# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/gudfred
# Generated: 2026-09-02T05:34:54.483Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/gudfred"
name: "Gudfred"
slug: "gudfred"
description: "Gudfred was a ninth century Danish king who reigned from at least 804 to 810. Alternate spellings include Godfred (Danish), Göttrick (German), Gøtrik (Danish), Gudrød (Danish), and Godofredus (Latin). He stands at the threshold of the history of Denmark in the sense that he is the first ruler about whom there is substantial knowledge from contemporary sources. He waged offensive war against the Carolingian Empire with some success, but was murdered under murky circumstances before a major confrontation had taken place. There is no unambiguous trace of Gudfred in the later Norse sagas, and his history can only be traced from the hostile Frankish texts which makes an assessment of his role problematic. His paternity is unknown but he may have been closely related to Sigfred, who preceded him as king of Denmark c. 770–804. He was the uncle of the later Danish King Hemming (810–812) and the father of King Horik I (813–854)."
tagline: "Danish king"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Kong_G%C3%B8trik_den_Gavmilde.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Historical Figures"
  slug: "historical-figures"
profileType:
  name: "Historical Figure"
  slug: "historical-figure"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2798645"
birthDate: "800"
deathDate: "810"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           51.47
  momentum:             0.7640067911714772
  historical:           19.35922266666667
  currentAttention:     4.244482173174873
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%93%D0%BE%D0%B4%D1%84%D1%80%D0%B5%D0%B4_(%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%BD%D1%83%D0%BD%D0%B3)"
    title: "Годфред (конунг)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%88%D8%AF%D9%81%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%AF"
    title: "جودفريد"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://be.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%93%D1%83%D0%B4%D1%84%D1%80%D1%8D%D0%B4"
    title: "Гудфрэд"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Godfred"
    title: "Godfred"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Godfred"
    title: "Godfred"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gudfred"
    title: "Gudfred"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gudfred"
    title: "Gudfred"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Godofredo_I_de_Dinamarca"
    title: "Godofredo I de Dinamarca"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Godfred"
    title: "Godfred"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Godfred_de_Danemark"
    title: "Godfred de Danemark"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Godfryd_fan_Denemark"
    title: "Godfryd fan Denemark"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gudfred"
    title: "Gudfred"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://is.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gu%C3%B0r%C3%B6%C3%B0ur_Danakonungur"
    title: "Guðröður Danakonungur"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/G%C3%B6ttrik"
    title: "Göttrik"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B4%E3%82%BA%E3%83%95%E3%83%AC%E3%82%BA_(%E3%83%87%E3%83%B3%E3%83%9E%E3%83%BC%E3%82%AF%E7%8E%8B)"
    title: "ゴズフレズ (デンマーク王)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EA%B5%AC%EB%93%9C%ED%94%84%EB%A0%88%EB%93%9C"
    title: "구드프레드"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://la.wikipedia.org/wiki/Godofredus_I_(rex_Daniae)"
    title: "Godofredus I (rex Daniae)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gudfred"
    title: "Gudfred"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gudr%C3%B8d_Sigfredsson_Veidekonge"
    title: "Gudrød Sigfredsson Veidekonge"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nrm.wikipedia.org/wiki/Godefrei_de_Danemarche"
    title: "Godefrei de Danemarche"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Godfred"
    title: "Godfred"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%93%D0%BE%D0%B4%D1%84%D1%80%D0%B5%D0%B4"
    title: "Годфред"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Godfred"
    title: "Godfred"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Godfred"
    title: "Godfred"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q461614"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump