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Yngwin

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This Danish king had no sons, so he left his treasures and his kingdom to Yngwin. Yngwin then moved to Denmark, and ruled the kingdom for a while, until he was slain by a competitor to the throne, by the name Ragnald.
80:, had survived, of the royal family. She later married one of Borgar's sons, Halfdan, and they had a son, named Harald, who became the new king. Harald restored the Danish kingdom to its former glory and unity. 65:
In a war fought against a revolting Danish Viking clan, Sigar, Alf and Alf's brothers were killed, while defending their Danish subjects. At the end of the war, Alf's comrade,
50:, took the throne after him. Sigar had three sons. One of his sons was Alf, who went aviking. On a raiding tour to Finland, he met Alfhild, the daughter of king 88:
According to the details in the saga, this would have taken place in the 5th century. If true, this would explain much of the warm friendship between
185: 73:, and slew all the enemies. But without a king, the country fell apart, and chieftains took control of the different parts. 180: 77: 59: 149: 54:, in Götaland. Alfhild had her own fleet of Viking ships, some of them staffed with maidens. 106: 66: 43: 116: 55: 128: 119:. But that must be a mistake by Saxo, as that Harald lived several hundred years later. 175: 169: 111: 24: 28: 157: 89: 51: 98: 93: 32: 70: 47: 46:, who became king in Denmark after him. Then Siwald's son, 31:, who was a close friend to one of the Danish kings named 129:
The Danish History (Gesta Danorum), English translation
58:later married, and they had a daughter, named 8: 115:, the aforementioned Harald was the famous 133: 102:, in the beginning of the next century. 7: 69:, arrived with fresh cavalry from 14: 96:, king of Götaland, depicted in 1: 186:Mythological kings of Denmark 202: 154: 147: 141: 136: 92:, king of Denmark, and 42:Yngwin had a son named 76:Only Alf's daughter, 23:) was, according to 181:Kings of the Geats 84:Supposed timeframe 164: 163: 155:Succeeded by 150:King of the Geats 137:Legendary titles 193: 142:Preceded by 134: 107:Saxo Grammaticus 201: 200: 196: 195: 194: 192: 191: 190: 166: 165: 160: 145: 125: 117:Harald Wartooth 86: 56:Alf and Alfhild 12: 11: 5: 199: 197: 189: 188: 183: 178: 168: 167: 162: 161: 156: 153: 146: 143: 139: 138: 132: 131: 124: 123:External links 121: 85: 82: 13: 10: 9: 6: 4: 3: 2: 198: 187: 184: 182: 179: 177: 174: 173: 171: 159: 152: 151: 140: 135: 130: 127: 126: 122: 120: 118: 114: 113: 112:Gesta Danorum 108: 105:According to 103: 101: 100: 95: 91: 83: 81: 79: 74: 72: 68: 63: 61: 57: 53: 49: 45: 40: 36: 34: 30: 26: 25:Gesta Danorum 22: 18: 148: 110: 104: 97: 87: 75: 64: 41: 37: 27:, a king in 20: 16: 15: 170:Categories 158:Swerting 90:Hrothgar 29:Götaland 144:Unknown 99:Beowulf 94:Hrethel 33:Halfdan 21:"Yngve" 71:Scania 67:Borgar 52:Siward 44:Siwald 17:Yngwin 176:Geats 78:Gurid 60:Gurid 48:Sigar 109:in 172:: 62:. 35:. 19:(

Index

Gesta Danorum
Götaland
Halfdan
Siwald
Sigar
Siward
Alf and Alfhild
Gurid
Borgar
Scania
Gurid
Hrothgar
Hrethel
Beowulf
Saxo Grammaticus
Gesta Danorum
Harald Wartooth
The Danish History (Gesta Danorum), English translation
King of the Geats
Swerting
Categories
Geats
Kings of the Geats
Mythological kings of Denmark

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