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child) (a child) (a child) (a child) 0524 Signe Halfdansdatter 0520 Saever 0505 Frodi Frodasson 0501 Ingjald Frodasson 0477 Olaf Fridleifsson 0454 Halfdan Frodasson 0416 Olaf Vermundarsdatter 0549 Hildu Hilda Of The Goths Vandais 0450 GElmer Goth 0898 Grelod Duncansdatter of Caithness 0871 Duncan of Caithness 0873 Groa Thorsteinsdottir 0858 - 0888 Thorstein Olafsson 30 30 0847 Thurid Eyvindsdatter 0830 - 0900 Eyvind Austmann Bjarnasson 70 70 0794 - 0870 Bjarni Hrolfsson 76 76 0762 Hrolf Solgasson 0730 Solgi Haraldsson 0659 - 0735 Harald Hraereksson of Sweden 76 76 Harald Wartooth (Old Norse: Haraldr Hilditönn, modern Swedish and Danish: Harald Hildetand, was a legendary king of Sweden, Denmark, Norway and the historical northern German province of Wendland, in the 7th and 8th century. According to the Danish Chronicon Lethrense, his empire reached as far as the Mediterranean.

Saxo Grammaticus, in Gesta Danorum, gives two different accounts about why Harald had the name wartooth. According to one tradition, it was due to Harald having lost two of his teeth in battle against Veseti, the lord of Scania, and instead two new teeth grew out. Saxo further tells that according to another opinion, the name was derived from Harald having protruding teeth. A scholarly view, however, holds the name to be derived from a name for "war hero".

All sources describe him as the son of Ivar Vidfamne's daughter Auðr the Deep-Minded (but Hervarar saga calls her Alfhild). According to Sögubrot, Njal's Saga and the Lay of Hyndla, Harald was the son of Hrœrekr Ringslinger (slöngvanbaugi), the king of Zealand. Sögubrot relates that his mother later married Raðbarðr, the king of Garðaríki and they had the son Randver. However, according to Hervarar saga, both Harald and Randver were the sons of Valdar and Alfhild. Njal's Saga adds that Harald had the son Þrándr the Old (hinn gamli) who was the ancestor of one of the characters in the saga. Sögubrot also mentions that he had a son named Þrándr the Old (gamli), but also adds a second son, Hrœrekr Ringslinger (slöngvandbaugi), who apparently was named exactly like his grand-father. Landnámabók informs that this Hrœrekr Ringslinger the younger had a son named Thorolfr "Vaganef", who in turn had the son Vermund Wordplane. Vermund was the father of Valgard, the father of Hrafn the Foolish. Hrafn was one of the first settlers in Iceland and settled on the southern coast.

Saxo Grammaticus' Gesta Danorum does not mention any Ivar Vidfamne, and gives two different versions of Harald's ancestry. First Saxo writes that Harald was the son of the Scanian chieftain Borkar and a woman named Gro. Later Saxo has forgotten about this and writes that Harald was the son of Halfdan, Borkar's son, and a woman named Gyrid, the last member of the Skjöldungs.

According to Sögubrot, he left Garðaríki at his father Ivar Vidfamne's death, and went to Zealand, where he was accepted as king. Then he went to Scania, which his mother's family had ruled, and was well received and given much help in men and arms. Then he took his fleet to Sweden in order to claim his inheritance. However, many petty kings arrived to reclaim their kingdoms, which Ivar had taken from them. These petty kings thought it would be easy to fight Harald who was only 15 years old. Harald successfully reclaimed his father's domains, so that in the end he owned more than his father had, and there was no king in either Denmark or Sweden who did not pay him tribute or was his vassal. He subjugated all the parts of England that had belonged to Halfdan the Valiant and later Ivar. In England he appointed kings and jarls and had them pay him tribute. He also appointed Hjörmund, the son of Hjörvard Ylfing, the king of Östergötland. Hervarar saga also mentions that Harald retook his father's domains, but it says that the conquests started out from Götaland (or Gotland depending on the manuscript). Gesta Danorum agrees with Sögubrot, by saying that the conquests began from Zealand.

When Harald realised that he was about to die of old age (he was 150 years old), he suggested to Sigurd Ring that a great battle should be fought between them. The place was chosen to be at the moor of Bråvalla, and so the legendary Battle of Bråvalla came to be. Harald hoped to die in this battle and go to Valhalla instead of dying in his bed and end up in Niflheim.

He was succeeded by Sigurd Ring, the father of Ragnar Lodbrok.
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 0629 - 0669 Hraerek Halfdansson 40 40 Hrœrekr Ringslinger or Ringscatterer, Old Icelandic: Hrærekr slöngvanbaugi, Old Danish: Rørik Slængeborræ or Rørik Slyngebond was a legendary 7th century king of Zealand or Denmark, who appears in Chronicon Lethrense, Annals of Lund, Gesta Danorum, Sögubrot, Njál's saga and in Hversu Noregr byggdist.

Beside the name, the Danish and the West Norse traditions have little more in common than his living a few generations after Hrólfr kraki, his name and his title. He may be most notable as the grand-father of Hamlet.

The name Slængeborræ, in Chronicon lethrense and the Annals of Lund is a corruption of Slænganbøghe, which is the Old East Norse form of Old West Norse slöngvanbaugi meaning "ring slinger", i.e. a king who was generous with his gold. Saxo's version Slyngebond means "bracelet slinger" and the motivation Saxo gives is strikingly different.

In the Danish tradition Rørik is the son of an earthly Höðr, and notably the grand-father of Hamlet. Rørik is described a powerful king of Denmark.

The Chronicon lethrense and the Annals of Lund make Rørik the son of an earthly Höðr who killed Balder, Odin's son in battle. Höðr was himself killed by Odin's son Both.

Rørik Slængeborræ was a victorious king who conquered Courland, Wendland and Sweden and made them pay tribute to him. He appointed Orwendel and Feng as the commanders of Jutland and gave his sister to Orwendel. The sister and Orwendel were the parents of Amblothe (Hamlet). Rørik was succeeded by Wighlek.

The Norwegian and Icelandic tradition only mentions Hrœrekr in relation to the Scanian chieftain Ivar Vidfamne who made himself the ruler of both Denmark and Sweden. There is no information on his parentage, nor any Hamlet. In these sources, Hrœrekr is only the king of Zealand, Skåne and Jutland being in the hands of other rulers.
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 0642 Oda Ivarsdatter of Denmark 0507 Sigris 0503 Halfdan Frodasson 0526 Hroar Halfdansson 0530 Ogne Northumberland 0547 Valdar Hroarsson 0479 - 0548 Frodi Fridleifsson 69 69 # Note: A. Early legendary kings of Denmark.

# Note: Frode - ruled Denmark at an uncertain date.

    Another legendary descendant of Odin in Denmark was Frode, who is said to have made vassals of 225 other kings, thus extending his dominions from Russia to the Rhine. Frode, too, was beset with relatives who wished to take away his kingdom. One of these was Ubbe, who had married Frode's sister Ulfhild. While Frode was fighting wars in Russia and Ruthenia, Ubbe usurped the throne. Frode was forced to return to Denmark to reclaim his crown. He captured his brother-in-law Ubbe, took Ulfhild away from him, and wedded her to another man. [Royal Families of Medieval Scandinavia, Flanders, and Kiev]

# Note: Title: Royal Families of Medieval Scandinavia, Flanders, and Kiev, by Rupert Alen & Anna Dahlquist, 1997, King's River Publ.
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http://wc.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=tamer&id=I16604 0460 Mrs- Fridleif Frodasson 0456 Fridleif Frodasson 0437 Mrs- Frodi Dansson 0433 Frodi Dansson 0412 Auda Hleithra 0412 Dan Olafsson # Note: A. Early legendary kings of Denmark.

# Note: Dan - ruled Denmark at an uncertain time.

    Whether Dan was Skjold's descendant or ancestor depends on whether one reads Saxo or Snorri. Whatever Dan's family ties, he is alleged to be among the earliest of Denmark's legendary kings. We are told that he conquered many neighboring kingdoms and united them under his rule. It is from him that the country supposedly takes its name: Dan-mark, meaning the march or border of the Danes. Saxo Grammaticus states that from Dan "the pedigrees of our kings flowed in glorious series, like channels from some parent spring."

    Dan's wife Grythan, according to the legends, bore him two sons: Humble and Lothar. Although Humble was elected king after his father, the cruel Lothar overcame Humble in war and took away his crown. According to Saxo, Lothar was "soon chastised for his wickedness, for he met his end in an insurrection of his country." Whether or not this legend is founded in fact, it certainly illustrates the all too familiar pattern of brother fighting brother for the crown. [Royal Families of Medieval Scandinavia, Flanders, and Kiev]

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 0395 Danpi 0391 Olaf Vermundsson 0373 Mrs- Vermund Havarsson 0369 Vermund Frodasson 0351 Mrs- Frodi Havarsson 0347 Frodi Havarsson 0329 0325 Haver Fridleifsson 0307 0303 Fridleif Frodasson 0285 0281 Frodi Fridleifsson 0263 0259 Fridleif Skjoldsson 0241 Gefion 0614 Gauthild Alfsdatter 0612 - 0647 Ivar Wde Fathom Skane Halfdansson 35 35 Note: He was king of Skane when Ingjald, The Wicked, was king of the Swedes at Uppsala. He had confronted King Ingjald which caused Ingjald to commit suicide by burning himself and others in his own hall.

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Ívarr inn víðfaðmi or Ivar Vidfamne was a semi-legendary king of Sweden c. 655- c.695, and according to the Heimskringla and the Hervarar saga also the king of Norway, Denmark, Saxony and parts of England.

He began as king of Scania and conquered Sweden by defeating Ingjald Illråde. He is then said to have conquered all of Scandinavia and parts of England. Because of his harsh rule, many Swedes fled west and populated Värmland under its king Olof Trätälja. His last campaign was in Russia where he died, defeated by Odin in disguise. (Another source claims he took his life by drowning himself in the Gulf of Finland.)

According to both Ynglinga saga and Sögubrot, his homeland was Scania, but according to the Ynglinga saga, he had to flee Scania when his uncle Guðröðr of Scania had slain his father Halfdan the Valiant. The Ynglinga saga, Historia Norvegiæ, Hervarar saga and Upplendinga Konungum tell that Ivar conquered Sweden after Ingjald's suicide, and later returned to take Denmark.

According to Hversu Noregr byggdist and Njal's Saga, he was the son of Halfdan the Valiant (also given as his father in the Ynglinga saga and the Hervarar saga), son of Harald the Old, son of Valdar, son of Roar (Hroðgar) of the house of Skjöldung (Scylding). According to Hversu, Njal's saga, the Lay of Hyndla and Sögubrot, Ivar had a daughter named Auðr the Deep-Minded.

Sögubrot relates that when Ivar was the king of Sweden, he gave his daughter Auðr the Deep-Minded to king Hrœrekr slöngvanbaugi of Zealand, in spite of the fact that she wanted to marry Hrœrek's brother Helgi the Sharp. Hrœrekr and Auðr had the son Harald Wartooth. Ivar made Hrœrekr kill his brother Helgi, and after this, he attacked and killed Hrœrekr. However, Auðr arrived with the Zealand army and chased her father Ivar back to Sweden. The following year, Auðr went to Gardariki with her son Harald and many powerful men and married its king Raðbarðr. This was the opportunity for Ivar to conquer Zealand.

The Hervarar saga does not mention any daughter named Auðr. Instead it mentions an Alfhild. Ivar gave her to Valdar whom Ivar made subking of Denmark.

However, when Ivar learnt that Auðr had married without his permission, he marshalled a great leidang from Denmark and Sweden and went to Gardariki. He was very old at the time. However, when they had arrived at the borders of Raðbarð's kingdom, Karelia (Karjálabotnar), he threw himself overboard. Harald then returned to Scania to become its ruler. In the Lay of Hyndla, Ivar, Auðr, Hrœrekr and Harald appear. Raðbarðr also appears, but there is no information about his relationship with them.
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 0580 Alf Olafsson 0552 Olaf 0594 Moalda Kinriksdatter 0590 - 0650 Halfdan Haraldsson 60 60 Note: Halfdan and brother Gudrud reportedly killed each other. 0572 Hildur (Hildis, Hervor) Heidreksdottir 0568 Harald Valdarsson 0504 Norbrii Northumberland 0482 - 0496 Amfleda Vandals 14 14 0470 - 0530 Hilderic Christian Of Vandais 60 60 0438 - 0480 Eudoric Eudoxia Vandais 42 42 0440 - 0484 Hunneric Vandals 44 44 0389 - 0476 Gensreic Vandals 87 87 Gaiseric, also Genseric (400?-477), king of the Vandals (428-477) at the time of their greatest power. The illegitimate son of Godigiselus, leader of the Vandals during the invasion of Gaul, Gaiseric succeeded his brother Gunderic (reigned 406-428) in 428. The next year he led all his people from Spain to Africa. The Roman general in Africa, Bonifacius, tried vainly to turn the Vandals back, but was defeated and forced to flee to Italy. After a triumphant progress across northern Africa, the Vandals captured Carthage in 439, and Gaiseric made the city his capital. Vandal fleets raided Sicily, Sardinia, and Corsica. In 455 Gaiseric used the death of the Roman emperor Valentinian III as a pretext for the invasion of Rome. The city was undefended, and the Vandals entered it peacefully, pillaged it for 14 days, and carried away its treasures. When he withdrew, Gaiseric took as hostages Valentinian's widow, the empress Eudoxia, and her two daughters, along with Roman citizens, who were treated as slaves. He then led his armies eastward, laying waste to Greece and Dalmatia and threatening Constantinople (present-day Istanbul). Two major attempts to subdue the Vandals, by the Western Roman emperor Majorian (reigned 457-461) in 457 and by the Eastern Roman emperor Leo I in 468, were unsuccessful. The Eastern emperor Zeno was forced to recognize Gaiseric and make peace with him in 476. Gaiseric was succeeded by his son Hunneric (reigned 477-484), under whom the African empire of the Vandals began to disintegrate.

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Geiseric (circa 389 - January 25, 477), also spelled as Gaiseric or Genseric, was the King of the Vandals and Alans (428-477) and was one of the key players in the troubles of the western Roman Empire in the 5th century. During his nearly 50 years of rule, he raised a relatively insignficant Germanic tribe to the status of a major Mediterranean power - which after he died, entered a swift decline and eventual collapse.

Geiseric, whose name means "Caesar-king", was an illegitimate son of King Godigisel; he is assumed to have been born near Lake Balaton around the year 389. After his father's death, Geiseric was the second most powerful man among the Vandals, after the new king, his half-brother Gunderic. After Gunderic's death in 428, Geiseric was elected king. Brilliant and well-versed in the military arts, he immediately began to seek ways of increasing the power and wealth of his people, who then resided in the Andalusia region of Spain. The Vandals had suffered greatly from attacks from the more numerous Visigoths, and not long after taking power, King Geiseric decided to leave Spain to this rival Germanic tribe. In fact, he seems to have started building a Vandal fleet even before he raised to kinghood.

Taking advantage of a dispute between Boniface, Roman governor of North Africa, and the Roman government, Gaiseric ferried all 80,000 of his people across to Africa in 429. Once there, he won many battles over the weak and divided Roman defenders and quickly overran the territory now comprising modern Morocco and northern Algeria. His Vandal army laid siege to the city of Hippo Regius (where Augustine had recently been bishop - he died during the siege), taking it after 14 months of bitter fighting. The next year, Roman Emperor Valentinian III recognized Geiseric as king of the lands he and his men had conquered.

In 439, after casting a covetous eye on the great city of Carthage for a decade, he took the city, apparently without any fighting. The Romans were caught unaware, and Geiseric captured a large part of the western Roman navy docked in the port of Carthage. Added to his own burgeoning fleet, the Kingdom of the Vandals now threatened the Empire for mastery of the Mediterranean Sea. Carthage, meanwhile, became the new Vandal capital and an enemy of Rome for the first time since the Punic Wars. With the help of their fleet, the Vandals soon subdued Sicily, Sardinia, Corsica and the Balearic Islands. Geiseric strengthened the Vandal defenses and fleet, and regulated the positions of Arians and Catholics. In 442 the Romans acknowledge the Carthaginian conquests, and furthermore recognised the Vandal kingdom as an independent country rather than one officially subsidiary to the Roman rule. The area in Algeria that had remained for the larger part independent of the Vandals turned from a Roman province into an ally.

For the next 30 years, Geiseric and his soldiers sailed up and down the Mediterranean, living as pirates and raiders. One legend has it that Geiseric was unable to mount a horse because of a fall he'd taken as a young man; so he assuaged his desire for military glory on the sea.

In 455, Roman emperor Valentinian III was murdered. The person who ordered his murder, Petronius Maximus, usurped the throne. Geiseric was of the opinion that these acts voided his 442 peace treaty with Valentian, and within weeks, on May 31, King Gaiseric and his men landed on Italian soil and marched on Rome, where Pope Leo I implored him not to destroy the ancient city or murder its inhabitants. Geiseric agreed and the gates of Rome were thrown open to him and his men. Maximus, who fled rather than fight the Vandal warlord, was killed by a Roman mob outside the city. Although history remembers the Vandal sack of Rome as extremely brutal (and their act made the word 'vandalism' a term for any group of wantonly destructive people), in actuality Geiseric honored his pledge not to make war on the people of Rome, and the Vandals did not do much destruction (or even any notable destruction) in the city; they did however take gold, silver and many other things of value away from the city. He also took with him Empress Eudoxia, Valentinian's widow, and her daughters, including Eudocia, who married Geiseric's son Huneric after arriving in Carthage, and many important people were taken hostage for even more riches.

In 468, Geiseric's kingdom was the target of the last concerted effort by the two halves of the Roman Empire. They wished to subdue the Vandals and end their pirate raids. But the Vandal king, against long odds, defeated the eastern Roman fleet commanded by Basilicus off Cape Bon. It has been reported that the total invasion force on the fleet counted 100,000 soldiers. The Romans abandoned the campaign and Geiseric remained master of the western Mediterranean until his death, ruling from the Strait of Gibraltar all the way to Tripolitania.

In 474, he made peace with the eastern Roman Empire. Finally, on January 25, 477, at the advanced age of 87 (some sources say 77), King Geiseric died at Carthage.

In his internal politics, Geiseric gave freedom of religion to the Catholics, but demanded (conversion to) Arianism from all his close advisors. The common folk had low taxes under his reign, as most of the tax pressure was on the rich Roman families and the Catholic clergy. 0480 - 0530 Hoamer Vandals 50 50 0376 Elisa Of Granada 0375 - 0426 Gonderic Of The Vandals 51 51 0353 Flora 0349 - 0406 Godeguslus Of The Vandals 57 57 Cella D. 0405 Radagaisus Of The Vandals D. 0388 Miecislaus I Of The Vandals Amalasunta Of Saxony D. 0340 Wisimar Of The Heruli D. 0292 Alberic I Of The Heruli Biognna Of Thuringia D. 0237 Teneric Of The Heruli Diana Of Triers D. 0201 Dietric Of The Heruli Bella Of Coln Germany D. 0152 Alaric I Of The Heruli Anarnia Of Gothland D. 0127 Vitilaus Of The Heruli Tibernia Of Norway Vislaus Of The Heruli Judith Of Jutland Hutterus Of The Heruli Mary Of Jutland Anthvrius Ii Of The Heruli Ida Alimar Of The Heruli Drithva Anavas Of The Heruli Symbulla Of Goth Anthvrius I Of The Heruli 0556 Arnfleda (The Younger) 0522 Heidrek (Ulfhamr) Angantyrsson 0532 Angantyr Heidreksson 0512 Helga Haraldsdatter 0512 Heidrek Hofundsson 0492 - 0547 Hervor Angantyrsdatter 55 55 0488 - 0538 Hofund Gudmundsson 50 50 0450 Gudmund 0460 Svofu Bjartmarsdatter 0472 - 0522 Angantyr Arngrimsson 50 50 0454 Eyfuru Svaflamasdottir 0452 - 0502 Arngrim (Berserkur) Grimsson 50 50 0432 Bauggerd Starksdottir 0428 - 0478 Grim Hergrimsson 50 50 0412 Alfhild Finnalfsdottir 0405 Stark (Aludregn) Norway 0414 Ogn 0419 - 0460 Hergrim Arngrimsson 41 41 Arngrim 0633 Aud Deiphrandza Ivarsdatter Auðr the Deep-Minded (Old Norse: Auðr in djúpúðga) was a Scandinavian princess, the daughter of Ivar Vidfamne, and the mother of Harald Wartooth, who appears in Sögubrot, Hversu Noregr byggdist and in the Lay of Hyndla. She would have lived sometime during the 7th and 8th centuries.

She was given to a Hrœrekr slöngvanbaugi, the king of Zealand, but would rather have his brother Helgi the Sharp. Ivar Vidfamne solved the problem by telling Hrœrekr that Auðr was unfaithful with Helgi. The ruse was successful and Hrærekr slew his brother Helgi, after which it was easy for Ivar to attack Hrœrekr and to kill him as well.

Auðr fled to Garðaríki with her son Harald Wartooth, and married its king Ráðbarðr with whom she later had the son Randver. Her father king Ivar was upset that his daughter had married without his consent. Although, he was old he departed to Garðaríki with a large leidang. One night, as they were harboured in the Gulf of Finland, he had a strange dream, and so he asked his foster-father Hörð. His foster-father was standing on a high cliff during the conversation and told Ivar that the dream foretold the death of Ivar and the end of his evil deeds. Ivar was so angry by these words that he threw himself down into the sea, whereupon also Hörð did the same thing.

As the throne of Sweden and Denmark was vacant, Auðr's son Harald Wartooth departed to Scania to claim his inheritance, with the help of his step-father Ráðbarðr.
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 0237 Skjold Danes # Note: A. Early legendary kings of Denmark.

# Note: Skyold - ruled Denmark at an uncertain date.

    According to the "Ynglinga Saga", Odin had a son named Skjold (meaning "shield"). Skjold led his followers to the Danish island of Sjaelland and became the father of the earliest Danish royal dynasty. Later Skane, the Jutland penninsula, and the island of Fyn also submitted to Skjold. Thus the roughly-shaped borders of medieval Denmark were defined early on.

    The Danish historian Saxo places Skjold's reign much later, making him the grandson of a ruler named Dan. And even "Beowulf" mentions Skjold, telling us that he mysteriously arrived in Denmark as a helpless but treasure-laden child. There he won many victories and established Denmark's royal line. What all these stories have in common is that a ruler name Skjold came to Sjaelland, added Fyn and Skane to his domains, and became the progenitor of a Danish monarchy. [Royal Families of Medieval Scandinavia, Flanders, and Kiev]

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 0422 - 0460 Licinia Eudoxia 38 38 Licinius Eudoxia was the daughter of the powerful Eastern Emperor Theodosius II, married off to the Western Emperors Valentinian III and his successor Petronius Maximus.  0528 Helgi Halfdansson After a successful plundering mission to Svithiod, captured the wife of King Audils and made her his wife. Turned out she was his daughter by a liaison with Queen Alof of Saxonland. He and Yrsa had a son. [WBH - Sweden]
The more assertive of the two sons of King Halfdan. In his dealings with women he was as ill-fated as he was heavy-handed, which is saying a lot, and his favorite vice bred instruments to plague him. His son, the glorious Hrolf, was the issue of his unwittingly incestuous marriage with his daughter Yrsa. [A History of the Vikings, p. 48] 0480 - 0547 Maelgwn Gwynedd ap Cadwallon 67 67 The historical Maelgwn king of Gwynedd and one of the most influential rulers of 6th century Britain. He became one of the most famous (or infamous) leaders in Welsh history. He is one of five British kings castigated for their sins by the contemporary Christian writer Gildas (who referred to him as Malgocunus, meaning 'Great Hound') in De Excidio Britanniae. Maelgwn, described as "the island dragon", possibly a reference to his power base on Anglesey, is the most powerful of the five kings "... you the last I write of but the first and greatest in evil, more than many in ability but also in malice, more generous in giving but also more liberal in sin, strong in war but stronger to destroy your soul ...".

Gildas accuses Maelgwn of having driven his uncle from power by force 'while still a youth. He then, says Gildas, repented of his sins and vowed to become a monk, but his repentance did not last and he returned to his previous ways. He is accused of having murdered his wife and his nephew in order to be able to marry his nephew's widow.
He was also said to be a great patron of the arts and a skilled lawgiver, although some attribute this reputation to Maelgwn's own propaganda. He established court at Deganwy, and surrounded himself with an entourage of bards and artisans who wrote glowingly of his achievements. Gildas takes a dim view of this, accusing him of listening to his own praise instead of praising God. By the time of his death, Maelgwn had established himself as the preeminent ruler of the region, and his sons Rhun and Brude would inherit control over both Gwynedd and the lands of the Picts in southern Britain. He is recorded in the Annales Cambriae as dying in the "yellow plague" of 547.
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 0836 - 0877 Causantin Mac Alpin 41 41 0862 Domnell Mac Alpin 0810 - 0859 Cinead Mac Alpin 49 49 King of Scoti and Picts from 834 to 859. King of Dalraida in 841. He was responsible for uniting the Scots and the Picts - which was often known as Scotia, but more commonly as Alba or Albany.
0833 - 0878 Aedh Mac Alpin 45 45 0842 Maelmare Mac Alpin 0778 - 0834 Alpin Mac Eochaid 56 56 King of Kintyre and Argyll. The Scottish monarchy orininates from Ireland. The House of Alpin 841 - 1034. Alpin was assasinated by Brodus.
0792 of Galloway 0817 Donald Mac Alpin 0820 Gregor Mac Alpin 0823 Achayers Mac Alpin 0750 - 0819 Achais Mac Eithafind 69 69 King of Argyll from 781 to 819. King of Dalraida.
0760 Unuistice of Fortrenn Pictish Princess 0720 - 0778 Eithafind Mac Eochaid 58 58 King of Argyll. Ruled for 30 Years before being killed.
0695 - 0733 Eochaid Mac Eochaidh Findan 38 38 0718 Fergus Mac Eochaid 0725 Aed Find Mac Eochaid 0726 Aodh Fionn Mac Eochaid 0655 - 0697 Eochaidh Findan Mac Domangart 42 42 King of Argyll/Dalraida from 695 to 697. 0663 Spondana Ingen Ainflech 0688 Fland Ingen Ainflech 0691 Alpin Mac Eochaidh Findan 0630 - 0673 Domangart Mac Domnall Brecc 43 43 King of Argyll/Scoti from 659 to 673 0595 - 0642 Domnell Brecc Mac Eochu Buide 47 47 King of Argyll/Scoti from 630 to 642.  0605 of the Picts 0594 Connad Mac Eochu Buide 0596 Conall Mac Eochu Buide 0565 - 0630 Eochu Buide Mac Aedhan 65 65 King of Scoti/Dalraida from 608 to 630. King of Picts. 0840 - 0871 Olof Ingjaldsson 31 31 Sources:
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RootsWeb's WorldConnect Project 0720 Hervor Helgadatter 0830 Rafertach MacCearbhall 0597 Halfdan Frodasson 0565 Frodi Hraereksson Jorundsdatter Gerutha Fordasdatter Gyrita Ivarsdatter Kinrik 0737 Uurguist of the Picts 0740 of the Picts 0761 Castantin of the Picts 0764 Unuist of the Picts 0765 of the Picts 0766 of the Picts 0716 Finn Ciniod of the Picts 0722 Uuroid of the Picts 0741 Elpin of the Picts 0742 of the Picts 0743 of the Picts 0744 of the Picts 0684 Uuredech of the Picts 0686 of the Picts 0660 Urquist of the Picts 0660 of the Picts 0688 Bredei of the Picts 0690 Onuist of the Picts 0630 - 0693 Ainftech of Strathclyde 63 63 0662 Taran of the Picts 0663 Spondana Ingen Ainflech 0606 Domnalls of Northumbria 0612 of Northumbria 0596 - 0634 Eanfrith of Northumbria 38 38 0600 ingen Gwid 0580 - 0616 Aethelfrith of Northumbria 36 36 United Bernicia and Deira as Northumbria. Killed by Redwald of East Anglia. 0580 Acha of Deira 0598 Ebba of Northumbria 0600 Oswiu of Northumbria 0603 Oswald of Northumbria 0559 - 0593 Aethelric of Northumbria 34 34 0576 Theobald of Northumbria 0577 Eanfrith of Northumbria 0530 - 0589 Aedh of Northumbria 59 59 0558 Hussa of Northumbria 0510 - 0560 Isa of Northumbria 50 50 0513 Bearnoch of Northumbria 0540 Clappa of Northumbria 0542 Aethelric of Northumbria 0543 Theodoric of Northumbria 0544 Frithweald of Northumbria 0490 Eoppa of Northumbria 0460 Esa of Northumbria 0430 Ingui of Northumbria 0400 Angenwit of Northumbria 0370 Aloc of Northumbria 0328 Bernic of Northumbria 0560 - 0588 Aelli of Deira 28 28 0576 Bearnoch of Deira 0584 Aedwin of Deira 0582 Athelric of Deira 0538 Yffi of Deira 0561 Ostrid of Deira 0562 Eanfrid of Deira 0563 Aelfric of Deira 0522 - 0557 Uxfrea of Deira 35 35 0505 - 0557 Wilgisl of Deira 52 52 0489 - 0542 Westerfalca of Deira 53 53 0473 Saefugl of Deira 0455 - 0489 Saebald of Deira 34 34 0472 Eadgyth of Deira 0439 - 0499 Sigegeat of Deira 60 60 0422 - 0477 Swebdaeg of Deira 55 55 0399 - 0447 Siggar of Deira 48 48 0428 Redwalda of Deira 0379 - 0445 Vitgils of Deira 66 66 0397 Vitta of Deira 0360 - 0414 Waegdaeg of Deira 54 54 0241 Odinsson 0638 ingen Beli 0615 - 0654 Waelgush ingen Eanfirth 39 39 0620 Taloreen of Strathclyde 0562 Gwid Mac Brude 0568 verch Gwyddno 0585 Brude Mac Gwid 0583 ingen Gwid 0587 Gartmait Mac Gwid 0523 - 0585 Bridei of the Picts 62 62 Bridei son of Maelchon, was king of the Picts until his death around 584–586.

Bridei is first mentioned in Irish annals for 558–560, when the Annals of Ulster report "the migration before Máelchú's son i.e. king Bruide". The Ulster annalist does not say who fled, but the later Annals of Tigernach refer to "the flight of the Scots before Bruide son of Máelchú" in 558. This has provoked considerable speculation in some cases as, in one version, the Annals of Ulster may associate this with the death of Gabrán mac Domangairt.

As a contemporary, and one of the chief kings in Scotland, Bridei appears in Adomnán's Life of Saint Columba. Adomnán's account of Bridei is problematic in that it fails to tells us whether Bridei was already a Christian, and if not, whether Columba converted him. The recent archaeological discoveries at Portmahomack, showing that there was a monastic community perhaps as early as the late 6th century, may provide some support for the idea that Bridei was either already a Christian, at least in name, or was converted by Columba.

It is a matter of record that Bridei was not the only king in Pictland. The death of Galam — called "Cennalath, king of the Picts" — is recorded in 580 by the Annals of Ulster, four years before Bridei's death. In addition, Adomnán mentions the presence of the "under-king of Orkney" at Bridei's court. The Annals of Ulster report two expeditions to Orkney during Bridei's reign, or, as seems equally probable, one expedition twice, in 580 and 581.

The chief place of Bridei's kingdom, which may have corresponded with later Fortriu, is not known. Adomnán tells that after leaving the royal court, by implication soon afterwards, Columba came to the River Ness, and that the court was atop a steep rock. Accordingly, it is generally supposed that Bridei's chief residence was at Craig Phadrig, to the west of modern Inverness overlooking the Beauly Firth.

Bridei's death is reported in the 580s, perhaps in battle against Pictish rivals in Circinn, an area thought to correspond with the Mearns. The king lists of the Pictish Chronicle agree that Bridei was followed by one Gartnait son of Domelch.

According to certain historians such as John Morris, Bridei was the son of Maelgwn Hir ap Cadwallon, King of Gwynedd.
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 0547 ingen Gildas 0508 of the Picts 0480 Girom of the Picts 0487 verch Geraint Llyngesoc 0510 Drust Mac Girom 0512 Gartnait Mac Girom 0519 Cailtram Mac Girom 0448 - 0490 Geraint Llyngesoc ap Erbin 42 42 0480 Cadwy ap Geraint Llyngesoc 0481 Cador ap Geraint Llyngesoc 0482 Gwegnier verch Geraint Llyngesoc 0489 verch Geraint Llyngesoc 0427 - 0480 Erbin Corneu ap Custennin 53 53 0452 Dywel ap Erbin 0411 - 0443 Custennin Corneu ap Cynfor 32 32 0395 Cynfor ap Tudwal 0474 Gwyar ferch Amlawdd 0665 Vatnarr Vikarsson Helgi 0533 Hraerek Ingjaldsson 0501 Ingjald Frodasson 0496 Hildis Vandals 0455 Thrasamund de Vandals THRASAMUND, KING OF THE VANDALS

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