Bess or Bessus was a legendary
Danish general mentioned in
Gesta Danorum
("Deeds of the Danes") is a patriotic work of Danish history, by the 12th-century author Saxo Grammaticus ("Saxo the Literate", literally "the Grammarian"). It is the most ambitious literary undertaking of medieval Denmark and is an essentia ...
. His master, Prince
Gram
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Originally defined in 1795 as "the absolute Mass versus weight, weight of a volume ...
gave his wife to him after he grew tired of her. Later Bess served as the principal general of Gram during his invasion of
Sweden
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and led the negotiations with the future wife of Gram,
Groa. After Gram married Groa, Bess urged the continuation of war, which eventually led to the death of the Swedish king.
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Legendary Norsemen