Amund
Family: Norwegians · Role: king · First appears: Book Six · Part 3
In Book Six · Part 3, Amund refused Fridleif (son of Frode)’s marriage petition, saying Norway had long suffered under Frode’s tyranny, though his daughter Frogertha urged him to accept Fridleif. When Fridleif renewed his petition, Amund put the envoys to death. After learning of this, Fridleif sailed around Norway with Halfdan (son of Erik) and Biorn (champion of Fridleif), while Amund put out his fleet; the fleets gathered at Frokasund.
In Book Six · Part 4, Fridleif fought Amund in a bloody battle by sea and land. Amund fell in the war, and, as Book Six · Part 5 recounts, his death freed Fridleif from his foe.
Relationship record
Life events
- Amund refused Fridleif's marriage petition, but Frogertha urged her father to accept him.(Book Six · Part 3)
- With: Frogertha
- “Around implacably declined to consent to the wishes of the king, and treated the legates shamefully, declaring that he spurned the embassy because the tyranny of Frode had of old borne so heavily upon Norway. But Amund's daughter, Frogertha, not only looking to the birth of Fridleif, but also honouring the glory of his deeds, began to upbraid her father”
- Amund put the envoys from Fridleif's renewed marriage petition to death.(Book Six · Part 3)
- “Amund was indignant that a petition he had once denied should be obstinately pressed, and hurried the envoys to death”
- After learning of the envoys' deaths, Fridleif sailed around Norway with Halfdan and Biorn, and Amund put out his fleet.(Book Six · Part 3 · 📍 Frokasund)
- With: Fridleif (son of Frode) Halfdan (son of Erik) Biorn (champion of Fridleif)
- “Fridleif heard news of this outrage, and summoning Halfdan and Biorn, sailed round Norway. Amund, equipped with his native defences, put out his fleet against him. The firth into which both fleets had mustered is called Frokasund.”
- Fridleif fought a bloody battle against Amund by sea and land.(Book Six · Part 4)
- With: Fridleif (son of Frode)
- “On the morrow there was a great muster of the forces, and Fridleif had a bloody battle with Amund, fought partly by sea and partly by land.”
- Amund fell in the war.(Book Six · Part 4)
- “In this war Amund fell;”
- Amund’s death freed Fridleif from his foe.(Book Six · Part 5)
- With: Fridleif (son of Frode)
- “By the death of Amund, Fridleif was freed from a most bitter foe”
Book Six · Part 3
- child: Frogertha “But Amund's daughter, Frogertha, not only looking to the birth of Fridleif, but also honouring the glory of his deeds, began to upbraid her father, because he scorned a son-in-law whose nobility was perfect, being both sufficient in valour and flawless in birth.”
- enemies with Fridleif (son of Frode) (They brought their fleets against one another.) “Fridleif heard news of this outrage, and summoning Halfdan and Biorn, sailed round Norway. Amund, equipped with his native defences, put out his fleet against him.”
Book Six · Part 4
- enemies with Fridleif (son of Frode) “On the morrow there was a great muster of the forces, and Fridleif had a bloody battle with Amund, fought partly by sea and partly by land.”
- servant: Ane “In this war Amund fell; and his servant Ane, surnamed the Archer, challenged Fridleif to fight him;”
Book Six · Part 5
- enemies with Fridleif (son of Frode) “By the death of Amund, Fridleif was freed from a most bitter foe”
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Extracted from the original text of The Danish History, Books I–IX. Made with Rho MD.