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Old Norse ''Hugleikr'' (d. ca 516 ) was in the poem Beowulf a King Of The Geats . He was the son of Hrethel and had brothers Herebeald and Haethcyn . His sister was married to Ecgtheow and had the son Beowulf . Hygelac was married to Hygd and they had the son Heardred , and an unnamed daughter who married Eofor . When Hygelac's brother Haethcyn was fighting with the Swedes , Hygelac arrived one day too late at Hrefnesholt to save his brother, but managed to rescue the surviving Geatish warriors, who were besieged by the Swedish king Ongentheow . The Swedes found refuge at a hill fort but were assaulted by the Geats and the Swedish king was slain by Eofor. After the death of his brother, Hygelac ascended the Geatish throne. Hygelac then went on a Viking raid to Frisia and was killed. Hygelac was succeeded by Heardred , according to Beowulf . The raid to Frisia enabled already Grundtvig to approximate the date of Hygelac's death to ca 516 , because a raid to France is mentioned by Gregory Of Tours . In these sources he appears as King Chlochilaicus, who invaded the Frankish Kingdoms during the reign of Theuderic I in the Early Sixth Century , and was killed by a military force led by Theudebert , son of the king of the Franks . Gregory of Tours calls this king Danish. at The Latin Library He is called the king of the Getae in ''Liber Monstrorum'' (rex Getarum) and of the Goths in '' estimated that Beowulf could not have been written with these historical details before 923 . SOURCES AND NOTES FURTHER READING
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