According to Saxo, Hamlet's history is briefly as follows.

Saxo then follows with a romantic tale of Snow's love for the daughter of an unnamed King of Götaland whom Snow eventually defeated in a single combat with the terms that the winner would rule both Denmark and Götaland.

It is possible that Saxo then enlarged it with Books 15 and 16, telling the story of King Valdemar I's last years and King Canute VI's first years.

The upshot is that scholars cannot assert with any confidence how much material Shakespeare took from the Ur-Hamlet ( if it even existed ), how much from Belleforest or Saxo, and how much from other contemporary sources ( such as Kyd's The Spanish Tragedy ).

He has been identified with Uffo ( also Uffe, Uffi of Jutland ), a legendary Danish king in the Gesta Danorum by Saxo Grammaticus.

The Poeta Saxo, in his verse Annales of Charlemagne's reign ( written between 888 and 891 ), laid an emphasis on his conquest of Saxony and celebrated the Frankish monarch on par with the Roman emperors and as the bringer of Christian salvation to people.

In Saxo Grammaticus ' 12th century work Gesta Danorum, where gods appear euhemerized, Ollerus is described as a cunning wizard with magical means of transportation:

Until recently the history of the Viking Age was largely based on Icelandic Sagas, the history of the Danes written by Saxo Grammaticus, the Russian Primary Chronicle and The War of the Irish with the Foreigners.

Early modern publications, dealing with what we now call Viking culture, appeared in the 16th century, e. g. Historia de gentibus septentrionalibus ( Olaus Magnus, 1555 ), and the first edition of the 13th century Gesta Danorum of Saxo Grammaticus in 1514.

Until recently, the history of the Viking Age was largely based on Icelandic sagas, the history of the Danes written by Saxo Grammaticus, the Russian Primary Chronicle and The War of the Irish with the Foreigners.

Saxo finished the history with the Preface, which he wrote last, about 1216 under the patronage of Anders Sunesen who replaced Absalon as Archbishop of Lund.

Christiern Pedersen, a Canon of Lund, collaborated with Jodocus Badius Ascendius, a fellow enthusiast, to print the work of Saxo Grammaticus early in the sixteenth century.

Various attempts have been made to harmonize these kings from the Frankish annals with the legendary kings found in the accounts of traditional historians such as Saxo Grammaticus and the sagas.

Though Icelandic sources make this Fróði a very early Danish king, in Gesta Danorum ( Book 5 ), Saxo puts him late in his series of rulers, though including the chronological equation with Augustus and mentioning the birth of Christ.

Notably Bradley Wiggins of Team SKY, David Millar of Team Garmin Transitions and Agritubel's Geoffrey Lequatreall riding the Osymetric brand and Team CSC Saxo Bank's Carlos Sastre with Rotor's Q-Rings from his native Spain.

As with the Saxo, air-conditioning was never an option on right-hand-drive 106's because the blower motor was mounted in the bulk-head on the drivers side.

In 1997 the Saxo's 3 Speed Automatic Gearbox was combined with the 1. 6i 8V 88 kW ( 90PS / 89BHP ) engine which was available on the Saxo SX and VSX.

Few special models were released throughout the Saxo's life, most notably the " Open Scandal ", a Saxo with a full length sliding canvas roof.

Notable models are the Westcoast up to 1999 and the Furio to 2003, as they incorporated the standard Saxo bodykit found on the VTR and VTS with a more insurance friendly 1. 4L engine.

The Saxo received a style makeover at the start of the year 2000, commonly branded as a MK2, with the major differences being more modern styled headlights, bonnets and grilles to replace the square style on the MK1 and Multipoint injection replacing the single point on the 1. 1L engines.

Along with the Citroën C3, the C2 successfully replaced the popular but ageing Citroën Saxo.

Saxo meticulously described the worship of Svantevit, the customs associated with it and the tall four-headed statue of the god.

Some archeological excavations on the cape of Arkona on Rügen island have uncovered vestiges of a great temple and a city, identified with those described by Saxo.

They tend to prefer aged, small, three-door, front-wheel drive hatchback cars, such as the Vauxhall Corsa, Fiat Punto, Ford Fiesta, Peugeot 106, Citroën Saxo, Volkswagen Polo and the Vauxhall Nova with small engines usually ranging between 1. 0 litre and 1. 6 litres ; this " preference " is more based on financial restrictions rather than desire.

The 12th c. Danish chronicler Saxo Grammaticus was not familiar with the character and Ogier has not been connected to any historic event in Denmark.

In season 2008 CSC shared the sponsorship with the Danish bank Saxo Bank which as of season 2009 has been the sole team sponsor.

The range was slimmed-down in 1996, following the introduction of the Saxo, with production of the AX ending in 1998 after a 12 year production run.

Saxo based the story on an oral tale of a son taking revenge for his murdered father.

Likewise there is Dean Saxo who died in 1190, however the date does not match what is known about Saxo.

Saxo tells of Dan the first king of Denmark who had a brother named Angul who gave his name to the Angles.

Oliver Elton who was the first to translate the first nine books of Gesta Danorum into English wrote that Saxo was the first writer produced by Denmark.

There seems to be some foreshadowing in Beowulf that Hroðulf will attempt to usurp the throne from Hroðgar's sons Hreðric and Hroðmund, a deed that also seems to be referred to in Saxo Grammaticus's Gesta Danorum ( Book 2 ), where we find: "... our king, who laid low Rorik, the son of Bok the covetous, and wrapped the coward in death.

According to Saxo Grammaticus, Ragnvald was murdered by supporters of Magnus, who then won the realm (" imperium ") as King of Sweden.

The third, and arguably the most important record, comes from the Danish chronicler Saxo Grammaticus, who in his Gesta Danorum described the war fought in 1168 by the Danish king Valdemar I against the Wends of Rügen, the conquest of their city at cape Arkona and the destruction of the grand temple of Svantevit that stood there.

Saxo speaks of Estonian warriors who sang at night while waiting for an epic battle.

According to the contemporary sources of Christian missionaries of the early Middle Ages, particularly of Saxo Grammaticus who gave a detailed account of Svetovid's great temple on the island of Rügen, the pagan Slavs held a great festival each summer in honor of Svetovid.

The chief authority for the legend of Hamlet is Saxo Grammaticus, who devotes to it parts of the third and fourth books of his Gesta Danorum, completed at the beginning of the 13th century.

Saxo, though not mentioning Whitlæg's parentage, introduces Whitlæg as a Danish king named Wiglek who was the slayer of Amleth ( Hamlet ).

Saxo Grammaticus ' Gesta Danorum ( Book 4 ) speaks of Froger, the King of Norway, who was a great champion.

The semi-legendary kings of Sweden are the long line of Swedish kings who preceded Eric the Victorious, according to sources such as the Norse Sagas, Beowulf, Rimbert, Adam of Bremen and Saxo Grammaticus, but who are of disputed historicity because many of them appear in more or less unreliable sources.

Saxo Grammaticus knows of this story but he renders Huglet ( h ) us as an Irish king who was killed by the Dane Haco ( given as Hakon in the following translation ).

Saxo begins his history with two brothers named Dan and Angul, sons of one Humbli, who were made rulers by the consent of the people because of their bravery.

But Saxo passes over him in a few lines as a warlike king who scorned his subjects and wasted his wealth, much degenerated from his ancestors.

Of this Dan, Saxo relates only an anecdote that when Dan was twelve years old, tired of the arrogance of Saxon ambassadors who demanded tribute on pain of war, he bridged the river Elbe with ships, crossed over, and won a great victory.

According to the Chronicon Lethrense and Saxo Grammaticus ' Gesta Danorum ( Book 2 ), Halfdan had two brothers named Ro and Skat who also sought the throne.

Saxo Grammaticus reports that this Ursius / Björn was the son of a bear and a fair Swedish maiden, but later genealogical tradition ( presumably first suggested by the Danish historian Peter Frederik Suhm ) would make Thorgil son of the viking Styrbjörn the Strong, who in turn is depicted as son of Olaf Björnsson, king of Sweden.

Saxo also records an account of Lathgertha who fought in battle for Ragnar Lodbrok and saved him from defeat through personally leading a flanking attack.

Saxo Grammaticus in his Gesta Danorum inserts the reign of Snow much later in Danish history, telling of him in book VIII among kings who reigned after the death of Harald War-tooth.

Of King Sivald Saxo tells nothing save that Sivald was son of Broder, son of King Jarmerik ( who is actually Ermanaric King of the Ostrogoths changed by Saxo one of his sources into a king of Denmark ).