Erik (son of Frode)
Also known as: Erik · Role: king’s grandson; son of Frode · First appears: Book Seven · Part 3
In Book Seven · Part 3, Frode (son of Olaf) was Erik’s father, and Erik and Halfdan (son of Harald) were cousins. When Halfdan regained his strength, he summoned Thore (champion of Halfdan) and declared war on Erik; with Thore, he rolled boulders down onto Erik’s line and won the battle. Erik’s champion was Hakon (champion of Erik).
In Book Seven · Part 4, Erik attacked districts subject to Halfdan, including Denmark, and regained the kingdom of Sweden. He beat Harald (son of Harald) in three battles and killed him in the fourth. After Halfdan returned to Sweden and captured Erik, Erik rejected life under thraldom; he was put in chains and banished to a place haunted by wild beasts.
Relationship record
Life events
- Halfdan summoned Thore and proclaimed war against Erik.(Book Seven · Part 3)
- With: Halfdan (son of Harald) Thore (champion of Halfdan)
- “When Halfdan had by this man's help regained his full strength, he summoned Thore, a champion of notable capacity, and proclaimed war against Erik.”
- Halfdan and Thore crushed Erik’s line with boulders and regained victory.(Book Seven · Part 3)
- With: Halfdan (son of Harald) Thore (champion of Halfdan)
- “Here Halfdan, when he saw the line of his men wavering, climbed with Thore up a crag covered with stones and, uprooting boulders, rolled them down upon the enemy below; and the weight of these as they fell crushed the line that was drawn up in the lower position. Thus he regained with stones the victory which he had lost with arms.”
- Erik attacked districts subject to Halfdan, including Denmark.(Book Seven · Part 4 · 📍 Denmark)
- With: Halfdan (son of Harald)
- “So it came to pass that Erik, in his desire to repair the losses incurred in flight, attacked the districts subject to Halfdan. Even Denmark he did not exempt from this harsh treatment;”
- Erik beat Harald in three battles and slew him in the fourth.(Book Seven · Part 4)
- With: Harald (son of Harald)
- “When Halfdan heard that his brother Harald had been beaten by Erik in three battles, and slain in the fourth,”
- Erik regained the kingdom of Sweden.(Book Seven · Part 4 · 📍 Sweden)
- “Thus Erik regained the kingdom of Sweden all the more quickly, that he quitted it so lightly.”
- Halfdan captured Erik, who refused the offered life under thraldom.(Book Seven · Part 4)
- With: Halfdan (son of Harald)
- “Thus Erik was surrounded; but he rejected the life, which was offered him under condition of thraldom.”
- Erik was put in chains and banished to a place haunted by wild beasts.(Book Seven · Part 4)
- “Wherefore he was put in chains, and banished to a place haunted by wild beasts;”
Book Seven · Part 3
- parent: Frode (son of Olaf) “the king's grandson Erik, the son of his own uncle Frode”
- cousins with Halfdan (son of Harald) “the king's grandson Erik, the son of his own uncle Frode”
- enemies with Halfdan (son of Harald) “After this he attacked Sweden, and destroyed its king in the field. Afterwards he prepared to meet the king's grandson Erik, the son of his own uncle Frode, in battle”
- vassal: Hakon (champion of Erik) “Erik's champion, Hakon”
Book Seven · Part 4
- enemies with Halfdan (son of Harald) (They fight; Halfdan captures Erik.) “When Halfdan had gone back into Sweden, he hid his fleet craftily, and went to meet Erik with two vessels. Erik attacked him with ten; and Halfdan, sailing through sundry winding channels, stole back to his concealed forces.”
- enemies with Harald (son of Harald) “When Halfdan heard that his brother Harald had been beaten by Erik in three battles, and slain in the fourth, he was afraid of losing his empire;”
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Extracted from the original text of The Danish History, Books I–IX. Made with Rho MD.