Haraldr I Hårfager Hálfdansson

Abt 860 - 933  (~ 73 years)

• Name	Haraldr I HÃ¥rfager Hálfdansson  [1]
  Born	Abt 860	Vestfold, Norvège
  Gender	Male
  Occupation	Established his primary residence at Lade in Throndhjem
  Occupation	Fought at the least eight battles, slew eight kings in the Throndhjem district and laid the whole of it under him
  Occupation	Gave ships of war to Thorgils and Frode who went westward on a viking cruise and plundered in Scotland, Ireland and Bretland
  Occupation	King of all Norway
  Occupation	Laid claim to both the More and Raumsdal districts after defeating their kings in battle
  Occupation	Moved out with his army from Throndhjem and went southwards to More
  Occupation	Sent Guthorm to rule the country from Glommen to Svinasund and Ranrike
  Occupation	Went southwards with his fleet along the coast and subdued Firdafylke
  Occupation	Abt 870
  	King of Vestfold in Norway (ten years old when he succeeded his father)
  Property	900
  	Bestowed estates in Hordaland and in Sogn on Hrorek and Gudrod
  Property	900
  	Bestowed Halogaland and North More, and Raumsdal on Eirik, whom he loved and regarded most of all his sons
  Property	900
  	Bestowed Hedemark and Gudbrandsdal on Dag, Hring, and Ragnar (two lands on three sons)
  Property	900
  	Bestowed land northward in Throndhjem on Halfdan the Black, Halfdan the White, and Sigrod
  Property	900
  	Bestowed on Snaefrid's sons Ringerike, Hadeland, Thoten, and the lands thereto belonging
  Property	900
  	Bestowed Vingulmark, Raumarike, Vestfold and Thelamark on Olaf, Bjorn, Sigtryg, Frode, and Thorgils (four lands for five sons)
  Died	933	Rogaland, Norvège
  	Cause: Died on a bed of sickness
  Buried	Haugar (Karmsund), Norvège
  Person ID	I9157	Godbout
  Last Modified	18 Apr 2017

  
  

  Father	Hálfdan Svarti Gudrødsson,   b. 825, Vestfold, Norvège ,   d. Abt 870, Randsfjorden, Norvège  (Age 45 years)
  Mother	Ragnhildr Sigurdsdóttir,   b. Abt 835, Ringerike, Norvège
  Married	Abt 855
  Family ID	F8219	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Svanhild Eysteinsdóttir,   b. Abt 860
  Married	Abt 884
  Children	1. Óláfr Geirstadaalf Haraldsson,   b. Abt 884,   d. 934, Tunsberg, Norway  (Age ~ 50 years)
  Last Modified	18 Apr 2017
  Family ID	F4696	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 2	Ragnhild Eiríksdóttir,   b. Abt 870,   d. Abt 898  (Age ~ 28 years)
  Married	Bef 895
  Children	1. Eiríkr I Blóðøks Haraldsson,   b. Abt 895,   d. 954, Stainmore (near Edendale), Westmorland, England  (Age ~ 59 years)
  Last Modified	18 Apr 2017
  Family ID	F8542	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Sources

  [S633] Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists Who Came to America before 1700, Frederick Lewis Weis. Edited with additions and corrections by Walter Lee Sheppard, Jr.; assisted by David Faris, (Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 7th Edition, Baltimore, Maryland, 1992), 243A-17.