Hothbrodd
Also known as: Hodbrodd · Role: son of Ragnar and Swanhwid · First appears: Book Two · Part 8
In Book Two · Part 8, Hothbrodd succeeded his parents, Ragnar and Swanhwid. At the East, he fathered Athisl and Hother; after challenging Ro (son of Halfdan) in three battles, he slew him. Helge (son of Halfdan) later slew Hothbrodd and all his forces in a naval battle.
Relationship record
Life events
- Hothbrodd succeeded his parents.(Book Two · Part 8)
- “Their son Hothbrodd succeeded them.”
- Hothbrodd begat Athisl and Hother.(Book Two · Part 8 · 📍 the East)
- With: Athisl (son of Hothbrodd) Hother
- “after a huge massacre of many peoples begat two sons, Athisl and Hother”
- Hothbrodd slew Ro after challenging him in three battles.(Book Two · Part 8 · 📍 Denmark)
- With: Ro (son of Halfdan)
- “he assailed Denmark, challenged its king, Ro, in three battles, and slew him.”
- Helge slew Hothbrodd and all his forces in a naval battle.(Book Two · Part 8)
- With: Helge (son of Halfdan)
- “Also he annihilated Hothbrodd himself and all his forces in a naval battle”
Book Two · Part 8
- parent: Ragnar (husband of Swanhwid) “Their son Hothbrodd succeeded them.”
- parent: Swanhwid “Their son Hothbrodd succeeded them.”
- child: Athisl (son of Hothbrodd) “Fain to extend his empire, he warred upon the East, and after a huge massacre of many peoples begat two sons, Athisl and Hother, and appointed as their tutor a certain Gewar, who was bound to him by great services.”
- child: Hother “Fain to extend his empire, he warred upon the East, and after a huge massacre of many peoples begat two sons, Athisl and Hother, and appointed as their tutor a certain Gewar, who was bound to him by great services.”
- enemies with Helge (son of Halfdan) “Also he annihilated Hothbrodd himself and all his forces in a naval battle; so avenging fully the wrongs of his country as well as of his brother.”
- enemies with Ro (son of Halfdan) “Not content with conquering the East, he assailed Denmark, challenged its king, Ro, in three battles, and slew him.”
Book Two · Part 9
- child: Athisl (son of Hothbrodd) “Athisl, the son of Hothbrodd, in pursuit of a crafty design to set his country free, contrived to marry Rolf's mother, Urse”
Book Three · Part 1
- enemies with Helge (son of Halfdan) “When Helgi had slain Hodbrodd, his son Hother passed the length of his boyhood under the tutelage of King Gewar.”
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Extracted from the original text of The Danish History, Books I–IX. Made with Rho MD.