Horik II

Horik II
Horik II as depicted in 1670
King of the Danes
Reign854 – c. 870
PredecessorHorik I
SuccessorBagsecg
BornHárikr
9th century
Denmark
Diedc. 870
Denmark?
DynastySigfredian
Fatherunknown, perhaps a son of Horik I
ReligionNorse paganism

Horik II (died after 864), also known as Hårik or, in late sources, Erik Barn (Danish: "Erik the Child"), was King of the Danes from the fall of Horik I in 854 to an unknown date between 864 and 873. During his reign the Danish kingdom showed tendencies of breaking up. After his demise under unknown circumstances, Denmark entered a long period of obscurity, until the rise of the Jelling dynasty in the 10th century.