 Abt 0480 - 0557 (77 years)
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| Name |
FRODASSON Halfdan |
| Birth |
Abt 0480 |
Denmark  |
| Gender |
Male |
| Death |
0557 |
Denmark |
| Notes |
- 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]
Hversum Noregr Byggðist
Both of these pedigrees are in the same text source.
As part of the pedigree of Harald Fairhair from Odin:
Óðin Ásakonung, father of
Skjöldr, faðir
Friðleifs, föður
Frið-Fróða, föður
Friðleifs, föður
Hávarðs ins handramma, föður
Fróða, föður
Vermundar ins vitra, föður
Óláfs ins lítilláta, föður
Dans ins mikilláta, föður
Fróða ins friðsama, föður
Friðleifs, föður
Fróða ins frækna, föður
Ingjalds Starkaðarfóstra, föður
Hræreks hnöggvanbauga, föður
Hálfdanar, föður
Hræreks slöngvanbauga, föður
Haralds hilditannar. Bróðir Haralds var Randvér, faðir Sigurðar hrings. Er þá slík ættartala til Haralds konungs hárfagra, sem fyrr segir.
As part of the lineage of Harald Fairhair from Adam:
Odin:
His son Skjöldr,
his son Friðleifr,
his son Frið-Fróði,
his son Herleifr,
his son Hávarr inn handrammi,
his son Fróði,
his son Vémundr inn vitri,
his daughter Ólof. She was the mother of
Fróði inn friðsama.
His son Friðleifr,
his son Fróði inn frækni,
his son Hálfdan,
his son Hróarr,
his son Valdarr inn mildi,
his son Haraldr the old,
his son Hálfdan the clever,
his son Ívarr víðfaðmi,
his daughter Auðr in djúpauðga,
her son Randvér,
his son Sigurðr hringr,
his son Ragnar loðbrók,
his son Sigurðr ormr í auga,
his daughter Áslaug,
her son Sigurðr hjörtr,
his daughter Ragnhildr,
her son King Haraldr inn hárfagri
Sources
↑ Wikipedia: Halfdan Scylding
Fornaldarsögur Norðurlanda I-IV: Hversu Noregr byggðist: Ættartala
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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| Person ID |
I58788 |
Freeman-Smith |
| Last Modified |
27 Jan 2026 |
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