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Ing

A figure who declared war on Denmark out of dissatisfaction with his inheritance, attested in the Gesta Danorum.

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Ing is attested in the Gesta Danorum as a figure who, dissatisfied with his inheritance, declared war on Denmark to expand his territory (Gesta Danorum, Book Seven). The passage suggests a figure driven by ambition beyond what his birth entitled him to.

Ing is connected to Alver, Olaf, Harald, Ingild as sibling, and Halfdan.