Dan I of Denmark explained

Succession:	King of the Danes
Successor:	Humblus
Spouse:	Grytha
Spouse-Type:	Consort
Issue:	Humble Lother
House:	Scylding
Father:	Humble
Religion:	Pagan

Dan I was the progenitor of the Danish royal house according to Saxo Grammaticus's Gesta Danorum. He supposedly held the lordship of Denmark along with his brother Angul, the father of the Angles in Angeln, which later formed the Anglo-Saxons in England.

See also

• Dan (king)

References

• Davidson, Hilda Ellis (ed.) and Peter Fisher (tr.) (1999). Saxo Grammaticus : The History of the Danes : Books I-IX. Bury St Edmunds: St Edmundsbury Press. . First published 1979–1980.
• Elton, Oliver (tr.) (1905). The Nine Books of the Danish History of Saxo Grammaticus. New York: Norroena Society. Available online
• Olrik, J. and H. Ræder (1931). Saxo Grammaticus : Gesta Danorum. Available online

Notes and References

1. http://www.kb.dk/elib/lit/dan/saxo/lat/or.dsr/1/1/index.htm Olrik's edition
2. http://mcllibrary.org/DanishHistory/book1.html Elton's translation