Valdar was the name of several

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ary Danish kings. The '' Hervarar saga'' tells the tale of a Valdar who was viceroy of

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under Ivar Vidfamne and he was the father of Randver and of

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(half siblings and fathers found were Hrörek av Lejre and Radbart - mother being Aud Djupaudga) who was a legendary king of

and

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. The ''

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'' and '' Hversu Noregr byggdist'' tell the tale of a Valdar who succeeded

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as King of

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. This Valdar was the father of Harald the Old.

''Hervarar saga''

The '' Hervarar saga'' tells that Ivar Vidfamne made Valdar the viceroy of

and gave him his daughter Alfhild. When Valdar died, his son Randver became the king of Denmark, while his son

became the king of

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. In the ''Hervarar saga'', the name Valdar also appears in an extract of the poem '' Hlöðskviða'' together with other kings and nations:

''Guðrúnarkviða II''

Valdar is named as a king of the Danes in Guðrúnarkviða II (stanza 19):

''Hversu Noregr byggdist''

According to '' Hversu Noregr byggdist'', a Valdar was the son of Roar (

Hroðgar Hrothgar ( ; ) was a semi-legendary Danish king living around the early sixth century AD. Hrothgar appears in the Anglo-Saxon epics ''Beowulf'' and ''Widsith'', in Norse sagas and poems, and in medieval Danish chronicles. In both Anglo-Saxon an ...

) of the house of Skjöldung ( Scylding). This source makes Valdar the father of Harald the Old, the father of Halfdan the Valiant, the father of Ivar Vidfamne. If he is of the same origin as the Valdar of ''Hervarar saga'', this account adds four generations (Harald the Old, Halfdan the Valiant, Ivar Vidfamne and effectively Ivar's daughter Alfhild/Auðr who was Harald Wartooth's mother according to all accounts) between Valdar and

, who was Valdar's son according to the '' Hervarar saga''.

''Skjöldunga saga''

The ''

'' tells that a Valdar disputed that Rörek, the cousin of Helgi (

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) succeeded

(Hroðulf) as the king of the

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. After the war, Rörek took

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, while Valdar took

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. If based on the same tradition as ''Hversu Noregr byggdist'', Valdar had the right to claim the throne being the son of the former king Hróarr (

). {{s-end Heroes in Norse myths and legends Scyldings