Sigfred
Sign in to saveSigfred was an eighth century Danish king who is known to have reigned from before 777 to after 798. Fragments of his reign can be traced via Frankish sources.
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Key facts
- Royalty.name
- Sigfred
- Royalty.image
- Sigfred - Sigurd - Sigifridus - Sigfridus (dansk konge, ? - 777-798 - ? ).jpg
- Royalty.caption
- Sigfred as depicted in 1710
- Royalty.succession
- King of the Danes
- Royalty.reign
- c. 770–c.798/804
- Royalty.predecessor
- unknown (Harald Wartooth?)
- Royalty.successor
- Gudfred
- Royalty.birth_date
- 8th century
- Royalty.birth_place
- Denmark
- Royalty.death_date
- c.798/804
- Royalty.death_place
- Denmark
- Royalty.house
- Sigfredian
- Royalty.house type
- Dynasty
- Royalty.religion
- Norse paganism
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Part of
- Norse mythology
- Given name
- Siegfried
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Danish Realm
- Place of birth
- Denmark
- Place of death
- Denmark
- Child
- Gudfred
- Occupation
- sovereign
- Position held
- monarch of Denmark
- Languages spoken
- Danish
- Image
- Sigfred - Sigurd - Sigifridus - Sigfridus (dansk konge, ? - 777-798 - ? ).jpg
Show 4 more facts
- name in native language
- Sigfred
- date of birth
- 0750-00-00
- date of death
- 0800-00-00
- Commons category
- Sigfred, king of Denmark
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Encyclopedic overview
4 sectionsContents
- Assistance to Widukind
- Frankish diplomacy
- Place in early Danish history
- References
Sigfred was an eighth century Danish king who is known to have reigned from before 777 to after 798. Fragments of his reign can be traced via Frankish sources.
==Assistance to Widukind==
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Sigfred” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.