Lists of office-holders
... or government (defunct entities) Ancient world Akkad Kings of Akkad Gutian kings Assyria Kings of Assyria Athens King of Athens Archons of Athens Axumite Kingdom Kings of Axum Babylon Kings of Babylon Bithynia Kings of Bithynia ...
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King of the Geats
King of the Geats Geatish kings existed since the provinces of Götaland/Gautland/Geatland are considered to have been more or less independent with their own petty kings. This is a list of the kings who appear in the sources, which does ... were far away from Scandinavia, when these kings are said to have lived. Moreover, ...
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Geat
... independence and became tributaries of the Swedish kings. [citation needed] This has been explained with ... and the Norse sagas name several Geatish kings, but only Hygelac finds confirmation in Liber ... deposing the king. One of these Swedish kings was Ragnvald Knaphövde, who in 1125 was ... back then. To this day, the Swedish kings still formally call themselves svears och götars ... Moreover, the story of Beowulf, who leaves Geatland and arrives at the Danish court ...
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Origins for Beowulf and Hrólf Kraki
... the Beowulf character Wiglaf. Beowulf comes from Geatland (= Götaland) and one of Bödvar Bjarki's ... Bödvar Bjarki arrives in Denmark from Götaland (Geatland), and upon arriving in Denmark he kills ... a junior co-ruler. Furthermore, the Swedish kings referenced in Beowulf are adequately matched with the 5th and 6th century Swedish kings in Uppsala (see also Swedish semi-legendary kings): Beowulf Hrólf Kraki, Heimskringla etc. Relation ...
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Dan (king)
... the name of one or more legendary kings of the Danes in medieval Scandinavian texts ... writes further: In the time when the kings we have been speaking of were in ... their bravery. They were not however called "kings", as that usage was not then common ... give the parentage of any of these kings. Of this Dan, Saxo relates only an ... deals with Eric, the first king of Geatland (fyrsti konunger i Götalandinu vidha). He ...
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Götaland
... 1], Gotland (American Heritage Dictionary), Gautland and Geatland. Götaland once consisted of petty kingdoms, with ... kingdoms themselves, constitute Götaland proper. The Geatish kings, however, belong to the domain of Norse ... Norse and in Old English sources, Gautland/Geatland is still treated as a separate country ...
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Svealand
... Sweorice. As the domains of the Swedish kings grew, the name Svealand began to be ... as a separate country from Götaland/Gautland/Geatland. In Sögubrot af Nokkrum[2] for instance ... crusade to the east started by the kings of Svealand during the 12th century eventually ...
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Talk:Beowulf
... am serching the pieces describing two ancient kings of Svitjod, Ottar and Adils, not really ... well might indicate some former region in Geatland - Götaland, Gothland; the Wedera Geats This, then ... of this, naturally, would be that the Geatland/Gothland territory at times have been incorporated ...
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Beowulf
... was a poem about Danish and Swedish kings and heroes preserved in England? The English ... the old days, of the people's kings, how the princes did deeds of valor ... many ways: youth then age; Denmark, then Geatland; the hall, then the barrow; public, then ...
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Blenda
... defense", since it was a bulwark for Geatland. Blenda's village was called Värnslanda and ... battles before the meeting of the three kings Inge I, Magnus Barefoot and Eric Evergood ...
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