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    Horik I or Hårik (died 854) was a king of the Danes. He was co-ruler from 813, and sole king from c. 828 until his violent death in 854. His long and...
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    Barn (Danish: "Erik the Child"), was King of the Danes from the fall of Horik I in 854 to an unknown date between 864 and 873. During his reign the Danish...
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    King Horik I (d. 854) King Reginfrid (d. 814), a king who ruled part of Denmark in tandem with his brother Harald Klak, but was expelled by Horik I and...
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    Gudfred (redirect from Gudfred I)
    uncle of the later Danish King Hemming (810–812) and the father of King Horik I (813–854). Gudfred is known to have sired at least five sons, as well as...
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    (Godrik): 814–820s Horik I: (814) 827–854, King of the Danes (at first ruling jointly with his unnamed brothers). The Frankish annals mention Horik on numerous...
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    his first visits. In Denmark he won over the trust of then-King Horik II (not Horik I, who was murdered in 854 and opposed Christianity) who gave him...
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  • Denmark who ends up being overthrown by Ragnar. Based on the historical Horik I. Played by Alyssa Sutherland (seasons 1–4) Ragnar's second wife, claiming...
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  • once again expelled by the surviving sons of Gudfred. One of them was Horik I. The Royal Annals mention in 827: "The emperor [Louis] held two assemblies...
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    Ansgar, a missionary monk from Hamburg, under permission of the pagan King Horik I. The cathedral has experienced several damaging events throughout its long...
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    Godfrid Haraldsson return to Denmark, to gain power after the death of King Horik I. During a civil war, they are forced to go back to Friesland. The German...
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