Frotho I.

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Frotho I. is one of the legendary, mythical , Danish kings in the Gesta Danorum of the Danish clergyman Saxo Grammaticus .

Frotho I succeeded his father Hadingus (son of Skjöld ) on the throne and replenished the state treasury, which was empty from the war, by killing a dragon and taking its treasure.

He used the treasure to finance campaigns on the Baltic Sea , where he achieved many victories through clever ploys (in one of which he disguised himself as one of his own shieldmaiden ). After some trouble at home, he went on successful campaigns in Britain and took London . Frotho I. died in the war against the Swedish king.

Haldanus and his two sons Roe and Helgo followed Frotho I.

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  • Saxo Grammaticus : Gesta Danorum , around 1200.
  • Hilda Ellis Davidson and Peter Fischer (1999): Saxo Grammaticus: The History of the Danes : Books I-IX. Edmundsbury Publishing House. ISBN 0-85991-502-6 . First published 1979–1980.
  • Johannes Hoops: Reallexikon der Germanischen Altertumskunde , Volume 5, second edition, page 145. De Gruyter & Co Berlin, ISBN 3-11-009635-8 .

Individual evidence

  1. ^ A b Johannes Hoops: Reallexikon der Germanischen Altertumskunde , Volume 5, second edition, page 145. De Gruyter & Co Berlin, ISBN 3-11-009635-8