Eryk I Stary

Horik I or Hårik was a king of the Danes. He was co-ruler from 813, and sole king from c. 828 until 850 when he had to accept joint rule with two nephews. He met a violent death in 854. His long and eventful reign was marked by Danish raids on the Carolingian Empire of Louis the Pious, son and successor of Charlemagne.