Gudrod "the Magnificent" Hunterking Halfdansson, King of Vestföld^[1]

Abt 738 - 821  (~ 83 years)

• Name	Gudrod "the Magnificent" Hunterking Halfdansson
  Suffix	King of Vestföld
  Nickname	the Magnificent
  Birth	Abt 738	Holtum, Vestfold, Norway
  Gender	Male
  Death	821	Vestfold, Norway
  Notes	See Haralds Saga. http://www.hull.ac.uk/php/cssbct/cgi-bin/gedlkup.php/n=royal?royal13103 http://www.rpi.edu/~holmes/Hobbies/Genealogy/ps05/ps05_087.htm "Ancestral Roots..." (Baltimore, 1992) 243a-15: "Gudrod, 'the Magnificent,' also called 'the Hunting-King', s. Halfdan 'White-Leg' and Asa ..., King of Vermaland, Vestfold, and Vingulmark, murdered 810-827 at instigation of (2) wife Asa in revenge for forcibly abducting her and killing ca. 800 her father and brother; m. (1) Alfhilde, dau. Afrim, ruler of Vingulmark; m. (2) Asa, dau. Harald, 'Red-Beard', King of Agdir. Asa believed bur. in Oseberg ship, richest Scandinavian archeological find." Ruled in Norway and Denmark. Probably "Godfrey the Proud" of the Franks who opposed the Emperor Charlemagne.
  Person ID	I6757	Glenn Cook Family
  Last Modified	19 Jun 2013

  
  

  Father	Halfdan the Bounteous Eysteinsson   d. Yes, date unknown
  Mother	Hilf Daysdottir   d. Yes, date unknown
  _STAT	Associated with
  Family ID	F2516	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Father	Halfdan Whiteleg Olafsson, King of the Uplanders,   b. Abt 704   d. 750, Toten, Oppland, Norway (Age ~ 46 years)
  Mother	Asa Eysteinsdottir,   b. Abt 715   d. Abt 793 (Age ~ 78 years)
  Family ID	F2518	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Alfhildr Alfarinsdottir   d. Yes, date unknown
  Marriage	Type: Associated with
  _STAT	Associated with
  Children	1. Olaf Gerstead-Alf Gudrodsson, King of Norway   d. Yes, date unknown
  Family ID	F2526	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	30 Nov 2006

  
  

  Family 2	Asa Haraldsdottir   d. Yes, date unknown
  Marriage	Type: Associated with
  _STAT	Associated with
  Children	1. Olaf II Gudrodsson, King of Vestfold,   b. Abt 770, Jutland, Denmark d. 840 (Age ~ 70 years)   2. Halfdan the Black of Westfold Gudrodsson, King of Westfold,   b. Abt 820, Vestfold, Norway d. 860 (Age ~ 40 years)
  Family ID	F2515	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	19 Jun 2013

  
  

• Sources

  [S36] Brian Tompsett, Dept of Computer Science, University of Hull, England(B.C.Tompsett@dcs.hull.ac.uk), Directory of Royal Genealogical Data, (This work is Copyright b 1994-2002 Brian C Tompsett).