 A woman called "Hlaðgerðr", who rules the "Hlaðeyjar", also appears in the sagas of the 6th century Scylding king Halfdan.She gives him twenty ships to help defeat his enemies.Hilda Ellis Davidson, in her commentary on the "Gesta", also notes suggestions in the literature that the name was used by the Franks, for instance by Luitgarde of Vermandois (c. 914–978), and that the tale of Lagertha could have originated in Frankish tradition.