Legendary Danish kings
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The legendary kings of Denmark are the predecessors of Gorm the Old
, half history and half legend. The accounts of the Danish kings are confusing and contradictory, and so this presentation tries to separate the various sources from each other. They sometimes mention the same kings.
Rig
Early line of kings mentioned by multiple sources
After Hrólf Kraki no two sources give the same succession.
Adam of Bremen
Adam mentions several kings from the 10th century preceding Gorm the Old
. He claims Svend Estridson
as his source. Many of these are also confirmed by other sources.
Gesta Danorum
The kings from Saxo Grammaticus
chronicle Gesta Danorum
(deeds of the Danes).
Chronicon Lethrense
The kings from the Chronicle of Lejre.
Beowulf
The kings in epic poem Beowulf
Skjöldunga saga
The kings of the saga of the Scylding
family.
Ynglinga saga
The kings of the saga of the Ynglinga family.
For later Danish monarchs whose existence is verified, see List of Danish monarchs
Gorm the Old
Gorm the Old , also called Gorm the Sleepy , was the first historically recognized King of Denmark, reigning from to his death . He ruled from Jelling, and made the oldest of the Jelling Stones in honour of his wife Thyra. Gorm was born before 900 and died .-Ancestry and reign:Gorm is the reported...
, half history and half legend. The accounts of the Danish kings are confusing and contradictory, and so this presentation tries to separate the various sources from each other. They sometimes mention the same kings.
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and ScyldingScyldingOld English Scylding and Old Norse Skjöldung , meaning in both languages "People of Scyld/Skjöld" refers to members of a legendary royal family of Danes and sometimes to their people. The name is explained in many text by the descent of this family from an eponymous king Scyld/Skjöld...
line
Early line of kings mentioned by multiple sources
- DanDan (king)Dan is the name of one or more legendary kings of the Danes in medieval Scandinavian texts.-The Lejre Chronicle:The Chronicle of Lejre written about 1170 introduces a primeval King Ypper of Uppsala whose three sons were Dan, who afterwards ruled Denmark, Nori, who afterwards ruled Norway, and...
mikilláti, son of Danp - (He is brother-in-law of DomarDomarIn Norse mythology, the Swedish king Domar of the House of Ynglings was the son of Domalde. He was married to Drott, the sister of Dan the Arrogant who gave his names to the Danes...
.) - FróðiFróðiFróði is the name of a number of legendary Danish kings in various texts including Beowulf, Snorri Sturluson's Prose Edda and his Ynglinga saga, Saxo Grammaticus' Gesta Danorum, and the Grottasöngr. A Danish king by this name also appears as a minor character in the Middle High German epic Die...
mikilláti, son of Dan Mikillati - HalfdanHalfdanHalfdan was a late 5th and early 6th century legendary Danish king of the Scylding lineage, the son of king named Fróði in many accounts, noted mainly as the father to the two kings who succeeded him in the rule of Denmark, kings named Hroðgar and Halga in the Old English poem Beowulf and named...
, son of Fróði - Hrothgar (Roar), 6th century?, son of Halfdan
- HalgaHalgaHalga, Helgi, Helghe or Helgo was a legendary Danish king living in the early 6th century. His name would in his own language have been *Hailaga ....
(Helge), 6th century?, son of Halfdan - Hrólf KrakiHrólf KrakiHrólfr Kraki, Hroðulf, Rolfo, Roluo, Rolf Krage was a legendary Danish king who appears in both Anglo-Saxon and Scandinavian tradition. His name would in his own language have been *Hrōþiwulfaz .Both traditions describe him as a Danish Scylding, the nephew of Hroðgar and the grandson of Healfdene...
, son of Helga
After Hrólf Kraki no two sources give the same succession.
Adam of BremenAdam of BremenAdam of Bremen was a German medieval chronicler. He lived and worked in the second half of the eleventh century. He is most famous for his chronicle Gesta Hammaburgensis Ecclesiae Pontificum .-Background:Little is known of his life other than hints from his own chronicles...
Adam mentions several kings from the 10th century preceding Gorm the OldGorm the Old
Gorm the Old , also called Gorm the Sleepy , was the first historically recognized King of Denmark, reigning from to his death . He ruled from Jelling, and made the oldest of the Jelling Stones in honour of his wife Thyra. Gorm was born before 900 and died .-Ancestry and reign:Gorm is the reported...
. He claims Svend Estridson
Sweyn II of Denmark
Sweyn II Estridsson Ulfsson was the King of Denmark from 1047 to 1074. He was the son of Ulf Jarl and Estrid Svendsdatter. He was married three times, and fathered 20 children or more, including the five future kings Harald III Hen, Canute IV the Saint, Oluf I Hunger, Eric I Evergood and Niels...
as his source. Many of these are also confirmed by other sources.
- Helgi
- Olof the BrashOlof the BrashOlaf, according to the Danish king Sweyn Estridson and Adam of Bremen, was a Swedish chieftain who conquered Denmark in the late 9th century or early 10th century and founded the House of Olaf....
(Olav/Ole den Frøkne): mention o. 925 - Gyrd and GnupaGyrd and GnupaGyrd and Gnupa were kings of Denmark in the 10th century according to Sweyn II of Denmark and Adam of Bremen. They were the sons of the Swedish chieftain Olof the Brash who had conquered Denmark and they ruled together according to Swedish tradition.Gnupa is mentioned on the two Sigtrygg...
: mention 934 - Sigtrygg GnupassonSigtrygg GnupassonSigtrygg Gnupasson was a king of Denmark of the Swedish House of Olaf who ruled in the 10th century, according to Adam of Bremen and Sweyn II of Denmark....
(Sigerich): c. 935, but conflicts with Harthacnut's deposition of him about 917 - HarthacnutHarthacnut of DenmarkHarthacnut or Cnut I was a legendary King of Denmark. He is alternatively given as the son of an otherwise unknown "Sweyn," or, as presented by Ragnarssona þáttr, of the semi-mythic viking chieftain Sigurd Snake-in-the-Eye, himself one of the sons of the legendary Ragnar Lodbrok...
Very likely preceded Gorm the OldGorm the OldGorm the Old , also called Gorm the Sleepy , was the first historically recognized King of Denmark, reigning from to his death . He ruled from Jelling, and made the oldest of the Jelling Stones in honour of his wife Thyra. Gorm was born before 900 and died .-Ancestry and reign:Gorm is the reported...
Gesta DanorumGesta DanorumGesta Danorum is a patriotic work of Danish history, by the 12th century author Saxo Grammaticus . It is the most ambitious literary undertaking of medieval Denmark and is an essential source for the nation's early history...
The kings from Saxo GrammaticusSaxo Grammaticus
Saxo Grammaticus also known as Saxo cognomine Longus was a Danish historian, thought to have been a secular clerk or secretary to Absalon, Archbishop of Lund, foremost advisor to Valdemar I of Denmark. He is the author of the first full history of Denmark.- Life :The Jutland Chronicle gives...
chronicle Gesta Danorum
Gesta Danorum
Gesta Danorum is a patriotic work of Danish history, by the 12th century author Saxo Grammaticus . It is the most ambitious literary undertaking of medieval Denmark and is an essential source for the nation's early history...
(deeds of the Danes).
- Dan IDan I of DenmarkDan I was the progenitor of the Danish royal house according to Saxo Grammaticus's Gesta Danorum. He held the lordship along with his brother Angul, the progenitor of the English.See also: Dan -References:...
- HumblusHumblusHumblus was one of the earliest kings of Denmark according to Saxo Grammaticus's Gesta Danorum.The standing on stones in connection with the choosing a king is a motive known from other Scandinavian sources...
- LotherusLotherusLotherus was one of the earliest kings of Denmark according to Saxo Grammaticus's Gesta Danorum.See also: Heremod-References:...
- SkioldusSkjöldrSkjöldr was among the first legendary Danish kings. He is mentioned in the Prose Edda, in Ynglinga saga, in Chronicon Lethrense, in Sven Aggesen's history, in Arngrímur Jónsson's Latin abstract of the lost Skjöldunga saga and in Saxo Grammaticus' Gesta Danorum...
- GramGram of DenmarkGram was one of the earliest legendary Danish kings according to Saxo Grammaticus' Gesta Danorum. His history is given in more detail than those of his predecessors...
- HadingusHadingusHadingus was one of the earliest legendary Danish kings according to Saxo Grammaticus' Gesta Danorum where he has a detailed biography. Georges Dumézil and others have argued that Gram was partially modelled on the god Njörðr.-Gesta Danorum:...
- Frotho IFrotho IFrotho I is one of the legendary Danish kings in Saxo Grammaticus' Gesta Danorum where he has a substantial biography. He succeeds his father Hadingus to the throne and replenishes the war-drained treasury by slaying a dragon and winning its treasure...
- Haldanus IHalfdanHalfdan was a late 5th and early 6th century legendary Danish king of the Scylding lineage, the son of king named Fróði in many accounts, noted mainly as the father to the two kings who succeeded him in the rule of Denmark, kings named Hroðgar and Halga in the Old English poem Beowulf and named...
- RoHroðgarHroðgar, King Hroþgar, "Hrothgar", Hróarr, Hroar, Roar, Roas or Ro was a legendary Danish king, living in the early 6th century....
- HelgoHalgaHalga, Helgi, Helghe or Helgo was a legendary Danish king living in the early 6th century. His name would in his own language have been *Hailaga ....
- Rolvo Krake
- HøtherusHöðrHöðr is the brother of Baldr in Norse mythology. Guided by Loki he shot the mistletoe missile which was to slay the otherwise invulnerable Baldr....
- Rørikus
- Wiglecus
- WermundusWermundWermund or Garmund is an ancestor of the Mercian royal family, a son of Wihtlaeg and father of Offa. Mythology claims him to be a grandson of Woden, but the Danish histories written by Saxo Grammaticus disagree with this concept....
- UffoOffa of AngelOffa was the 4th-great-grandfather of Creoda of Mercia, and was reputed to be a great-grandson of Woden, English god of war and poetry and creator of Middle-Earth, the realm of man. Offa was the son of Wermund, and the father of Angeltheow...
- Dan IIDan II of DenmarkDan II is one of the legendary Danish kings described in Saxo Grammaticus' Gesta Danorum.See also: Dan -References:* Davidson, Hilda Ellis and Peter Fisher . Saxo Grammaticus : The History of the Danes : Books I-IX. Bury St Edmunds: St Edmundsbury Press. ISBN 0-85991-502-6. First published...
- HuglecusHuglecusIn Saxo Grammaticus' Gesta Danorum, Huglecus is one of the legendary Danish kings. Like Hygelac, he fought against Swedes but he is only given a very short biography....
- Frotho IIFrotho IIFrotho II is one of the legendary Danish kings described in Saxo Grammaticus' Gesta Danorum.See also: Fróði-References:* Davidson, Hilda Ellis and Peter Fisher . Saxo Grammaticus : The History of the Danes : Books I-IX. Bury St Edmunds: St Edmundsbury Press. ISBN 0-85991-502-6. First published...
- Dan IIIDan IIIDan III is one of the legendary Danish kings described in Saxo Grammaticus' Gesta Danorum.See also: Dan -References:* Davidson, Hilda Ellis and Peter Fisher . Saxo Grammaticus : The History of the Danes : Books I-IX. Bury St Edmunds: St Edmundsbury Press. ISBN 0-85991-502-6. First published...
- Fridlevus IFridlevus IFridlevus I is one of the legendary Danish kings described in Saxo Grammaticus' Gesta Danorum.-References:* Davidson, Hilda Ellis and Peter Fisher . Saxo Grammaticus : The History of the Danes : Books I-IX. Bury St Edmunds: St Edmundsbury Press. ISBN 0-85991-502-6. First published 1979-1980.*...
- Frotho III
- Fridlevus IIFridlevus IIFridleif was a son of Fróði of the Skjöldung lineage. In that work he was the brother of Halfdan and the father of Áli the Strong....
- Frotho IV
- Ingellus
- Olavus I
- Frotho V
- Haldanus II
- UnguinusYngwinYngwin was, according to Gesta Danorum, a king in Götaland, who was a close friend to one of the Danish kings named Halfdan.This Danish king had no sons, so he left his treasures and his kingdom to Yngwin...
- Sywaldus I
- Sygarus
- Haldanus III
- Haraldus HyldetanHarald WartoothHarald Wartooth or Harold Hiltertooth was a legendary king of Sweden, Denmark, Norway and the historical northern German province of Wendland, in the 8th and 9th century...
- Sigurd RingSigurd RingSigurd Hring was a Swedish and Danish king mentioned in many old Scandinavian legends. According to Bósa saga ok Herrauds, there was once a saga on Sigurd Hring, but this saga is now lost...
- OloOLOOlo or OLO may refer to:*Ale the Strong*Audovald and Olo, two generals in the Frankish campaign against the Lombards under kings Guntram and Childebert II*On Line Opinion*Ontario L'Orignal Railway*Olo n:o 22, an outdoor sculpture in Helsinki...
- Omundus
- Sywardus I
- Iarmericus
- Broderus
- Sywaldus II
- SnioSnærSnær Snærr, East Norse Sniō, Latin Nix, Nivis) 'snow', in Norse mythology seemingly a personification of snow, appearing in extant text as an euhemerized legendary Scandinavian king.-Icelandic tradition:...
- Biorn
- Haraldus II
- Gormo I
- GudfredGudfredKing Gudfred was a Danish king during the Viking era. Gudfred was the younger son of King Sigfred. Alternate spelling include Godfred, Göttrick , Gøtrik , Gudrød , and Godofredus .-Biography:King Gudfred appeared in present day Holstein with a navy in 804 AD where diplomacy took place with the...
- Olavus II
- Hemmingus
- Siwardus Ring
- Regner LothbrogRagnar LodbrokRagnar Lodbrok was a Norse legendary hero from the Viking Age who was thoroughly reshaped in Old Norse poetry and legendary sagas.-Life as recorded in the sagas:...
- Siwardus III
- Ericus
- Kanutus I
- Frotho VI
- Gormo II
- Haraldus III
- Gormo IIIGorm the OldGorm the Old , also called Gorm the Sleepy , was the first historically recognized King of Denmark, reigning from to his death . He ruled from Jelling, and made the oldest of the Jelling Stones in honour of his wife Thyra. Gorm was born before 900 and died .-Ancestry and reign:Gorm is the reported...
Chronicon LethrenseChronicon LethrenseChronicon Lethrense is a small Danish medieval work from the 12th century, written in Latin.-Themes:...
The kings from the Chronicle of Lejre.
- DanDan (king)Dan is the name of one or more legendary kings of the Danes in medieval Scandinavian texts.-The Lejre Chronicle:The Chronicle of Lejre written about 1170 introduces a primeval King Ypper of Uppsala whose three sons were Dan, who afterwards ruled Denmark, Nori, who afterwards ruled Norway, and...
, son of Ypper (a primeval king of Sweden) - HaldanHalfdanHalfdan was a late 5th and early 6th century legendary Danish king of the Scylding lineage, the son of king named Fróði in many accounts, noted mainly as the father to the two kings who succeeded him in the rule of Denmark, kings named Hroðgar and Halga in the Old English poem Beowulf and named...
- RoHroðgarHroðgar, King Hroþgar, "Hrothgar", Hróarr, Hroar, Roar, Roas or Ro was a legendary Danish king, living in the early 6th century....
and HelgheHalgaHalga, Helgi, Helghe or Helgo was a legendary Danish king living in the early 6th century. His name would in his own language have been *Hailaga ....
, the sons of Haldan. - a dog king Saurr ruled Denmark after king named Helgi (see SnærSnærSnær Snærr, East Norse Sniō, Latin Nix, Nivis) 'snow', in Norse mythology seemingly a personification of snow, appearing in extant text as an euhemerized legendary Scandinavian king.-Icelandic tradition:...
) on the order of the Swedish king Adils (or Hakon). - Rolf KrageHrólf KrakiHrólfr Kraki, Hroðulf, Rolfo, Roluo, Rolf Krage was a legendary Danish king who appears in both Anglo-Saxon and Scandinavian tradition. His name would in his own language have been *Hrōþiwulfaz .Both traditions describe him as a Danish Scylding, the nephew of Hroðgar and the grandson of Healfdene...
- SnærSnærSnær Snærr, East Norse Sniō, Latin Nix, Nivis) 'snow', in Norse mythology seemingly a personification of snow, appearing in extant text as an euhemerized legendary Scandinavian king.-Icelandic tradition:...
, son of Frosti
BeowulfBeowulfBeowulf , but modern scholars agree in naming it after the hero whose life is its subject." of an Old English heroic epic poem consisting of 3182 alliterative long lines, set in Scandinavia, commonly cited as one of the most important works of Anglo-Saxon literature.It survives in a single...
The kings in epic poem BeowulfBeowulf
Beowulf , but modern scholars agree in naming it after the hero whose life is its subject." of an Old English heroic epic poem consisting of 3182 alliterative long lines, set in Scandinavia, commonly cited as one of the most important works of Anglo-Saxon literature.It survives in a single...
- HeremodHeremodHeremod is a legendary Danish king and a legendary king of the Angles who would have lived in the 2nd century and known through a short account of his exile in the Old English poem Beowulf and from appearances in some genealogies as the father of Scyld...
, a Danish king - ScyldScyldScyld Scefing is the legendary ancestor of the Danish royal lineage known as the Scyldings. He is the counterpart of the Skioldus or Skjöldr of Danish and Icelandic sources....
, a foundling who became king - Scealdwea (Scealdea), son of Heremod
- BeowaBeowaBeowa, Beaw, Beow, Beo or Bedwig is a figure in Anglo-Saxon paganism associated with barley and agriculture. The figure is attested in the Anglo-Saxon royal genealogies as they were extended in the age of Alfred, where Beowa is inserted as the son of Scyld and the grandson of Sceafa, in lineages...
, son of Scyld - Healfdene, son of Beowa
- HeorogarHeorogarHeorogar was a Danish king who appears in the Old English poem Beowulf as the eldest son of Healfdene , and the brother of Hroðgar , and Halga...
, son of Healfdene - HroðgarHroðgarHroðgar, King Hroþgar, "Hrothgar", Hróarr, Hroar, Roar, Roas or Ro was a legendary Danish king, living in the early 6th century....
, son of Healfdene - Hroðulf, probably the son of Hroðgar's brother HalgaHalgaHalga, Helgi, Helghe or Helgo was a legendary Danish king living in the early 6th century. His name would in his own language have been *Hailaga ....
Skjöldunga sagaSkjöldunga sagaThe Skjöldunga saga was a Norse saga on the legendary Danish dynasty of the Skjöldungs, the same dynasty featured in the Old English poem Beowulf...
(partial list)
The kings of the saga of the ScyldingScylding
Old English Scylding and Old Norse Skjöldung , meaning in both languages "People of Scyld/Skjöld" refers to members of a legendary royal family of Danes and sometimes to their people. The name is explained in many text by the descent of this family from an eponymous king Scyld/Skjöld...
family.
- ScioldusSkjold-Places:*Skjold, Bergen, a borough in Bergen, Norway*Skjold, Troms, a village in Målselv municipality, Norway*Skjold , a Norwegian army garrison in Målselv, Norway*Skjold, Rogaland, a former municipality, now in Vindafjord municipality, Norway-Other:...
- Fridleifus I
- Frodo I
- Herleifus
- Havardus
- Leifus
- Herleifus
- Hunleifus
- Aleifus
- Oddleifus
- Geirleifus
- Gunnleifus
- Frodo II
- VermundusWermundWermund or Garmund is an ancestor of the Mercian royal family, a son of Wihtlaeg and father of Offa. Mythology claims him to be a grandson of Woden, but the Danish histories written by Saxo Grammaticus disagree with this concept....
- Dan I
- Dan II
- Frodo III
- Fridleifus II
- Frodo IV
- IngjaldusIngeldIngeld or Ingjald was a legendary warrior who appears in early English and Norse legends. Ingeld was so well-known that, in 797, Alcuin wrote a letter to Bishop Higbald of Lindisfarne questioning the monks' interest in heroic legends with: 'Quid enim Hinieldus cum Christo?' - What has Ingeld to...
http://www.gutenberg.org/files/14878/14878-0.txt - HelgoHalgaHalga, Helgi, Helghe or Helgo was a legendary Danish king living in the early 6th century. His name would in his own language have been *Hailaga ....
and RoasHroðgarHroðgar, King Hroþgar, "Hrothgar", Hróarr, Hroar, Roar, Roas or Ro was a legendary Danish king, living in the early 6th century.... - Rolfo Krake
- HiorvardusHeoroweardHeoroweard is a character who appears in Beowulf and also in Norse legends, where he is named Hjörvarðr or Hiartuar. If he existed in real life, his name would have been Proto-Norse *Heruwarduz....
- RærecusHreðric and HroðmundHreðric and Hroðmund were the sons of the Danish king Hroðgar, and his queen Wealhþeow, in the Old English epic Beowulf. They are only mentioned in passing, and there seems to be some foreshadowing in Beowulf that their cousin, Halga's son Hroðulf, i.e...
Ynglinga sagaYnglinga sagaYnglinga saga is a legendary saga, originally written in Old Norse by the Icelandic poet Snorri Sturluson about 1225. It was first translated into English and published in 1844....
The kings of the saga of the Ynglinga family.
- Skjöldr
- ...
- Frið-Fróði
- ...
- Danr hinn mikilláti
- Fróði hinn mikilláti eða friðsami
- Hálfdan
- Friðleifr
- Áli hinn frækni
- ...
- Fróði hinn frækni
- ...
- Helgi Hálfdanarson
- Hrólfr kraki
Other sources
- Chlochilaicus: 6th century killed by Theuderic ITheuderic ITheuderic I was the Merovingian king of Metz, Rheims, or Austrasia—as it is variously called—from 511 to 533 or 534....
during a Viking raid in ca 516, mentioned as a Dane though that might have been be a mistake on the author's part. He is called 'Rex Getarum' (King of The Geats) in most accounts and is thought to be HygelacHygelacHygelac was a king of the Geats according to the poem Beowulf. He was the son of Hrethel and had brothers Herebeald and Hæthcyn. His sister was married to Ecgtheow and had the son Beowulf. Hygelac was married to Hygd and they had the son Heardred, and an unnamed daughter who married Eofor...
, mentioned in Beowulf as the King of Geatland. - FróðiFróðiFróði is the name of a number of legendary Danish kings in various texts including Beowulf, Snorri Sturluson's Prose Edda and his Ynglinga saga, Saxo Grammaticus' Gesta Danorum, and the Grottasöngr. A Danish king by this name also appears as a minor character in the Middle High German epic Die...
: 6th century or 7th century - OngendusOngendusOngendus was a king of the Danes, reigning c. 710.About 710, Saint Willibrord visited the Danes whilst Ongendus was ruling and returned with 30 boys to instruct in missionary work. No further details are given about Ongendus, other than that he was "more savage than any beast and harder than...
(Angantyr): mention early 8th century - Siger: mention 8th century
- Sigfrid: mention 776, d. before 804
- HaroldHaroldHarold is an Old English name, meaning "heroic leader", same as the title herald. Diminutives of Harold are Harry and Hal.*Several kings of Denmark, England and Norway were named Harald or Harold*Harold Godwinson, the last Anglo-Saxon king of England...
: of Norway?
- Harold
- GudfredGudfredKing Gudfred was a Danish king during the Viking era. Gudfred was the younger son of King Sigfred. Alternate spelling include Godfred, Göttrick , Gøtrik , Gudrød , and Godofredus .-Biography:King Gudfred appeared in present day Holstein with a navy in 804 AD where diplomacy took place with the...
(Gudrød Vejdekonge): latest 804 – d. 810- Eystein fart (Eystein Fjært): of Västergötland?
- HalfdanHalfdanHalfdan was a late 5th and early 6th century legendary Danish king of the Scylding lineage, the son of king named Fróði in many accounts, noted mainly as the father to the two kings who succeeded him in the rule of Denmark, kings named Hroðgar and Halga in the Old English poem Beowulf and named...
(Halvdan): of Norway?
- Hemming: d. 811
- Anulo (Ole/Olav): d. 812
- Sigfrid (Sigurd): d. 812
- HaroldHaroldHarold is an Old English name, meaning "heroic leader", same as the title herald. Diminutives of Harold are Harry and Hal.*Several kings of Denmark, England and Norway were named Harald or Harold*Harold Godwinson, the last Anglo-Saxon king of England...
: 812–815, died c. 863 in exile- ReginfridReginfridReginfrid was a co-King of Denmark from 812, when Hemming I died, to 813, when he and his brothers were ousted by the sons of the previous king, Gudfred. He was probably a son of Halfdan, a Danish leader who became a vassal of Charlemagne in 807, and brother of Anulo , Hemming , and Harald Klak...
: 812–814?
- Reginfrid
- Eric the Child (Erik Barn): o. 812, d. 854
- HalfdanHalfdanHalfdan was a late 5th and early 6th century legendary Danish king of the Scylding lineage, the son of king named Fróði in many accounts, noted mainly as the father to the two kings who succeeded him in the rule of Denmark, kings named Hroðgar and Halga in the Old English poem Beowulf and named...
(Halvdan) o. 812, possibly died in exile
- Halfdan
- Eric the younger (Erik den Yngre): c. 854, mention 864, possibly d. 873
- Harald Fairhair (Harald I of NorwayHarald I of NorwayHarald Fairhair or Harald Finehair , , son of Halfdan the Black, was the first king of Norway.-Background:Little is known of the historical Harald...
): o. 871, d. o. 933 by Norway
- Harald Fairhair (Harald I of Norway
- UbbeUbbe RagnarssonUbbe, Ubba or Hubba Ragnarsson was a Norse leader during the Viking Age. Ubbe Ragnarsson was one of the sons of Ragnar Lodbrok and, along with his brothers Halfdan and Ivar the Boneless, a leader of the Great Danish Army....
: possibly o. 873, died in exile 878 - Sigurd Snake-in-the-Eye (Sigurd Orm i Øje): mention 873, d. 903, do coin money by East AngliaEast AngliaEast Anglia is a traditional name for a region of eastern England, named after an ancient Anglo-Saxon kingdom, the Kingdom of the East Angles. The Angles took their name from their homeland Angeln, in northern Germany. East Anglia initially consisted of Norfolk and Suffolk, but upon the marriage of...
- HalfdanHalfdanHalfdan was a late 5th and early 6th century legendary Danish king of the Scylding lineage, the son of king named Fróði in many accounts, noted mainly as the father to the two kings who succeeded him in the rule of Denmark, kings named Hroðgar and Halga in the Old English poem Beowulf and named...
(Halvdan): mention 873, d. 876/877 - GuthfrithGuthfrithGuthfrith may refer to:* Gudfred , Danish king, son of King Sigfred* Guthred, king of Northumbria * Gofraid ua Ímair , aka Gothfrith II, King of York* Olaf III Guthfrithson , King of Dublin...
(Godred/Canute/Harde-Knud/Gudfred/Gudrød): c. 881, d. 895/896 in NorthumbriaNorthumbriaNorthumbria was a medieval kingdom of the Angles, in what is now Northern England and South-East Scotland, becoming subsequently an earldom in a united Anglo-Saxon kingdom of England. The name reflects the approximate southern limit to the kingdom's territory, the Humber Estuary.Northumbria was...
, do coin money by East AngliaEast AngliaEast Anglia is a traditional name for a region of eastern England, named after an ancient Anglo-Saxon kingdom, the Kingdom of the East Angles. The Angles took their name from their homeland Angeln, in northern Germany. East Anglia initially consisted of Norfolk and Suffolk, but upon the marriage of...
- Halfdan
For later Danish monarchs whose existence is verified, see List of Danish monarchs