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 eventful reign was marked by Danish raids on the Carolingian Empire of Louis the Pious, son and successor of Charlemagne.
HorikI 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...
Barn (Danish: "Erik the Child"), was King of the Danes from the fall of HorikI in 854 to an unknown date between 864 and 873. During his reign the Danish...
King HorikI (d. 854) King Reginfrid (d. 814), a king who ruled part of Denmark in tandem with his brother Harald Klak, but was expelled by HorikI and...
uncle of the later Danish King Hemming (810–812) and the father of King HorikI (813–854). Gudfred is known to have sired at least five sons, as well as...
his first visits. In Denmark he won over the trust of then-King Horik II (not HorikI, who was murdered in 854 and opposed Christianity) who gave him...
(Godrik): 814–820s HorikI: (814) 827–854, King of the Danes (at first ruling jointly with his unnamed brothers). The Frankish annals mention Horik on numerous...
once again expelled by the surviving sons of Gudfred. One of them was HorikI. The Royal Annals mention in 827: "The emperor [Louis] held two assemblies...
Ansgar, a missionary monk from Hamburg, under permission of the pagan King HorikI. The cathedral has experienced several damaging events throughout its long...
as Hemming (810–812), Harald 'Klak' Halfdansson (812-813, 819–827) and HorikI (813–854). Since the name Sigfred was borne by a nephew of Gudfred, he...
Godfrid Haraldsson return to Denmark, to gain power after the death of King HorikI. During a civil war, they are forced to go back to Friesland. The German...
Vikings to withdraw. Reginheri was probably allied with the Danish king HorikI, but no details about him are known. According to the Annals of Xanten...
king who came to England and was killed in 871. Horik II, king from about 854 until about 870. HorikI, co-ruler of Denmark from 813, the sole king of...
his cousin Rorik tried to gain power in Denmark after the death of king HorikI. The attempt failed, and they returned the same year, taking back Dorestad...
Franks, with his father Charlemagne. Danish Viking raiders, led by King HorikI, attack Vestfold (modern Norway), due to its insubordination (approximate...
without mention of their names or personal histories. The sole exception was HorikI who seems to have survived his siblings and was sole ruler by 827. They...
cooperated with Kings HorikI and II and continued his missionary work in Denmark. Although both kings remained pagans, Horik II allowed Ansgar to erect...
Harald III Harald Kesja Harthacnut (I) Helge Hemming HorikIHorik II John Magnus the Good Magnus the Strong Margrethe I (1353–1412), unified the Scandinavian...
Aslaug, Brynhildr's daughter and Ragnar's second wife. Donal Logue as King Horik of Denmark, interested in joining Ragnar's raid to England Linus Roache...
the important commercial center Birka. The Danish king at the time was HorikI who had spent time in exile in Sweden in c. 812-813 and therefore might...
Louis the German rebelled against the Emperor Louis the Pious, while King HorikI of Denmark demanded that the emperor transfer authority over the Obotrites...
(or Ragnfrid) (died 814) was a co-King of Denmark from 812, when Hemming I died, to 813, when he and his brothers were ousted by the sons of a previous...
Denmark after the death of king HorikI. The attempt failed, and they returned the same year, taking back Dorestad: Lothar I gave the whole of Frisia to his...
contemporary sources before the 930s. The last known ruler of Gudfred's dynasty, Horik II, died sometime after 864. Nine years later, in 873, we encounter two...
Godfrid Haraldsson return to Denmark, to gain power after the death of King HorikI. During a civil war, they are forced to go back to Friesland. The German...
Franks, with his father Charlemagne. Danish Viking raiders, led by King HorikI, attack Vestfold (modern Norway), due to its insubordination (approximate...
monk captured by Ragnar on his first raid in England Donal Logue as King Horik of Denmark Alyssa Sutherland as Princess Aslaug, a love interest of Ragnar...
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