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Petty kingdoms ca. 860 AD. The kingdom of Halfdan the Black is shown in red. According to Heimskringla and Fagrskinna, Halfdan was the son of the Yngling King Gudrød the Hunter. Heimskringla also names his mother, as Åsa, daughter of King Harald of Agder, and his half-brother as Olaf Geirstad-Alf.
When Halfdan dies, On returns to Upsal while being already 60 years old and sacrifices his own son to Odin, who tells him that he will live 60 years more. King On rules in Upsal for 25 years until Ole the Bold, a Halfdan's nephew, attacks the kingdom. On flees to Gotland for the second time, losing the throne to Ole, who reigns over Sweden for ...
Halfdan Haraldsson or Halfdan the Black was a son of Harald I of Norway by his first wife, Åsa, the daughter of Jarl Håkon Grjotgardsson of Lade. He was made sub-king of the Trondelag by his father, along with his brother Halfdan the White .
Olaf Gudrødsson (c. 810 – c. 860), [1] known after his death as Olaf Geirstad-Alf "Olaf, Elf of Geirstad" (Old Norse Ólafr Geirstaðaalfr), was a semi-legendary petty king in Norway. A member of the House of Yngling , he was the son of Gudrød the Hunter and according to the late Heimskringla , a half-brother of Halfdan the Black .
Halfdan Hvitbeinn (part of Vestfold) Eystein Halfdansson Eriks son in law; Halfdan the Mild Eysteins son; Gudrød the Hunter Son of Halfdan; Halfdan the Black Ruled half the kingdom. Son of Gudrød. Olaf Gudrødsson Ruled half the kingdom. Son of Gudrød. Ragnvald the Mountain-High; Bjørn Farmann; Olaf Haraldsson Geirstadalf, brother of Bjørn
Guðrøðarson or Gudrödarson may refer to: . Halfdan Gudrödarson or Halfdan the Black, (9th century?) king of Vestfold; Haraldr Guðrøðarson, mid thirteenth-century King of the Isles
In return, she provides them with shelter, and gives Halfdan a magic ring, a coat that makes him invulnerable to edged weapons, and a dragon-ship. She sends Halfdan to England where he wins the love of Marsibil, daughter of the English king Óláfr, and defeats the schemes of the king's landwarden, Aki, with Brana's magical aid. He marries ...
Gudrød is murdered. Illustration by Gerhard Munthe. Gudrød the Hunter (Old Norse: Guðrøðr veiðikonungr, Norwegian: Gudrød Veidekonge, literally Gudrod Hunter-king; died 820 AD), also known as Gudrød the Magnificent (Old Norse: enn gǫfugláti, Norwegian: den gjeve), is a legendary character portrayed in the Norse sagas as a Norwegian petty king in the early 9th century.