Halfdan Frodasson (abt. 480 - 557)

Born about 0480 in Denmark

Ancestors

Husband of Sigris (Aunsdottir) Aunsdotter — married 0523 in Denmark

Descendants

Died 0557 at about age 77 in Denmark

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Relationships between historical figures could have been simplified or even fabricated in the text to give the impression that succession remained within the same family….Precise chronology is also difficult to assess from the Sagas….The conclusion must be that the tight family network described in the Sagas is unlikely to be correct and that the relationships shown below should be treated with considerable caution. http://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/NORWEGIAN%20NOBILITY.htm

Biography

Halfdan (Old Norse: Halfdan, Old English: Healfdene, Medieval Latin: Haldānus, Proto-Norse: Halbadaniz, "half Dane") was a late 5th and early 6th century legendary Danish king of the Scylding (Skjöldung) 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 Hróar and Helgi in Old Norse accounts.

The tradition in Beowulf of a feud between the Danes and Heathobards in which Fróda king of the Heathobards was slain appears in Norse texts as a family feud in which Halfdan's brother Fróði kills Halfdan and Halfdan's sons kill Fróði. ^[1]

Note

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• Son of Frodi IV Fridleifsson, king of Denmark; Grytha Jørundsdatter, of Sweden and Hilda

Husband of Auda Ivarsson of Lethra; Sigrid Aunsdotter, Queen of Denmark and Hvetna "the Elder" Father of Norbril of Northumbia, King of Northumbia; Helgi Halfdansson, of Denmark; Signe / Sigyna Halfdansdotter /Healfdenesdotter, princess; Roar / Roas / Ro / Hroar Halvdanssøn, King of Roeskilde; King Algaute (Gautreksson); Elan of Leire and Håkon Halvdansson

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became king in 310

Sources

1. ↑ Wikipedia: Halfdan Scylding

• The Viking Age, Gen. Hist. 19, v. 1, p. 68
• Keiser und Koenig Hist., Gen. Hist. 25, pt 1, p. 126-7
• Hist. of the Anglo-Saxons, Eng. 36, v. 1, p. 241

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