THE SCHEDULE OF
.
Þiðreks saga
Didriks Chronicle Svava
 

by
Heinz Ritter †
Rolf Badenhausen, Editor.
 

THIS DOCUMENT UPDATES ALL PREVIOUS PUBLICATIONS OF THE
EDITOR AND IS APPENDIX OF
www.badenhausen.net/harz/svava/MerovingSvava.htm

Nomenclature:
Geographic Glossary
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Date: 2008-03-24


Notes: 
 Latest research regards Mb2 and Mb3 redactions less chronological than appreciative Icelandic A+B manuscripts. 
The Old Swedish Didriks Chronicle provides the death of King Osantrix according to Mb2, but not his second death in the battle of Brandenburg as Mb3 does.
(d): date corrected by the editor.

 
 
 
  410

Lord Samson seduces Hilliswid, daughter of Lord Rodger, and goes with her into a refuge. 
Lord Samson slays the noble brothers Lord Brunstein (Brunsten) and Lord Rodger, and takes over their land and residence with obvious agreement of his kinsman Thetmar, the brother of his father.
420
 
 

440

 

Birth of Weland (= Velent).

Birth of Hildebrand, grandson of Lord Ragbald of 'Venedi'. 

Approximate time of birth of Ermenrik, son of Samson.
King Vilcinus of Vilcinaland and his son Nordian in war against King Herding of Rytzeland.
450
Lord Ake, the later duke, mentioned as step-son of Lord Samson.
Weland given to Mime the smith for an apprenticeship. After three years Weland leaves Mime for a two years apprenticeship at Ballova smithy. (Ignoring the addition to the MSS that young Weland met Sigfrid at Mime's smithy for identifying Nidung with 'Eylimi', cf Elder Edda and Saga of the Volsungs. See Ritter 1999:165* from another chronological point of view.)
Weland slays the Ballova Smiths and moves to King Nidung's realm at 'Thiodi', Jutland. 

King Sigmund of Tarlunga marries Sissibe, daughter of King Nidung who resides in the Hesbaye. King Sigmund goes to war to aid King Drasolf, his brother-in-law. 
(At that time the deaths of King Sigmund and his father-in-law 'Eylimi' by the prologue of Sigurd's Revenge as provided with the Reginsmál of the Elder Edda.)
Birth of Sigfrid (d). 
 
460
 
 
 

King Osantrix of Vilcinaland makes a smart coup by marching to the residence of Melias, King of Hunaland.
King Osantrix marries Oda, daughter of King Melias, and leaves Hunaland with her. 
 

Lord Samson extorts the King of Bern, demanding his daughter, 12 free-born virgins, and other tribute from him. He goes out martially from Appolij to eastern lands where he conquers Bern.
Birth of Hagen (= Hogni).
Samson martially moves southwards with his son Ermenrik. Their preliminary residences are 'Puli', Polch near Mayen (Thidreks saga) and/or 'Grekin', Graach on the Moselle (Didriks Chronicle).
 

Samson dies of disease.
470 .
Birth of Didrik. 
Birth of Gunter (= Gunnar).
 
 

Hildebrand moves to Bern and becomes tutor of Didrik.

Atala, son of Frisian King Osid, takes over the realm of King Melias and moves to Soest, his new southern residence.

King Ermenrik conquers 'Rome' (Roma secunda = Trier on the Moselle).

 
480 .
Didrik appointed King of Bern. Heime and other first followers join King Didrik.
Wideke, son of Velant the Smith, comes to Bern and pits his strength against King Didrik who takes as his follower. 

King Didrik's adventurous trip to the Osning woodlands. Heime banished.
Detzlef joins King Didrik. The Danish fighter meets him at his stopover on Fritila, the Harlungs' Rhine residence of Duke Ake, step-brother of King Ermenrik. 

First Imperial Diet of King Ermenrik at 'Rome' with King Didrik, Duke Ake and King Atala.
Thetmar, father of Didrik, is dead. Wildefer joins Didrik.
Margrave Rodger aids King Atala against Osantrix, King of the Vilcinians, who refuses to hand him over his daughter Ercha (Erka) as agreed bride. 
King Atala marries Princess Ercha after the escape of King Osantrix. 
The young Hagen, in service of King Atala of Hunaland, loses one eye in the fight against Walter of Waldsken 'Waskenstein', Ermenrik's nephew who kidnaped Hildegund of 'Greken', daughter of Russian Jarl Ilias. She was sent as hostage to the court of King Atala.

King Didrik goes with King Atala to war against the Vilcinians. Wildefer, masqueraded as a bear for a tricky plan to release Wideke, kills King Osantrix.

King Didrik aids successfully his kinsman King Ermenrik against Rimstein ('Runsten') on obvious Alemannian territory.

Sigfrid at King Isung of 'Bertanga'.

Grand Banquet of King Didrik's followers at Bern where he decides to go out to King Isung and compete against Sigfrid and the kingly sons.

The wandering King Isung expels the dying King Artus 'Arkimannus' and his sons Iron and Apollonius from Mid-Saxon 'Bertanga'. Both flee to King Atala who appoints them lords of lands in his realm. Duke Iron meets 'Sal(u)mon', mentioned as mighty king of  'Frankish realm' that extents into today's Westerwald woodlands on the eastern side of the Rhine.
490 King Didrik attends Second Imperial Diet of King Ermenrik at 'Rome'.
Sigfrid married King Gunter's sister Grimhilde before 490.
King Sigfrid is ruling Rhine-Frankish territory between the Eiffel and the Rhine by appointment of King Didrik. King Gunter is married with Queen Brynhilde.
Duke Ake slays Iron. He came to his brother Apollonius in order to go hunting in the Rhine lands, but in fact to have an affair with Duke Ake's wife.
Duke Ake the Elder dies.
Wideke quits King Didrik and becomes follower of King Ermenrik.

King Ermenrik agrees with his advisor Sevekin to get rid of Frederic, Regbald, and Samson II, all of them mentioned as Ermenrik's sons. Duke Ake and his brother Eggart die in the attack of King Ermenrik's troops.
[Between 495 and 505:] King Ermenrik sends an army to Bern in order to demand subjugation from King Didrik who immediately goes into exile
500 granted by King Atala. Didrik and King Atala go to war against the Vilcinians and Rytzians.
 

Combats between King Isung and Rytzian King Herding II.
 

King Sigfrid becomes victim of a family intrigue (d). The Niflunga brothers slay him on a woodland trip.
 
510
 
 
 

Didrik goes out to meet King Ermenrik martially, but has to take high losses at Gransport on the Moselle's mouth for the fall of two sons of King Atala, good friends of Didrik. Wildefer kills Walter of Waskenstein, banner-bearer of King Ermenrik.

Ercha, spouse of King Atala, dies.

 
520
King Atala marries Grimhilde, widow of King Sigfrid (d).
 
 
 
 
 
 

 

530		 Grimhilde invites her Niflungs brothers to the residence of her spouse. They accept and leave their realm with all folks under arms for 'Susa' (Soest), fortressed capital of Hunaland. All Niflungs fall. King Atala, nevertheless taking heavy losses, finally makes King Didrik, for the most part the independent observer of the battle, to slay Grimhilde.
King Ermenrik dies of severe abdominal disease.
King Didrik moves out from Bern to overthrew Sevekin whom he defeats at 'Grächenborg' on the Moselle.
Lord Hildebrand dies.
King Didrik dies (c. 535).
 

King Atala dies. 
540
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* Heinz Ritter-Schaumburg: Der Schmied Weland, pp 164-166.