 Abt 0830 - 0870 (40 years)
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| Name |
GUDRØDSSON Halfdan Svarte |
| Birth |
Abt 0830 |
Sogn, Oppland, Vestfold, Norway  |
| Gender |
Male |
| Death |
0870 |
Vestfold, Norway |
| Notes |
- Halvdan Svarte Gudrödsson skall ha varit kung i Vestfold i Norge på 800-talet. Sägs vara son till Gudröd och far till Harald Hårfager, samt gift med Ragnhild (dotter till antingen Sigurd Hjort eller Sigurd Ormiöga). Halvdan ska ha dött genom drunkning i Randsfjorden.
Biography
[King Gudröd & his second wife had one child:] ii) [HALFDAN "Swarti/the Black" ([830]-Rykinsvik [870], bur Ringerike, Ringarik, Hedmark and Vestfold). The Ynglinga Saga names Halfdan as son of Gudröd "the Hunter" and his second wife[35]. The Historia Norwegie names "Halfdanus…Niger" as son and successor of "Guthrodum Regem Venatorem", recording that he died after falling through the ice while travelling across a frozen lake "Rond"[36]. Snorre recounts that, after his father's death, his mother took Halfdan to Agder where he became king when aged eighteen, at which time he went to Vestfold and divided that kingdom with his half-brother Olaf[37]. He extended his domain to other parts of eastern Norway, probably also to the Sognefjord area on the west coast. He died, aged 40, after falling through the ice while riding over Rykinsvik bight. According to the Saga of Halfdan the Black, different districts claimed the honour of being Halfdan's burial place, and to satisfy all of them his body was divided into four parts and buried in Raumarik, Ringarik, Hedmark and Vestfold[38]. m firstly RAGNHILD [Thora], daughter of HARALD "Gullskiegg/Goldbeard" King at Sogn & his wife Selware ---. Snorre records the marriage of Halfdan "the Black" and Ragnhild, daughter of Harald "Gulskeg" king at Sogn, as well as her death in the winter before her son died[39]. Are´s Landnama-book names "Thora" as the daughter of "Harold Gold-beard…a king in Sogn [and his] wife Sel-ware, the daughter of earl Hound-wolf", adding that she married "Half-dan the Black the king of the Uplanders"[40]. m secondly RAGNHILD, daughter of SIGURD "Hjort/the Stag" Helgasson King at Ringerike & his wife Thorny. Snorre records the second marriage of Halfdan "the Black" and Ragnhild, daughter of Sigurd "Hjort" king at Ringerike. He records that Ragnild's father was the son of Helge "Hvasse/the Sharp" and his wife Aslaug, daughter of Sigurd "the Worm-eyed" (son of Ragnar "Lodbrok"), and that her mother was the daughter of "Klakharald king in Jutland" and a sister of Thyre "Dannebod" who married the Danish king Gorm "the Old"[41]. King Halfdan & his first wife had one child:]
Halvdan Svarte Gudrödsson is said to have been king of Vestfold in Norway in the ninth century. Supposedly son of Gudröd and the father of Harald Hårfager, and married to Ragnhild (daughter of either Sigurd Hjort or Sigurd Ormiöga). He is said to have died by drowning in the Randsfjord.
Husband: Halfdan 'the Black' Gudrodsson
Wife: Ragnhild Sigurdsdatter
Child: Harald I Halfdansson
Flóamanna saga
According to Flóamanna saga, king Harald gullskegg was the ruler of Sogn. He was married to Sölvör, the daughter of Hundólf jarl and sister of Atli jarl mjóvi. Their daughters were:
Þóra who married king Hálfdan svarti of the Opplands; their son was king Harald the Young, who was named after Harald gullskegg
Þuríðr who married Ketill helluflagi.
King Harald gullskegg died first, then his daughter Þóra, then his grandson king Harald the Young. Hálfdan svarti became king of Sogn and set Atli jarl to rule there.
Skáldskaparmál
Hildibrand (Hildibrandr), father of Vígbrand (Vígbrandr), father of Hildir and Herbrand (Herbrandr). Herbrand was father of Harald Red-beard, father of Ása who was the mother of Halfdan the Black, the father of Harald Fairhair. [1]
Research Notes
The sagas name him a king of Opplandene as well as a ruler of Sogn, and name him the father of Harald Fairhair. They also name him the father of king Harald the Young of Sogn, the grandson of Harald gullskegg; the mother of Harald the Young is occassionally called Ragnhild, the same as Harald Fairhair's mother.
All of this may have been done to create a connection to the eastern parts of the country for Harald Fairhair, as well as having him born in Sogn or Opplandene, when it is far more likely that Harald Fairhair came from Rogaland and Hordaland, where his kingdom started (all his royal seats were located on the coastline along the sheltered sailing route north). Østenstad-1 13:09, 6 October 2024 (UTC)
HIS CURRENT MOTHER IS BORN 80 YEARS EARLIER! She has been removed as his mother: Asa Haraldsdottir Restored his mother. The dates are awry but the relationship is sourced C 16 September 2018
Sources
↑ Wikipedia: Halfdan the Old
Guðni Jónsson bjó til prentunar: Íslendinga sögur: Flóamanna saga, 1. kap.
See also;
family history
[S38] John Morby, Dynasties of the World: a chronological and genealogical handbook (Oxford, Oxfordshire, U.K.: Oxford University Press, 1989), page 147. Hereinafter cited as Dynasties of the World.
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