king Halfdan's (Healfdene) son Helgi ruled in Lejre. He invaded Sweden with such a large army that king Aðils (Eadgils) could not do anything else but to flee Uppsala. Helgi amassed a great deal of booty and took queen Yrsa (whom Aðils had found in Saxony) with him. Yrsa bore a son named Hrólfr Kraki (Hroðulf). When the boy was three years of age, Yrsa's mother, queen Alof of Saxony, came to visit her and told her that her husband Helgi was her own father. Then Yrsa returned to Sweden and king Aðils. Hrólfr Kraki was only eight years old when Helgi died during a war expedition, and Hrólfr was proclaimed his successor. Notes Sources Beowulf: Beowulf read aloud in Old English Modern English translation by Francis Barton Gummere Modern English translation by John Lesslie Hall Ringler, Dick. Beowulf: A New Translation For Oral Delivery, May 2005. Searchable text with full audio available, from the University of Wisconsin-Madison Libraries. Several different Modern English translations Chronicon Lethrense and Annales Lundense: Chronicon Lethrense and Annales Lundenses in translation by Peter Tunstall The same translation at Northvegr Book 2 of Gesta Danorum at the Online Medieval & Classical library The Relation of the Hrolfs Saga Kraka and the Bjarkarimur to Beowulf by Olson, 1916, at Project Gutenberg Hrólf Kraki's saga in English translation at Northvegr the Ynglinga saga in translation by Samuel Laing, 1844, at Northvegr English heroic legends Mythological kings of Denmark Mythological rapists Characters in Beowulf Scyldings Incest in legend