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According to Sturluson's Heimskringla saga, Ragnhild was the daughter of the Jutish king, Eirikr. She had a son, Eirik Bloodaxe , by Harald, who left all his previous wives and concubines for her. Snorri cites a stanza from Hrafnsmál to back this claim up, but said stanza only mentions Harald rejected several women for "a Danish woman".
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The saga is otherwise generous with accounts of Harald's wives and children. Snorri mentions Åsa, one Svanhild, one Åshild, and finally Ragnhild the Mighty, a daughter of King Eirik of Jutland. It is there stated that he sent his 9 wives away to marry Ragnhild. Þorbjörn Hornklofi was quoted on this: [5]
Harald Fairhair [a] (Old Norse: Haraldr Hárfagri; c. 850 – c. 932) was a Norwegian king.According to traditions current in Norway and Iceland in the eleventh and twelfth centuries, he reigned from c. 872 to 930 and was the first King of Norway.
The second Death Star. The 1983 film Return of the Jedi features the DS-2 Orbital Battle Station under construction as it orbits the forest moon Endor, which houses a shield generator protecting the station. The second Death Star is substantially more advanced and more powerful than its predecessor, and the critical weakness found in the first ...
Hildr [1] or Ragnhildr [2] Hrólfsdóttir was a 9th-century woman who is referenced in various Old Norse sources including Óláfs saga helga, Orkneyinga saga, and Landnámabók and is also one of the few female skalds from whom verses survive.
The name Ragnhild Sigurdsdotter may refer to two different figures from Old Norse literature, an amalgam of them, or a purely fictitious figure. The wife of Halfdan the Black (c. 810 – c. 860) A woman who lived during the late 9th and/or early 10th centuries, who was the daughter of Sigurd Hart of the Dagling clan .
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