FRIDLEIFSSON Frode

Abt 0460 - 0548  (88 years)

• Name	FRIDLEIFSSON Frode
  Birth	Abt 0460	Scandinavia (Denmark)
  Gender	Male
  Death	0548	Hleithra, Denmark
  Notes	Name(s) (Apparently, this profile is supposed to represent Frode IV.) First name: Frode, Fróði, Frodi Patronymic: Fridleifsson, Fridlevsson Byname: Frøkne The form Fróði is still in use in Icelandic and Faroese and appears Latinized as Frotho or Frodo. Alternative Anglicizations are Frode, Fródi, Fróthi and Frodhi. The Danish, Norwegian and Swedish form is Frode. The meaning of the name is "clever, learned, wise".[1] Parents and family His father is said to been Fridleif Frodasson. According to a Geni tree[2]; He was the brother of Helga Fridleifsdatter, av Lejre and Olaf "Vegetus" Fridleifsson He was the half-brother of Åle Fridleifsson, King in Denmark and Uppsala Spouse(s) and children The sagas do not name any wife of his. According to earlier bio based on geni trees[2], he was the father of Ingjaldur Frodasson, Halfdan "the Tall" Frodasson and Frode Frodasson. According to Hversu Noregr Byggdist he was the father of; Ingjald Starkadsfostre (according to "Hversu Noregr Byggdist" first list) Halfdan Frodasson (according to "Hversu Noregr Byggdist" second list) Fróði the father of Ingjald, who in Beowulf is Froda the father of Ingeld and king of the Heathobards. The existence of the Heathobards has been forgotten in Norse texts and this Fróði there sometimes appears as the brother of Halfdan with the long hostility between Heathobards and Danes becoming a family feud between Halfdan and his brother Fróði. Fróði kills Halfdan and is himself slain by Halfdan's sons Helgi (Halga) and Hroar (Hrothgar). [3] In Legend Fróði (Old Norse: Frōði; Old English: Frōda; Middle High German: Vruote) is the name of a number of legendary Danish kings in various texts including Beowulf, Snorri Sturluson's Prose Edda and his Ynglinga saga, Saxo Grammaticus' Gesta Danorum, and the Grottasöngr. A Danish king by this name also appears as a minor character in the Middle High German epic Die Rabenschlacht. The name is possibly an eponym for the god Freyr. [1] Fróði the father of Ingjald, who in Beowulf is Froda the father of Ingeld and king of the Heathobards. The existence of the Heathobards has been forgotten in Norse texts and this Fróði there sometimes appears as the brother of Halfdan with the long hostility between Heathobards and Danes becoming a family feud between Halfdan and his brother Fróði. Fróði kills Halfdan and is himself slain by Halfdan's sons Helgi (Halga) and Hroar (Hrothgar). (In Arngrímur Jónsson's Latin summary to the lost Skjöldunga saga the names Fróði and Ingjald are interchanged). Saxo Grammaticus (Book 6) makes this Fróði instead to be a very late legendary king, the son of Fridleif son of Saxo's late peaceful Fróði. Saxo knows some of the story of this feud but nothing of any relationship to Halfdan. Instead Saxo relates how this Fróði was slain by Saxons and how, after a marriage alliance between his son Ingel and a Saxon princess to heal the feud, Ingel opened it again at the urging of an old warrior, just as the hero Beowulf prophesies of Ingjald in the poem Beowulf. [1] Reign Frodi "the Valiant" Fridleifsson, was a legendary king of Denmark, the fourth of that name. Frode is said to have made vassals of 225 other kings, thus extending his dominions from Russia to the Rhine. Frode 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][4] Gesta Danorum The Gesta Danorum describes six Frothos. [1]:Frotho I, Frotho II, Frotho III, Frotho IV, Frotho V, Frotho VI. In the Gesta Danorum there is a Frode who is son of Hadding. [5] Sources ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Wikipedia. Frodi Accessed May 30, 2018 jhd ↑ 2.0 2.1 Geni.com, Unidentified tree ↑ Wikipedia, Fróði ↑ Rupert Alen and Anna Dahlquist. Royal Families of Medieval Scandinavia, Flanders, and Kiev. King's River Publ., 1997. Page: 75. Cited by Geni. Frodi Fridleifsson Added by: Ingvar Ejdfors on July 10, 2007; Managed by: Margaret (C) and 246 others; Curated by: Flemming Allan Funch; Accessed July 29, 2018 jhd ↑ Saxo Gramaticus: Gesta Danorum Book Two Fornaldarsögur Norðurlanda I-IV: Hversu Noregr byggðist See also: Title: Royal Line, The; Author: Albert F Schmuhl; Publication: Orig. March, 1929 NYC, NY - Rev. March 1980 R. W. Stuart. Royalty for Commoners. Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Co., 2nd. Ed. 1992 (firstEd. 1988).p. 230 (Line 324) Mike Ashley. British Kings and Queens. New York: Carroll & Graf Publishers, 1998.p. 737 Roderick W. Stuart, RfC, 324-51. Gene Gurney, Kingdoms of Europe, pg. 430, Denmark. https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Danske_sagnkonger Interesting BIO at http://www.geni.com/people/Frodi-Fridleifsson/5604995726450058939
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  Last Modified	27 Jan 2026

  
  

  Father	FRODASSON Fridleif,   b. Abt 0440, Scandinavia (Denmark) d. Abt 0505, Scandinavia (Denmark) (Age 65 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	UNKNOWN Hilde,   b. Abt 0440, Hleithra, Nordjylland, Jutland, Denmark
  Relationship	natural
  Family ID	F26159	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family
  Children	1. FRODASSON Halfdan,   b. Abt 0480, Denmark d. 0557, Denmark (Age 77 years)  [Father: natural]
  Family ID	F347268	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	27 Jan 2026