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Halfdan (Old Norse: Halfdan, Old English: Healfdene, Medieval Latin: Haldānus: "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 ...
Halfdan Ragnarsson (Old Norse: Hálfdan; Old English: Halfdene or Healfdene; Old Irish: Albann; died 877) was a Viking leader and a commander of the Great Heathen Army which invaded the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of England starting in 865.
Healfdene – Hroðgar's father and predecessor, also prominent in Norse tradition. Hama – a Germanic hero; Halga – Hroðgar's brother. He is hardly mentioned in Beowulf but he is a prominent character in Norse tradition. Hæþcyn – the son of the Geatish king Hreðel. Hæreð – the father of Hygd, queen of the Geats.
After Bagsecg's death, Healfdene seems to have become the sole leader of the Great Army. He was the principal leader when the vikings overwintered in London in 871/72. In addition, three other viking kings had emerged by 875 (according to the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle ); some of these may have been elevated to kingly status as a consequence of ...
Halfdan ("half Dane") is an Old Norse masculine given name. In Beowulf it is spelled Healfdene, and in Latin sources Haldan.It may refer to: Mythical figures: . Halfdan, legendary king of the Scyldings in Beowulf, who also appears in Norse mythology
Hoc is called Hoc Healfdene, suggesting a partly Danish ancestry. According to the narrative, Hnæf was the brother of Hildeburh and brother-in-law of Finn, who ruled the Frisians and was killed during a Danish expedition to Frisian territory. Hoc may be identical to the chieftain Haki mentioned in the Ynglinga Saga by Snorri Sturlason.
In Beowulf, Healfdene is the son of Beow, and the father of Heorogar, Hroðgar, Halga and a daughter who is married to Onela, [124] but in Ynglinga saga, he drives away king Aun and rules as the king of Sweden until he dies. In the Skjöldunga saga, there are two Halfdanus, and one corresponds to Healfdene in Beowulf.
The legendary kings of Denmark were, according to legend, the monarchs of Denmark, the Danes, or specific lands of Denmark (Zealand, Jutland or Scania) who preceded Gorm the Old, a king who reigned c. 930s to c. 960s and is the earliest reliably attested Danish ruler.