Hrothgar
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Hrothgar ( ; ) was a semi-legendary Danish king living around the early sixth century AD.
Key facts
- Royalty.name
- Hrothgar
- Royalty.image
- Wealhtheow.PNG
- Royalty.caption
- Queen Wealhþeow serving Hrothgar (background, centre) and his men. Illustration from a 1908 children's book.
- Royalty.succession
- King of Denmark
- Royalty.predecessor
- Halfdan
- Royalty.successor
- Halga
- Royalty.death_date
- 6th-century AD
- Royalty.spouse
- Wealhþeow
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Encyclopedic overview
15 sectionsContents
- Names
- Anglo-Saxon poems
- ''Beowulf''
- ''Widsith''
- Scandinavian sources
- Norse sagas and poems
- ''Hrólfr Kraki's saga''
- ''Skjöldunga saga'' and ''Bjarkarímur''
- ''Hversu Noregr byggdist''
- Danish medieval chronicles
- ''Chronicon Lethrense'' and ''Annales Lundenses''
- ''Gesta Danorum''
- Comments
- Notes
- Sources
Hrothgar ( ; ) was a semi-legendary Danish king living around the early sixth century AD.
Hrothgar appears in the Anglo-Saxon epics Beowulf and Widsith, in Norse sagas and poems, and in medieval Danish chronicles. In both Anglo-Saxon and Scandinavian tradition, Hrothgar is a Scylding, the son of Halfdan, the brother of Halga, and the uncle of Hrólfr Kraki. Moreover, in both traditions, the mentioned characters were the contemporaries of the Swedish king Eadgils; and both traditions also mention a feud with men named Fróði and Ingeld. The consensus view is that Anglo-Saxon and Scandinavian traditions describe the same person.
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