saxo Grammaticus names a nobleman Ennignup serving as guardian for a young king Knut at some time prior to king Gorm the Old and it has been suggested he may be a confused representation of Gnupa.
Locations
People
Groups
- Polytheism (“paganism”)
- Christianity, Chalcedonian
- Denmark, Kingdom of
- Danes (Scandinavians)
- Saxony, Duchy of
- Francia Orientalis (East Francia), Kingdom of
