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 Abt 590 - Abt 650 (~ 60 years)
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| Name |
Halfdan (The Valiant) Haraldsson |
| Suffix |
King of Sweden |
| Birth |
Abt 590 |
Jutland, Denmark  |
| Gender |
Male |
| Death |
Abt 650 |
| Cause: Killed by his brother, Gudrod |
| Notes |
- «b»http://www.rpi.edu/~holmes/Hobbies/Genealogy/ps05/ps05_077.htm«/b»
King of Roeskild
Killed by his brother, Gudrod, who did it at the urging of his wife, Aasa, daughter of Ingjald "the Evil-Advisor."
"A Guide to Irish Roots," William & Mary Durning (La Mesa, CA: Irish Family Names Society, 1995), p. II-112, gives this ancestry of Halfdan (backwards in time): Heiti, Gor, Snow ("The Old One"), Frosti, Karl, Fornjot of Finland.
«b»http://fp.enter.net/~mkuhn/b315.htm#P15640
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halfdan_the_Valiant
Haldan the Valiant«/b» («i»Hálfdan snjalli«/i») (7th century) was the «u»legendary «/u»father of «u»Ivar Vidfamne «/u» according to «u»«i»Hervarar saga «/u»«/i», the «u»«i»Ynglinga saga «/u»«/i», «u»«i»Njal's Saga «/u»«/i»and «u»«i»Hversu Noregr byggdist «/u»«/i». The genealogical work «i»Hversu Noregr byggdist«/i» gives his father as «u»Harald the Old «/u», his grandfather as «u»Valdar «/u» and his great-grandfather as Hróarr (i.e. the «u»Hroðgar «/u» of «u»«i»Beowulf «/u»«/i»).
«b»«i»Ynglinga saga
«/i»
«u»«/b»Snorri Sturluson «/u» related that the Swedish king «u»Ingjald «/u» Ill-ruler married his daughter Åsa to king «u»Guðröðr of Scania «/u». Åsa was her father's daughter and made Guðröðr murder his own brother Halfdan, the father of «u»Ivar Vidfamne «/u» Later, she was the cause behind Guðröðr's death as well, and had to escape back to her father. People afterwards called her Åsa Ill-ruler like her father Ingjald.
Ivar Vidfamne mustered a large army and besieged Ingjald and his daughter at Ræning, whereupon the two committed suicide by burning themselves to death inside the hall.
«b»«i»Hervarar saga
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«/b»Whereas «i»Hversu«/i» and «i»Ynglinga saga«/i» don't inform about Halfdan's mother, «i»Hervarar saga«/i» provides the information that she was Hild, the daughter of the Gothic king Heiðrekr Ulfhamr, the son of «u»Angantyr «/u» who defeated the Huns.
It then tells that Halfdan had the son Ivar Vidfamne, who attacked Ingjald Ill-ruler, which led to Ingjald's suicide by burning down his own hall at Ræning together with all his retinue. After this, Ivar Vidfamne conquered Sweden.
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| Person ID |
I59826 |
Glenn Cook Family |
| Last Modified |
19 Jun 2013 |
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