King of the Frisians
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Like most other German
tribes, Frisian
origin rests in the 5th century with leaders who named themselves king
s. The earlier kings must be considered as some kind of warleaders, whose side was chosen by local powers and only during the time they were at war. The power they had was defined by the way they could bind people to them; the limits were quite flexible.
Like the Anglo-Saxons
world, the Frisian territory was original separated into a great number of small political areas each with his own king. The names of these kings are mostly unknown. Later on at the end of the 6th century and at the beginning of the 7th century a federation of Frisian tribes arose united under a central power.
Germans
The Germans are a Germanic ethnic group native to Central Europe. The English term Germans has referred to the German-speaking population of the Holy Roman Empire since the Late Middle Ages....
tribes, Frisian
Frisians
The Frisians are a Germanic ethnic group native to the coastal parts of the Netherlands and Germany. They are concentrated in the Dutch provinces of Friesland and Groningen and, in Germany, East Frisia and North Frisia, that was a part of Denmark until 1864. They inhabit an area known as Frisia...
origin rests in the 5th century with leaders who named themselves king
King
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s. The earlier kings must be considered as some kind of warleaders, whose side was chosen by local powers and only during the time they were at war. The power they had was defined by the way they could bind people to them; the limits were quite flexible.
Like the Anglo-Saxons
Anglo-Saxons
Anglo-Saxon is a term used by historians to designate the Germanic tribes who invaded and settled the south and east of Great Britain beginning in the early 5th century AD, and the period from their creation of the English nation to the Norman conquest. The Anglo-Saxon Era denotes the period of...
world, the Frisian territory was original separated into a great number of small political areas each with his own king. The names of these kings are mostly unknown. Later on at the end of the 6th century and at the beginning of the 7th century a federation of Frisian tribes arose united under a central power.
Earlier kings
- FolcwaldFolcwaldFolcwald is the father of Finn, a legendary Frisian king. He is mentioned in Widsith and in Beowulf; a passage from Beowulf as translated by Seamus Heaney reads:...
(semi-legendary), 400400Year 400 was a leap year starting on Sunday of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Stilicho and Aurelianus... - Finn FolcwaldingFinn (Frisian)Finn, son of Folcwald, was a legendary Frisian lord. He is mentioned in Widsith, in Beowulf, and in the Finnsburg Fragment. There is also a Finn mentioned in Historia Brittonum....
(semi-legendary) 430430Year 430 was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Theodosius and Valentinianus...
Kings of united Friesland
- AudulfAudulfAudulf or Audwulf, was a Frisian king at the time of the Great Völkerwanderung, .Nowadays historians mostly think that there has been a Frisian king in the first half of the 7th century with the name Audulf, containing the words adel and wolf. The land this king ruled was probably the central...
, 600-630 - Adgillus IAldgislAldegisel, Aldegisl, Aldgillis, Aldgisl, Aldgils or Eadgils was the ruler of Frisia in the late seventh century contemporarily with Dagobert II and a very obscure figure...
(Aldegisel I), 650-680 - Radbod I, 680-719
- PoppoPoppo (Frisian)Poppo , also known as Bubo or Bobba, was a king of Frisia from the 8th century. After Aldgisl and Radboud he is the third Frisian ruler mentioned in the literature. He is possibly the last Frisian king...
, 719-734
Kings of Eastern-Friesland
- Adgillus IIAdgillis IIAdgillis II was an obscure historical figure who may have been Ruler of Frisia between 734 and 741. No contemporary accounts of his rule exist, but the scanty information available suggests that King Poppo was succeeded by someone called Adgillis. Eggerik Benninga made a brief record in his...
(Aldegisel II), 723-737 - GondobaldusGundeboldGundebold, Gondobaldus or Adgillis III was according to the Cronica der Friesen of Eggerik Benninga, King of the Frisians between 748 and 760.He would have been the son and successor of Adgillis II, whose existence is also uncertain....
(Gundebold), 737-749 - Radbodus IIRedbad IIRedbad II was a possible king of Frisia. He was the son of Adgillis III. His territory was east of the Lauwers and included present day East Friesland and Groningen, the last now being part of the Netherlands.At this time Frisia had already been conquered by the Franks, and in 775, Charlemagne ...
(Radbod II), 749-775