Segrid

King Segrid
First appearance:	"The Hawk"
Created by:	Lee Falk and Phil Davis

Segrid is a character from the Mandrake the Magician comic strip that first appeared in "The Hawk".

Fictional Character Biography

King Segrid is King of the European nation Cockaigne. He made his first appearance in the second Mandrake story as Prince Segrid, a playboy and unlucky gambler.

Family

Segrid is the brother of Narda and the son of King Karl and Queen Isabel of Cockaigne. Queen Isabel died when the children were small and their father remarried Elsa, a girl from the people. When Karl died a few years later Segrid became the King of Cockaigne.

Segrid has an aunt living in US, Janet, who is his mother's sister. Natalie the duchess of Kort is Segrid's cousin. Natalie married King Ferrand of Ferna, and she has one step son, Prince Randolph. Segrid has a distant cousin, Prince Michael.

Notable appearances

Some of the stories where Segrid has featured most prominently are:

Year	Daily/Sundays	Title	Artist	Comments
1938	Daily	"Mandrake in Love"	Davis
1939	Daily	"Mandrake in Cockaigne"	Davis	Narda renounced her succession to the throne
1947	Daily	"HRH Cuddles"	Davis	Segrid being crowned King of Cockaigne
1948	Sunday	"The Prince Who Never Smiled"	Davis	Natalie the Duchess of Kort
1955	Daily	"Michael"	Davis	Prince Michael
1967	Daily	"The Return of Evil - The Cobra"	Fredericks
1997	Daily	"Mandrake's Wedding at Cockaigne"	Fredericks	Segrid's's father was Darius 14.