House of Lindskov

The House of Lindskov was a royal house which was one of the most prominent and powerful dynasties of Scandinavia, the Low Countries and the Baltic Sea during the Early to Late Middle Ages (ca. 750—1481).

The House of Lindskov was created circa 750 when Raider of Odense, the childless leader of the fearsome Vikings of Bornholm, invaded Denmark as well as southern Norway and Sweden, where he met little resistance and crowned himself king. He constructed Lindskov Castle in 766 near what is now Nyborg on the ast coast of the Danish island of Funen (Danish: Fyn). In 767, Raider adopted a son orphaned by the death of his noble parents (their death likely due to having challenged Raider's authority), whom he immediately made his heir and crown prince (Sigfred), who became king of Denmark as well as inheriting Raider's other titles upon the death of his adoptive father in 777.