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| '''Horwendill''' was a ]ary ]ish chieftain, who is the prototype for ]'s ], ]'s father. He appears in '']'' and in ]' '']'' (book 3). | |||
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| The ''Chronicon Lethrense'' (and the included ''Annales Lundenses'') tell that the ] king ] put Horwendill (who he calls Orwendel) and ] as his rulers in ], and gave his daughter to Horwendill as a reward for his good services. Horwendill and the daughter had the son ] (]). The jealous Feng killed Horwendill and took his wife. | |||
| Saxo Grammaticus has a slightly different version of events. Saxo states that Horvendill and Feng were the sons of Jutland's ruler Gervendill, and succeeded him as the rulers of Jutland. On his return from a ] expedition in which he had slain Koll, King of ], Horvendill married Gerutha, the Danish king ]'s daughter, who bore him a son, Amleth. But Feng, out of jealousy, murdered Horvendill and persuaded Gerutha to become his wife, on the plea that he had committed the crime for no other reason than to avenge her of a husband by whom she had been hated. | |||
| ==In popular culture== | |||
| Horwendill is the hero of ]'s historical novel '']''. His name also probably suggested that of Horvendile, the nemesis of Jurgen and his descendants in Cabell's '']'' series. | |||
| ==See also== | |||
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| ==References== | |||
| *Peter Tunstall's translation of the ''Chronicon lethrense'' at and . | |||
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