Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: In the epic poem Beowulf, Hrothgar is mentioned as the builder of the great hall Herot, and ruler of Denmark when the Geatish hero Beowulf arrives to defeat the monster Grendel

Family/Spouse: Queen of Denmark Wealhtheow. Wealhtheow was born in Apr 530 in Northumberland, England; died in 630 in Denmark. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Name: the Mild

Notes:

Died:
(Jutland)

Family/Spouse: Queen of Denmark Hildis af Vandals. Hildis was born about 510 in Denmark; died about 572 in Denmark. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Name: the Old

Notes:

Birth:
(Jutland)

Died:
(Jutland)

Family/Spouse: Hildur Heidreksdatter. Hildur was born in 572 in Denmark; died in 672 in Denmark. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Name: the Valient

Notes:

Birth:
(Jutland)

Died:
(Jutland)

Family/Spouse: Moalda Digri Kinriksdatter. Moalda was born in Denmark; died in Denmark. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Radbard married Aud Ivarsdatter in Radbard married the fugitive princess Auðr the Dee. Aud was born in 633 in Denmark; died in 670 in Jelling, Vejle, Denmark. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Birth:
Odin, Denmark

Died:
Killed during the sea battle of Bravik

Family/Spouse: Ingild de Sweden. Ingild was born in 705. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Name: Hring (Ring)
• _MILT: Won the Battle of the Brávellir against Harald Wartooth

Notes:

Died:
Died in Battle

Sigurd married Alfhild Gandolfsdottir in 759 in Uppsala, Sweden. Alfhild was born on 16 Mar 728 in Alvheim, Hedmark, Norway; died on 2 Feb 778 in Uppsala, Uppsala, Sweden. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Notable Quote: It gladdens me to know that Baldr's father [Odin] makes ready the benches for a banquet. Soon we shall be drinking ale from the curved horns. The champion who comes into Odin's dwelling [Valhalla] does not lament his death. I shall not enter his hall with
• Name: Lodbrok
• Occupation: Viking Raider
• Religion: He claimed to be descended from Odin
• _MILT: 845; Attacked and captured Paris from Charles the Bald

Notes:

Died:
Killed by poisonous snakes at the hands of King Ælla/Northumbria, England

Ragnar married Kraka Sigurdsdatter in 783 in Uppsala, Sweden. Kraka (daughter of Sigurd Sigmundsson and Brynhild Budlasdotter) was born about 765 in Buskerud, Norway; died about 842 in Buskerud, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Lagertha. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Thora Borgarhjört. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Name: Ironside
• Occupation: Viking chieftain and naval commander
• _MILT: Björn led a large Viking raid into the Mediterranean. After losing 40 ships, mostly to Greek fire, at the Straights of Gilbralter, he retired to Scandinavia, where he lived out his life as a rich man

Other Events and Attributes:

• Name: Sigurðr ormr í auga
• _MILT: Leader of the Great Heathen Army that sacked York, met King Ella in battle, captured him, and sentenced him to die according to the custom of Rista Blodam (Blood Eagle)

Notes:

Birth:
He was born with the image of a white snake in one eye. This snake encircled the iris and bit itself in the tail

Died:
During the battle of Leuven against Emperor Amulf, Sigurd Snake-Eye fell along with a hundred thousand Danes and Norwegians.

Family/Spouse: Blaeja of Northumbria. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Name: the Boneless
• Occupation: Berserker
• _MILT: Ivar led the Great Heathen Army in the invasion of the East Anglian region of England. Ivar was a renowned warrior, and perhaps this limberness gave rise to the popular notion that he was "boneless".

Notes:

Died:
The king of Lochlainn, i.e. Gothfraid, died of a sudden hideous disease. Thus it pleased God.

Family/Spouse: Ingiald Helgissdatter. Ingiald was born in Denmark. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Name: Hvitserk (White Shirt)
• Occupation: Viking Chief and Leader of the Great Heathen Army
• _MILT: After having avenged his father together with his brothers, he went pillaging in Garðaríki. He was, however, opposed by such a large foe that he could not win, and was captured

Notes:

Died:
Killed at the Battle of Strangford Lough in County Down, Ireland

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Leader of the Great Danish Army
• _MILT: Ubbe and the Vikings proceeded to besiege the fort at Cynuit, expecting the English to surrender eventually from lack of water . The English made a surprise attack and won a decisive victory, capturing the Raven banner

Notes:

Died:
Killed at the battle at Arx Cynuit

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Viking Chiefton
• _MILT: One of the most famous Viking raids was Hastein's voyage to the Mediterranean, having set out with Björn Ironside, with 62 ships from the Loire

Other Events and Attributes:

• _MILT: Harthacnut immediately deposed the young king Sigtrygg, and then ruled unopposed for approximately thirty years

Family/Spouse: Unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Name: the Old

Family/Spouse: Thyre Klacksdatter Danebod Harolsatter. Thyre was born in 884 in Denmark; died in 935 in Jelling, Vejle, Denmark. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Name: Bluetooth
• Religion: Denmark officially converted to Christianity during his reign
• _MILT: As a consequence of Harald's army having lost to the Germans at the Danevirke in 974, he no longer had control of Norway, and Germans settled back into the border area between Scandinavia and Germany

Notes:

Died:
Harald was killed fighting off a rebellion led by his son Swein

Harold married Princess of Sweden Cyrid Olafsdottir in 935 in Copenhagen, Kobenhavn, Denmark. Cyrid was born in 920 in Sweden; died on 13 Nov 1002 in Arques, Seine-Maritime, Haute-Normandie, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Sitric married Edith of England in 30 Jul in Tamworth, Staffordshire, England. Edith was born in 897 in England; died in 937 in Tamworth, Staffordshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]