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Birth:          ABT  237 Hleithra, Denmark
Death:          Zealand, Denmark

Notes
http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=jweber&id=I00754
A. Early legendary kings of Denmark.

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]

Parents
____ Odin (ABT  210 - )
____ Friege ( 213 - )

Siblings
ODINSSON Njord (ABT  228 - )
____ Skjold (ABT  237 - )

Marriage To ____ Gefion (ABT  241 - )
    m.  

Notes


Children by ____ Gefion ABT  241 - 
SKJOLDSSON Fridleif (ABT  259 - )

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