Husband Farabert , King of the Franks [Semi-legendary] 1 2
Born: 122 - Austrasia (France)
Christened:
Died: 186
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Father: Clodomir IV , King of the Franks [Semi-legendary] (0104-0166) 3 4
Mother: Hasilda , Princess of the Rugij (Abt 0119- ) 5 6
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1 M Sunno , Duke of the Franks [Semi-legendary] 7 8 9
Born: Abt 137 - Austrasia (France)
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Died: 213
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Husband Ferdinand I , King of Castile and Léon 10 11
AKA: Fernando I "the Great" King of Castile and Léon
Born: Abt 1018 - <Burgos, Castile>, Spain
Christened:
Died: 27 Dec 1065 - Léon, Léon, Spain
Buried:
Father: Sancho III , King of Navarre (Abt 0980-1035) 11
Mother: Nunnia , Princess of Castile (Abt 0985- ) 11
Marriage: Abt Nov 1032 - Léon, Léon, Spain
Wife Sancha , Princess of Léon 10 11
Born: Abt 1013 - Léon, Léon, Spain
Christened:
Died: 7 Nov 1067
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Father: Alfonso V , King of Léon (Abt 0989-1027) 10 11
Mother: Elvira (Abt 0991- ) 11
Children
1 M Alfonso VI "the Brave" , of Castile, King of Castile and Leon 10 11 12
AKA: Alfonso I of Castile
Born: Bef Jun 1040 - <Burgos, Castile>, Spain
Christened:
Died: 29 Jun 1109 - Toledo, Castile, Spain
Buried:
Spouse: Constance , of Burgundy (1046-1092) 13 14
Marr: 1081
Spouse: Ximena Nunia de Guzman (Abt 1048-1128) 11 15
Birth Notes: Child - Alfonso VI "the Brave" , of Castile, King of Castile and Leon
Husband Fergus , King of the Picts 16
AKA: Ungust King of the Picts
Born: Abt 735
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Father: Urgust , King of the Picts (Abt 0709- ) 16
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1 F Fergusa 16
AKA: Urgusia
Born: Abt 755
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Spouse: Eochaid "the Poisonous" , King of Dál Riata ( -Aft 0781) 17
Husband Fernando 18
AKA: Ferdinand II of Castile-Aumale
Born: Abt 1240
Christened:
Died: 1260
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Father: Fernando III of Castile , King of Castile and Leon (1199-1252) 19
Mother: Jeanne , de Dammartin (Abt 1220-1279) 20 21
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Noted events in his life were:
• Count of Aumale, 1252-1260
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Husband Fernando II , King of Léon 22 23 24
AKA: Ferdinand II King of Léon, Fernando II Alfonsez King of Léon
Born: 1137 - Toledo, Castile, Spain
Christened:
Died: 22 Jan 1188 - Benavente, Zamora, Castile, Spain
Buried:
Father: Alfonso VII , King of Castile and Léon (1105-1157) 23 25 26
Mother: Berenguela , of Barcelona (Abt 1116-1149) 11 27
Marriage: Abt Jun 1165 - Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal (Annulled in Jun 1175)
Noted events in his life were:
• King of Léon, 1157-1188
• King of Galicia, 1157-1188
Wife Urraca , of Portugal 23 28 29
AKA: Urraca Affonsez of Portugal
Born: Abt 1150 - <Coimbra, Coimbra>, Portugal
Christened:
Died: 16 Oct 1188 - Valladolid, Valladolid, Spain
Buried:
Father: Afonso I , King of Portugal (1109-1185) 30 31
Mother: Maud , of Savoy (1125-1158) 23 32 33
Children
1 M Alfonso IX , King of Léon 23 34 35
AKA: Alfonso IX Fernandez King of Leon
Born: 15 Aug 1171 - Zamora, Léon, Spain
Christened:
Died: 24 Sep 1230 - Villanueva de Sarria, Lugo, Spain
Buried:
Spouse: Berengaria , of Castile (1180-1246) 11 36 37
Marr: 1197. (Annulled in 1204)
Research Notes: Husband - Fernando II , King of Léon
From Wikipedia - Ferdinand II of León : From Wikipedia - Urraca of Portugal : Ancestral Roots has b. 1171 and b. 1166.
• King of Galicia and Léon, 1230-1252
• Count of Aumale, 1239-1252
• Countess of Montreuil, 1251-1279
• Countess of Aumale, 1239-1278
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Ferdinand II (1137 - 22 January 1188) was King of León and Galicia from 1157 to his death.
Born in Toledo , he was the son of King Alfonso VII of Castile and León and of Berenguela , of the House of Barcelona . His father divided his kingdoms upon his death, with Ferdinand receiving León and Galicia , and another son, Sancho , receiving Castile and Toledo . Ferdinand earned the reputation of a good knight and hard fighter, but did not display political or organising faculty.
His reign of thirty years was one of strife marked by no signal success or reverse. He had to contend with his unruly nobles, several of whom he put to death. During the minority of his nephew, Alfonso VIII of Castile , he endeavoured to impose himself on the kingdom as regent . On the west he was in more or less constant strife with the Kingdom of Portugal , which had separated from León in 1139. His relations with the Portuguese House of Burgundy must have suffered by his repudiation of his wife Urraca , daughter of King Afonso I of Portugal . Though he took the King of Portugal prisoner in 1169, he made no political use of his success. He extended his dominions southward in Extremadura at the expense of the Moors .
Family
By Urraca, married, around 1165, Ferdinand had his son and successor:
Following her repudiation, he formed a relationship with Theresa Fernández de Traba, daughter of count Fernando Pérez de Traba, and in August 1179 he married her, having:
H
e then formed a liaison with Urraca López de Haro, daughter of Lópe Díaz de Haro, who he married in May 1187, having:
Research Notes: Wife - Urraca , of Portugal
Infanta Urraca of Portugal (Coimbra , 1151 - 16 October 1188) was a Portuguese infanta (princess), daughter of Afonso I , 1st King of Portugal and his wife Maud of Savoy . She married Ferdinand II of León (c. 1165) with whom she had Alfonso IX of León . This marriage didn't prevent her father Afonso I from declaring war on his son-in-law. This short war culminated in disaster when Afonso was captured in Badajoz . Perhaps due to his marriage to Urraca, Ferdinand was generous to Afonso, and let him leave. However, the marriage of Ferdinand II and Urraca was annulled in 1175 by the Pope, using the fact that Urraca was his distant cousin as justification.
After the dissolution of her marriage, Urraca returned to the court of her father and died there, aged only 37, nine months after the death of her former husband.
Birth Notes: Child - Alfonso IX , King of Léon
Husband Fernando III of Castile , King of Castile and Leon 19
AKA: Saint Ferdinand, San Fernando, Fernando III "el Santo" of Castile
Born: 5 Aug 1199 - Monastery of Valparaíso (Peleas de Arriba, Zamora), (Spain)
Christened:
Died: 30 May 1252 - Seville, Spain
Buried:
Father: Alfonso IX , King of Léon (1171-1230) 23 34 35
Mother: Berengaria , of Castile (1180-1246) 11 36 37
Marriage: Oct 1237 - Burgos, Castile, Spain
Other Spouse: Elisabeth , of Hohenstaufen (1203-1235) 38 - Nov 1219 - Royal Monastery of San Zoilo, Carrión de los Condes (Palencia), Spain
Noted events in his life were:
• King of Castile, 1217-1252
Wife Jeanne , de Dammartin 20 21
AKA: Jeanne Countess of Ponthieu, Joan of Dammartin
Born: Abt 1220
Christened:
Died: 16 Mar 1279 - Abbeville, Ponthieu, Picardie, France
Buried:
Father: Simon , de Dammartin (1180-1239) 39
Mother: Marie , de Ponthieu (1199-1251) 40
Noted events in her life were:
• Countess of Ponthieu, 1251-1279
Children
1 F Eleanor , of Castile, Countess of Ponthieu 41 42
AKA: Alianor, Alienor, Leonor
Born: 1241 - Castile, Spain
Christened:
Died: 28 Nov 1290 - Harby, Nottinghamshire, England
Buried: - Westminster Abbey, London, Midlesex, England
Spouse: King Edward I , of England (1239-1307) 43 44
Marr: 18 Oct 1254 - Monastery of Las Huelgas
2 M Fernando 18
AKA: Ferdinand II of Castile-Aumale
Born: Abt 1240
Christened:
Died: 1260
Buried:
3 M Louis , [of Castile]
Born: 1242-1243
Christened:
Died:
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Research Notes: Husband - Fernando III of Castile , King of Castile and Leon
Saint Ferdinand III (August 5 , 1199 - May 30 , 1252 ), was the King of Castile from 1217 and King of Galicia and Leon from 1230. Through his second marriage he was also Count of Aumale . He finished the work done by his maternal grandfather Alfonso VIII and consolidated the Reconquista . In 1231, he permanently united Castile and Galicia -León. He was canonized in 1671 and, in Spanish , he is Fernando el Santo or San Fernando.
St Ferdinand was the son of Alfonso IX of León and Berenguela of Castile . He was born at the monastery of Valparaíso (Peleas de Arriba , Zamora ) in 1198 or 1199. His parents' marriage was annulled by order of Pope Innocent III in 1204, due to consanguinity. Berenguela took their children, including Ferdinand, to the court of her father. In 1217, her younger brother Henry I died and she succeeded him to the Castilian throne, but she immediately surrendered it to her son Ferdinand, for whom she initially acted as regent. When Alfonso died in 1230, Ferdinand also inherited León, though he had to fight for it with Alfonso's designated heirs, Sancha and Dulce, the daughters of his first wife. He thus became the first sovereign of both kingdoms following the death of Alfonso VII in 1157.
Early in his reign, Ferdinand had to deal with a rebellion of the House of Lara . He also established a permanent border with the Kingdom of Aragon by the Treaty of Almizra (1244).
St Ferdinand spent much of his reign fighting the Moors . Through diplomacy and war, exploiting the internal dissensions in the Moorish kingdoms, he triumphed in expanding Castilian power over southern Iberian Peninsula . He captured the towns of Úbeda in 1233, Córdoba in 1236, Jaén in 1246, and Seville in 1248, and occupied Murcia in 1243, thereby reconquering all Andalusia save Granada , whose king nevertheless did homage to Ferdinand. Ferdinand divided the conquered territories between the Knights , the Church, and the nobility, whom he endowed with great latifundias . When he took Córdoba, he ordered the Liber Iudiciorum to be adopted and observed by its citizens, and caused it to be rendered, albeit inaccurately, into Castilian .
The capture of Córdoba was the result of an uneven and uncoordinated process whereby parts (the Ajarquía) of the city first fell to the independent almogavars of the Sierra Morena to the north, which Ferdinand had not at the time subjugated.[1] Only in 1236 did Ferdinand arrive with a royal army to take Medina, the religious and administrative centre of the city.[1] Ferdinand set up a council of partidores to divide the conquests and between 1237 and 1244 a great deal of land was parcelled out to private individuals and members of the royal family as well as the Church.[2] On 10 March 1241 , Ferdinand established seven outposts to define the boundary of the province of Córdoba.
On the domestic front, he strengthened the University of Salamanca and founded the current Cathedral of Burgos . He was a patron of the newest movement in the Church: that of the friars . Whereas the Benedictines and then the Cistercians and Cluniacs had taken a major part in the Reconquista up til then, Ferdinand founded Dominican , Franciscan , Trinitarian , and Mercedarian houses in Andalusia, thus determining the religious future of that region. Ferdinand has also been credited with sustaining the convivencia in Andalusia.[3]
The Primera Crónica General de España asserts that, on his death bed, Ferdinand commended his son "you are rich in lands and in many good vassals - more so than any other king in Christendom," probably in recognition of his expansive conquests.[4] He was buried within the Cathedral of Seville by his son Alfonso X . His tomb is inscribed with four languages: Arabic, Hebrew, Latin, and an early incarnation of Castilian.[5] St Ferdinand was canonized by Pope Clement X in 1671. Several places named San Fernando were founded across the Spanish Empire .
The symbol of his power as a king was his sword Lobera .
Marriages and family
In 1219, Ferdinand married Elisabeth of Hohenstaufen (1203-1235), daughter of the German king Philip of Swabia and Irene Angelina . Elisabeth was called Beatriz in Spain. Their children were:
Alfonso X , his successor
Fadrique
Ferdinand (1225-1243/1248)
Eleanor (born 1227), died young
Berenguela (1228-1288/89), a nun at Las Huelgas
Henry
Philip (1231-1274). He was promised to the Church, but was so taken by the beauty of Princess Kristina of Norway , daughter of Haakon IV of Norway , who had been intended as a bride for one of his brothers, that he abandoned his holy vows and married her. She died in 1262, childless.
Sancho, Archbishop of Toledo and Seville (1233-1261)
Juan Manuel , Lord of Villena
Maria, died an infant in November 1235
After he was widowed, he married Jeanne of Dammartin , Countess of Ponthieu , before August 1237. They had four sons and one daughter:
Ferdinand (1239-1260), Count of Aumale
Eleanor (c.1241-1290), married Edward I of England
Louis (1243-1269)
Simon (1244), died young and buried in a monastery in Toledo
John (1245), died young and buried at the cathedral in Córdoba
Research Notes: Wife - Jeanne , de Dammartin
Jeanne de Dammartin or Joan of Dammartin (c.1220[1] - d. Abbeville , March 16 , 1279 ) Queen consort of Castile and León (1252), suo jure Countess of Ponthieu (1251-1279) and Montreuil (1251-1279). She was the mother of Eleanor of Castile , Queen consort of King Edward I of England .
Family
Jeanne was the eldest daughter of Simon de Dammartin , Count of Ponthieu (1180- 21 September 1239) and his wife Marie de Ponthieu , Countess of Montreuil (17 April 1199- 1251). Her paternal grandparents were Alberic II, Count de Dammartin and Mahaut de Clermont, daughter of Renaud de Clermont, Count of Clermont-en-Beauvaisis, and Clémence de Bar.[2] Her maternal grandparents were William IV of Ponthieu and Alys, Countess of the Vexin , daughter of Louis VII of France and Constance of Castile .
Henry III of England
After secret negotiations were undertaken in 1234, it was agreed that Jeanne would marry King Henry III of England . This marriage would have been politically unacceptable to the French, however, since Jeanne stood to inherit not only her mother's county of Ponthieu but also the county of Aumale that was vested in her father's family. Ponthieu bordered on the duchy of Normandy, and Aumale lay within Normandy itself. The French king Philip Augustus had seized Normandy from King John of England as recently as 1205, and Philip's heirs could not risk the English monarchy recovering any land in that area, since it might allow the Plantagenets to re-establish control in Normandy. As it happened, Jeanne's father Simon had become involved in a conspiracy of northern French noblemen against Philip Augustus and to win pardon from Philip's son Louis VIII , Simon-who had only daughters-was compelled to promise that he would marry neither of his two eldest daughters without the permission of the king of France. In 1235, the queen-regent of France, Blanche of Castile , invoked that promise on behalf of her son, King Louis IX , and threatened to deprive Simon of all his lands if Jeanne married Henry III. Henry therefore abandoned the project for his marriage to Jeanne and in January 1236 married Eleanor of Provence , the sister of Louis IX's wife.
Marriages and children
In November 1235, Blanche of Castile's nephew, King Ferdinand III of Castile , lost his wife, Elisabeth of Hohenstaufen , and Blanche's sister Berenguela of Castile , Ferdinand's mother, was concerned that her widowed son might involve himself in liaisons that were unsuited to his dignity as king. Berenguela determined to find her son another wife, and her sister Blanche suggested the young Jeanne de Dammartin, whose marriage to the king of Castile would keep her inheritance from falling into hostile hands. In October 1237, at the age of about seventeen, Jeanne married in Burgos , King Ferdinand III of Castile and Leon (1201-1252).
They had four sons and one daughter:
Ferdinand (1239-ca 1265)
Eleanor , married Edward I of England
Louis (1243-ca 1275)
Simon (1244), died young and buried in a monastery in Toledo
John (1245), died young and buried at the cathedral in Córdoba
Upon her mother's death in 1251, Jeanne succeeded to the titles of Countess of Ponthieu and Countess of Montreuil which she held in her own right.
After Ferdinand III died in 1252, Jeanne did not enjoy a cordial relationship with his heir, her stepson Alfonso X of Castile , with whom she quarreled over some of the lands and income she should have received as dowager queen of Castile. Sometime in 1253, she became the ally and supporter of another of her stepsons, Henry of Castile, who also felt Alfonso had not allowed him all the wealth their father had meant him to have. Jeanne unwisely attended secret meetings with Henry and his supporters, and it was rumored that she and Henry were lovers. This further strained her relations with Alfonso and in 1254, shortly before her daughter Eleanor was to marry Edward of England, Jeanne and her eldest son Ferdinand left Castile and returned to her native Ponthieu.
Sometime between May 1260 and 9 February 1261, Jeanne took a second husband, Jean de Nesle, Seigneur de Falvy et de La Hérelle (died 2 February 1292).[3] This marriage is sometimes said to have produced a daughter, Béatrice, but she was in fact a child of Jean de Nesle's first marriage. In 1263, Jeanne was recognized as countess of Aumale after the death of a childless Dammartin cousin. But her son Ferdinand died around 1265, leaving a young son known as John de Ponthieu.
During her marriage to Jean de Nesle, Jeanne ran up considerable debts and also appears to have allowed her rights as countess in Ponthieu to weaken. The death of her son Ferdinand made her next son, Louis, her heir in Ponthieu but around 1275 he, too, died, leaving two children. But according to inheritance customs in Picardy, where Ponthieu lay, Jeanne's young grandson John de Ponthieu could not succeed her there; her heir in Ponthieu automatically became her adult daughter Eleanor, who was married to the king of England. It does not appear that Jeanne was displeased at the prospect of having Ponthieu pass under English domination; from 1274 to 1278, in fact, she had her granddaughter Joan of England with her in Ponthieu, and appears to have treated the girl so indulgently that when she was returned to England her parents found that she was thoroughly spoiled.
That same indulgent nature appears to have made Jeanne inattentive to her duties as countess. When she died in March 1279, her daughter and son-in-law were thus confronted with Jeanne's vast debts, and to prevent the king of France from involving himself in the county's affairs, they had to pay the debts quickly by taking out loans from citizens in Ponthieu and from wealthy abbeys in France. They also had to deal with a lengthy legal struggle with Eleanor's nephew, John de Ponthieu, to whom Jeanne bequeathed a great deal of land in Ponthieu as well as important legal rights connected with those estates. The dispute was resolved when John de Ponthieu was recognized as Jeanne's successor in Aumale according to the inheritance customs that prevailed in Normandy, while Edward and Eleanor retained Ponthieu and John gave up all his claims there. By using English wealth, Edward and Eleanor restored stability to the administration and the finances of Ponthieu, and added considerably to the comital estate by purchasing large amounts of land there.
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Father: Sigimerus I , d'Auverigne (Abt 0414- ) 46
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1 M Tonantius Ferreolus , of Moselle 47
Born: - Westphalia, Germany
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Died: Aft 475 - Rome, Latium, (Italy)
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Spouse: Papinilla Avitus , of Rome (Abt 0415- ) 48
Husband Finn , [Mythological] 49
Born: Abt 130 - <Asgard or Asia or East Europe>
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1 M Freothalaf , [Mythological] 51
Born: Abt 160 - <Asgard or Asia or East Europe>
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Husband Finnvid "Fundni" 52
AKA: Fundni
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1 M Thorarinn "Bullifak" Finnvidsson 52
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Husband Fjölnir , King in Sweden [Mythological] 53 54
AKA: Fjolne King of Sweden, Fjolner King of Sweden, Fjölner King of Sweden, Fjolnir Yngvi-Freysson King in Sweden
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1 M Sveigðir Fjölnarsson, King in Sweden [Mythological] 54 55
AKA: Sveigder King of Sweden, Swegde King of Sweden, Svegdi Fjolnarsson King in Sweden
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Spouse: Vana , of Vanaheim [Mythological] ( - ) 55
Research Notes: Husband - Fjölnir , King in Sweden [Mythological]
From Wikipedia - Fjölnir :
Fjölnir, Fjölner, Fjolner or Fjolne (1st century BC - early 1st century AD) was a Swedish king of the House of Yngling , at Gamla Uppsala . He appears in a semi-mythological context as the son of Freyr and Gerd .
Fjölnir drowned in a vat of mead visiting Peace-Fróði, an equally mythological king of Zealand , where Denmark later appeared. Fjölnir was then succeeded by his son Sveigðir .
Grottasöngr
Grottasöngr informs that Fjölnir was the contemporary of Caesar Augustus (63 BC - AD 14). He was a mighty king and the crops were bountiful and peace was maintained. At his time, king Fróði , the son of Friðleifr , ruled in Lejre in Zealand . Grottasöngr relates that when Fróði once visited Uppsala he bought two giantesses, Fenja and Menja :
Fróði konungr sótti heimboð í Svíþjóð til þess konungs, er Fjölnir er nefndr. Þá keypti hann ambáttir tvær, er hétu Fenja ok Menja. Þær váru miklar ok sterkar.[1]
However, the two giantesses were to be his undoing (see Grottasöngr ).
Ynglinga saga
The Ynglinga saga tells that Fjölnir was the son of Freyr himself and the giantess Gerd , but he was the first of his house who was not to be deified.
Frey took the kingdom after Njord , and was called drot by the Swedes, and they paid taxes to him. He was, like his father, fortunate in friends and in good seasons. Frey built a great temple at Upsal , made it his chief seat, and gave it all his taxes, his land, and goods. Then began the Upsal domains , which have remained ever since. Then began in his days the Frode- peace; and then there were good seasons, in all the land, which the Swedes ascribed to Frey, so that he was more worshipped than the other gods, as the people became much richer in his days by reason of the peace and good seasons. His wife was called Gerd, daughter of Gymis , and their son was called Fjolne.[4][5] Then Snorri tells that after Freyr's death, Fjölnir became the king of Sweden. However, he drowned in a vat of mead visiting Peace-Fróði (Friðfróði), the king of Zealand .
Fjolne, Yngve Frey's son, ruled thereafter over the Swedes and the Upsal domains . He was powerful, and lucky in seasons and in holding the peace. Fredfrode ruled then in Leidre , and between them there was great friendship and visiting. Once when Fjolne went to Frode in Sealand , a great feast was prepared for him, and invitations to it were sent all over the country. Frode had a large house, in which there was a great vessel many ells high, and put together of great pieces of timber; and this vessel stood in a lower room. Above it was a loft, in the floor of which was an opening through which liquor was poured into this vessel. The vessel was full of mead, which was excessively strong. In the evening Fjolne, with his attendants, was taken into the adjoining loft to sleep. In the night he went out to the gallery to seek a certain place, and he was very sleepy and exceedingly drunk. As he came back to his room he went along the gallery to the door of another left, went into it, and his foot slipping, he fell into the vessel of mead and was drowned.[4][5]
Ynglingatal
Snorri also quoted some lines of Ynglingatal , composed in the 9th century:
In Frode's hall the fearful word, The death-foreboding sound was heard: The cry of fey denouncing doom, Was heard at night in Frode's home. And when brave Frode came, he found Swithiod's dark chief, Fjolne, drowned. In Frode's mansion drowned was he, Drowned in a waveless, windless sea.[4][6] The Historia Norwegiæ provides a Latin summary of Ynglingatal, which precedes Snorri's quotation. It also informs that Fjölnir was the son of Freyr, the father of Svegder and that he drowned in a vat of mead:
Frøy engendered Fjolne, who was drowned in a tun of mead. His son, Sveigde, [...][8] The even earlier source Íslendingabók cites the line of descent in Ynglingatal and also gives Fjölnir as the successor of Freyr and the predecessor of Svegðir . In addition to this it summarizes that Fjölnir died at Friðfróði 's (i.e. Peace-Fróði): iii Freyr. iiii Fjölnir. sá er dó at Friðfróða. v Svegðir:[9].
Gesta Danorum
In Gesta Danorum , Book 1, Frodi corresponds to Hadingus and Fjölnir to Hundingus , but the story is a little different. It relates how King Hundingus of Sweden believed a rumor that King Hadingus of Denmark had died and held his obsequies with ceremony, including an enormous vat of ale. Hundingus himself served the ale, but accidentally stumbled and fell into the vat, choked, and drowned. When word of this came to King Hadingus of this unfortunate death, King Hadingus publicly hanged himself (see Freyr ).
Ballad of Veraldur
Dumézil (1973, Appendix I) cites a Faroese ballad recorded in 1840 about Odin and his son Veraldur. It is believed that this Veraldur is related to Fjölnir and Freyr, as per Snorri's statement that Freyr was veraldar goð ("god of the world").
In this ballad Veraldur sets off to Zealand to seek the king's daughter in marriage despite Odin's warnings. The king of Zealand mislikes Veraldur and tricks him into falling into a brewing vat in a "hall of stone" where Veraldur drowns. When Odin hears the news, he decides to die and go to Asgard where his followers will be also be welcomed after death.
The tale is similar to that of the death of Fjölnir, son of Freyr, who accidentally fell into a vat of mead and drowned while paying a friendly visit to Fridfródi the ruler of Zealand.
Other mentions
Fjölnir is also another name for Odin , found in Grímnismál when the god revealed himself to Geirröd , and in Reginsmál when he was standing on a mountain addressing Sigurd and Regin . Snorri also mentions it as an Odinic name in Gylfaginning .
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