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Legendary Danish king
Huglecus is one of the legendary Danish kings in Saxo Grammaticus' Gesta Danorum. Like Hygelac, he fought against Swedes but he is only given a very short biography.[1]
The family tree of legendary Kings of the Danes, according to the Gesta Danorum (Books I to VII)
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Kings of the Danes are in bold and marked with an asterisk (*). Kings of the Swedes are marked with a dagger (†).
| | Humble | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
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Angul | | Dan* | | Grytha | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Marriage or coupling | | | | | | |
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The Angles | | Humble* | | Lother* | | King of the Saxons | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Inheritance by other or unclear means | | | | | | | | | | | |
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| | Sigtryg, King of the Swedes† | | | | Skiold* | | Alfhild | | Sumble, King of the Finns | | | | | | |
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| | | | | Gróa | | | | Gram*† | | | | Signe | | Henry, King of the Saxons | | Hakon, King of the Nitherians | | | | | | | | | | |
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| Swipdag*† | | [unnamed] | | Guthorm* | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | Hadding* | | | | | | | | | Ragnhild | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | Asmund† | | Gunhild | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
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| Henry | | Uffe† | | Hunding† | | Thorhild | | | | | | | | | Ulfhild | | | Ubbe | | | |
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| | | | | | | | | | | | Ragnar† | | Swanhwid | | | | | | Handwan | | |
| | | | | | | Thorwald | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Frode* | | [unnamed] | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
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| | | Hothbrodd† | | | | | | | | | | | Halfdan* | | Ro | | Skat |
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| | | | | | | | | | | Thora | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Helge* | | Ro* | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | Athils† | | Urse | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
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| | | | | | King Gewar | | Rolf*† Krage | | Rute | | Bjarke | | Skulde | | Hiartuar†* | | | | | |
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| Hother†* | | Nanna | | Herlek | | Gerit | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
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| | | Rorik* | | | | | Gerwendil | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
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King of Britain | | Gerutha | | Horwendil | | Feng | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
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[unnamed] | | | | Amleth | | Hermutrude, Queen of Scotland | | Wiglek* | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
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| | | | | | | | | | | | Wermund* | | | | | | Frowin, governor of Sleswik | | | | | |
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| | | | | | | | | | | | Uffe*, aka Olaf the Gentle | | [unnamed] | | Ket | | Wig | | | |
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| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Dan* | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
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| | | | | | | | | | | | Hugleik* | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
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| | | | | | | | | | | | Frode* the Vigorous | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
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| | | | | | | | | | | | Dan* | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
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Kraka | | Ragnar | | Brak | | Fridleif* the Swift | | | | | | | | | | | |
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| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Gotar, King of Norway | | | | | | | Hun, King of the Huns | | Westmar | | Koll | | Gotwar | | | | | | |
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Roller | | Erik† | | Gunwar the Fair | | Alfhild | | Frode* | | Hanund | | Grep | | | | 11 other brothers (two named Grep) | | | | | | | | |
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| | Hythin, King of Tellemark | | | | | Alf | | Eyfura | | Arngrim | | Grubb | | | | | Hiarn* | | Amund, King of Norway | | | |
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| | [unnamed] | | Halfdan† | | | | 12 sons, including Anganty | | Ane | | Juritha | | Fridleif* | | Frogertha | | Frok | | | | | | | |
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| | | | | | | | | | | Hanef, King of Saxony | | Swerting, King of Saxony | | | | | | Olaf | | Frode* | | |
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| | | | Siward† | | | | | | Unnamed sons | | [unnamed] | | Ingeld* | | Helga | | Helge | | Asa | | | | |
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| | | | | | | | | | | | | Frode | | Fridleif | | Ingeld | | Olaf* | | Karl, governor of Gothland |
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| | | | Ulfhild | | Frode* | | | | | | | | | | Hather, a chief | | Harald* | | Signe | | | | | |
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| | | | | | Erik | | | | | | | | | | | | Thorhild | | Halfdan*† Biargramm | | Harald | | | |
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Name spellings are derived from Oliver Elton's 1905 translation, The First Nine Books of the Danish History of Saxo Grammaticus, via Wikisource.
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