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Birth:          ABT  210 Asgard, Asia or East Europe
Death:          Lake Malaren, Uppsala, Sweden

Notes
http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=jweber&id=I00618
A. Early legendary kings of Denmark.

The kings of Denmark, like the Saxon, Norwegian, and Swedish rulers, all claim 
descent from Odin. Odin's real name, according to the old stories, was Sigge 
Fridulfson, but he called himself Odin so that people would worship him.

Odin is said to have come from Asgard, the legendary home of the gods. (Interestingly, 
the twelth-century Danish historian Saxo identifies Asgard with Byzantium.) Traveling 
north from Asgard in the first century AD, Odin allegedly founded the Kingdom of the 
Svear in Uppsala sometime before the Christian era.

King Odin, we are told, had five sons. They reigned over various parts of Scandinavia, 
and at least two of them ruled in Denmark. (One must remember that Denmark at that 
time included Skane. Although this region has belonged to Sweden in modern times, it 
was Danish from legendary through medieval times.) We shall not endeavor to mention 
all the legendary kings of Denmark, but rather highlight some of the more famous and 
interesting heroes of the sagas.

The Danish kings, like those of Norway and Sweden, did not always follow a direct 
line of succession from father to son. But they were required to be of noble blood, and 
they were elected by a gathering of nobles known as the "Thing". [Royal Families of 
Medieval Scandinavia, Flanders, and Kiev]

Parents
FRITHUWALK Bor (ABT  190 - )
____ Beltsa (ABT  194 - )

Siblings
____ Odin (ABT  210 - )

Marriage To ____ Friege ( 213 - )
    m.  

Notes

Parents
____ Cadwalladr ( 193 - )
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Children by ____ Friege  213 - 
ODINSSON Njord (ABT  228 - )
____ Skjold (ABT  237 - )

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