Ingild (son of Frode)
Also known as: Ingild · Family: Danes · Role: king · First appears: Book Six · Part 10
In Book Six · Part 10, Ingild (son of Frode) succeeded his father Frode (father of Ingild) as king. Starkad forsook his friendship and joined Halfdan (son of Erik), displeased by Ingild’s excesses. Ingild’s wife bore him sons Frode (son of Ingild), Fridleif (son of Ingild), Ingild (son of Ingild) and Olaf (son of Ingild).
In Book Six · Part 12, Ingild promised Helge the Norwegian the hand of his sister Helga if he first proved himself in battle; Ingild also had a younger sister, Asa. In Book Six · Part 15, he showed kindness and friendship to his father’s murderers instead of punishing them. Later, after Starkad counselled revenge, Ingild slew the sons of Swerting.
Relationship record
Life events
- Ingild succeeded his father as king.(Book Six · Part 10)
- With: Frode (father of Ingild)
- “Frode was succeeded by his son Ingild, whose soul was perverted from honour.”
- Starkad forsook Ingild’s friendship and sought the fellowship of Halfdan.(Book Six · Part 10)
- With: Starkad Halfdan (son of Erik)
- “Starkad was so disgusted at the excess of Ingild, that he forsook his friendship, and sought the fellowship of Halfdan, the King of Swedes, preferring work to idleness.”
- Ingild’s wife bore him sons Frode, Fridleif, Ingild, and Olaf.(Book Six · Part 10)
- With: Frode (son of Ingild) Fridleif (son of Ingild) Ingild (son of Ingild) Olaf (son of Ingild)
- “Antiquity relates that she bore him sons, Frode, Fridleif, Ingild, and Olaf (whom some say was the son of Ingild's sister).”
- Ingild promised Helge Helga’s hand if he first proved his reputation in battle.(Book Six · Part 12)
- With: Helge the Norwegian
- “When he arrived Ingild promised to grant him his wish if, to test his reputation publicly, he would first venture to meet in battle the champions pitted against him.”
- Ingild showed kindness and friendship to his father's murderers instead of punishing them.(Book Six · Part 15)
- “Ingild, the son of Frode (who had been treacherously slain), was perversely minded, and instead of punishing his father's murderers, bestowed upon them kindness and friendship”
- Ingild slew the sons of Swerting after Starkad's counsel stirred him to revenge.(Book Six · Part 20)
- “These men he forthwith slew; and by so doing he drowned the holy rites of the table in blood.”
Book Six · Part 10
- parent: Frode (father of Ingild) “Frode was succeeded by his son Ingild, whose soul was perverted from honour.”
- friends with Starkad “Starkad was so disgusted at the excess of Ingild, that he forsook his friendship, and sought the fellowship of Halfdan, the King of Swedes, preferring work to idleness.”
- child: Frode (son of Ingild) “Antiquity relates that she bore him sons, Frode, Fridleif, Ingild, and Olaf (whom some say was the son of Ingild's sister).”
- child: Fridleif (son of Ingild) “Antiquity relates that she bore him sons, Frode, Fridleif, Ingild, and Olaf (whom some say was the son of Ingild's sister).”
- child: Ingild (son of Ingild) “Antiquity relates that she bore him sons, Frode, Fridleif, Ingild, and Olaf (whom some say was the son of Ingild's sister).”
- child: Olaf (son of Ingild) (The passage also gives an alternative account of Olaf's parentage.) “Antiquity relates that she bore him sons, Frode, Fridleif, Ingild, and Olaf (whom some say was the son of Ingild's sister).”
- siblings with Helga “Ingild's sister Helga had been led by amorous wooing to return the flame of a certain low-born goldsmith”
Book Six · Part 12
- siblings with Helga “Now Ingild had two sisters, Helga and Asa; Helga was of full age to marry, while Asa was younger and unripe for wedlock.”
- siblings with Asa “Now Ingild had two sisters, Helga and Asa; Helga was of full age to marry, while Asa was younger and unripe for wedlock.”
Book Six · Part 15
- parent: Frode (father of Ingild) “when he heard--for the rumour spread--that Ingild, the son of Frode (who had been treacherously slain), was perversely minded, and instead of punishing his father's murderers, bestowed upon them kindness and friendship”
Book Six · Part 16
- guardian: Starkad “this man had been appointed his tutor by his father long ago, and had been a most tender guardian of his childhood.”
- mentor: Starkad “this man had been appointed his tutor by his father long ago, and had been a most tender guardian of his childhood.”
Book Six · Part 18
- parent: Frode (father of Ingild) “But, declared Starkad, he bore the heaviest load of infamy, because, even when he first began to see service, he forgot to avenge his father, to whose butchers, forsaking the law of nature, he was kind and attentive.”
Book Six · Part 20
- parent: Frode (father of Ingild) “The fates have given Frode an offspring born into the world when gods were adverse, whose desires have been enthralled by crime and ignoble lust.”
- guardian: Starkad “What a spirit, then, must we think that old man had, who by his eloquent adjuration expelled from that king's mind its infinite sin, and who, bursting the bonds of iniquity, implanted a most effectual seed of virtue. Starkad aided the king with equal achievements; and not only showed the most complete courage in his own person, but summoned back that which had been rooted out of the heart of another.”
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Extracted from the original text of The Danish History, Books I–IX. Made with Rho MD.