History of Denmark, Sweden, and Norway, Vol. 1 (of 2)Dunham, S. A. (Samuel Astley)
History
History of Denmark, Sweden, and Norway, Vol. 1 (of 2)
Dunham, S. A. (Samuel Astley)
Scandinavia -- History
70–260. The Line of the Gothic Kings imperfectly 146
recorded; one of the Gothlands the
Seat of Gylfo’s Empire; succeeded by
_Frode_; Frode by _Sigtrug_; Sigtrug
slain by Gram, a Danish King, who
rescues his Daughter from a Giant,
marries her, and obtains the Gothic
Kingdom; like the Daughter of Alcinos,
he found her washing with her Maidens;
Gram is slain by Swibdager of Norway,
who seizes upon Gothia and Scania;
Swibdager slain by Hadding, the Son of
Gram; Asmund, the Son and Successor of
Swibdager, also slain by Hadding, who
seizes upon his States; Hadding is
defeated by Uffo, the Son of Asmund;
Uffo treacherously murdered by
Hadding, who gives the vacant Throne
to _Hunding_, Uffo’s Brother
Doubts as to the Reign of Madding; 147
Ragnar, the Son of Uffo, ascends the
Gothic Throne; Gothland invaded by
Frode of Denmark, who dies in the
Expedition; Death of Ragnar; the
Throne seized by HOLWARD or HODBROD;
he invades Denmark, and kills Roe, one
of her joint Kings; is mortally
wounded by Helge, the remaining Danish
King, who makes a Prize of his
Kingdom; ATIL I. marries Helge’s
Daughter, and is raised to the Throne;
their Son HODER becomes in the sequel
King of Scania and Gothland
RURIC, the Son of Hoder, King of Scania 148
and Gothland; ATTIL II. assassinated;
_Hogmor_ and _Hogrin_, joint Kings,
killed in Battle with the Danes;
succeeded by Alaric or Ebric Prince of
the Swedes; the Goths and Swedes at
this Time united; Confusion of
Chronology; Halfdan; Siward; Eric;
Halfdan II.; Ragnald; Asmund; Haquin
(or Hako); the Story of Birnam Wood,
admitted by Shakspeare into the
Tragedy of Macbeth, taken from a
similar Story told by Hako, while
marching to revenge the Death of his
Brothers upon the Danish King
448–623. EGIL AUNIFF, King of the Goths and 149
Swedes; Identity of many of the Kings
mentioned by Snorro and the Swedish
Writers; the Subject rendered more
intelligible
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