Anders Sørensen Vedel

male, deceased (1616)
historian, vejle, Danish, saxo, Historiographer, topography
Anders Sørensen Vedel was a priest and historian born in Vejle (from which the Vedel name comes), Denmark. He translated the "Gesta Danorum" by S...
Jacques Audiard

Jacques Audiard

male, 57 years old
film actor, César Award, Noir Désir, Best Film, Césars, César Award for Best Director…saxo
Jacques Audiard is a French film director. <br/> At the beginning of the 1980s he successfully began screenwriting, including "Reveillon chez Bob!"...

Thyra

female
tanmarka but, saxo, Dannevirke, Æthelred, Harald Bluetooth, Jelling stones
Thyra was the consort of King Gorm the Old of Denmark. She is believed to have led an army against the Germans. Gorm and Thyra were the parents of...

Offa Of Angel

male, deceased (456)
angel, saxo, offa, odin, Angles, Mythological king of Denmark
Offa (or Alavivaz Olauus) (? - c. 456) was the 4th-great-grandfather of Creoda of Mercia; he may also be a great-grandson of Odin. Offa was the son...
Wermund

Wermund

male
wessex, Eadgils of the Myrgings, Angel, Schleswig, Ket and Wig, Myrgingas, Athislus…saxo
Wermund or "Garmund" is an ancestor of the Mercian royal family, a son of Wihtlaeg and father of Offa. Mythology claims him to be a grandson of...

Sigurd Lavard

male, deceased (1200)
saxo, Ranrike, Norwegian civil wars, Magnus Erlingsson, Sverre Sigurdsson, Bagler
Sigurd Lavard was the oldest son of King Sverre Sigurdsson of Norway. According to Saxo, he was born while Sverre still lived on the Faroes and...
Saxo Grammaticus

Saxo Grammaticus

male, deceased (1220)
historian, Medieval historian, roman, ancient rome, Danish, archbishop…the Saxo Grammaticus
Saxo Grammaticus was a Danish medieval historian of whose life practically nothing is known. The sixteen books of Danish history of this time,...