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Personal data Gudrød "the Hunter" 

• Nickname is the Hunter.
• He was born about 750.
• He died about 811.
• A child of Halfdan and Liv
• This information was last updated on July 25, 2013.

Household of Gudrød "the Hunter"

He has/had a relationship with Alfhild.

The relationship started

Child(ren):

1. Olaf Gudrodsson  ± 770-???? 

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Gudrød the Hunter
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Gudrød the Hunter (Old Norse: Guðroðr veiðikonungr, Norwegian: Gudrød Veidekonge), also known as the Magnificent (Old Norse: enn gofugláti, Norwegian: den gjeve), is a legendary character portrayed in the Norse sagas as a Norwegian petty king in the early 9th century. According to the sagas, he was the father of Halfdan the Black, and thus the grandfather of Harald Fairhair, the first king of unified Norway. He is considered by modern historians to be of a more mythical nature than other ancestors of Harald and Halfdan, and he can not be identified historically. Historians have in turn made a number of proposals seeking to identify him with various would-be contemporary historical figures.[1]
Contents

1 Background
2 Legend
3 Ancestry
4 References
5 Other sources

Background
Map of contemporary south-eastern Norway (Viken), showing locations mentioned in the article.

Gudrød was a member of the House of Yngling. He was the son of Halfdan the Mild, king of Romerike and Vestfold, and Liv, daughter of King Dag of Vestmar.

Gudrød is mentioned in the skaldic poem Ynglingatal, and Snorri Sturluson elaborates on Gudrød's story in Heimskringla. According to Snorri, Gudrød was called both "the Magnificent" and "the Hunter", while Ynglingatal only refers to him as "the Magnificent".[1]
Legend

While Gudrød is portrayed as a king in Oppland in some older texts, Snorri writes that he was a king in Vestfold. Gudrød first married Alfhild, a daughter of Alfarin, king of Alfheim (now Bohuslän).[1] Gudrød inherited half the province of Vingulmark.[citation needed] They had a son, Olaf Geirstad-Alf. When Alfhild died, Gudrød sent his men to the king of Agder, Harald Granraude, to propose a marriage with his daughter Åsa. When Harald declined, Gudrød decided to take Åsa by force.[1] They arrived at night. When Harald realised that he was being attacked, he assembled his men and fought well, but died together with his son Gyrd.[citation needed] Gudrød thereafter captured Åsa and married her. They had the son Halfdan the Black.[1]

In the fall, when Halfdan was a year old, Gudrød was having at a feast in an otherwise unknown location called "Stivlesund". He was very drunk and in the evening, as he was walking on the gangway to leave the ship, an assassin thrust a spear through Gudrød, killing him. Gudrød's men instantly killed the assassin, who turned out to be Åsa's page-boy. Åsa admitted that the page-boy had acted on her behalf. After Gudrød was killed, Åsa took the 1 year-old Halfdan and returned to Agder, where Halfdan was raised.

Gudrod Halfdansson
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Gudrød Halfdansson (ca. 750 - 811?), bijgenaamd Gudrød de Jager, was de semilegendarische grootvader van koning Harald I van Noorwegen. Hij was een van de aanvoerders van de Vikingen in de Noorse regio Vestfold. Gudrød veroverde samen met zijn zoons de gebieden ten oosten van het huidige Oslo.

Gudrød Halfdansson werd genoemd in het epische gedicht Ynglingatal. Zijn levensverhaal wordt beschreven in de Heimskringla, hoewel dit hoogstwaarschijnlijk een (deels) fictief verhaal is.

Volgens de Heimskringla zou hij getrouwd zijn geweest met ene Alfhild. Na de dood van Alfhild vroeg hij Åsa Haraldsdotter van Agder ten huwelijk maar haar vader weigerde. Gudrød doodde Harald en zijn zoon Gyrd en nam Åsa tegen haar wil tot vrouw. Kort na de geboorte van hun zoon liet Åsa hem vermoorden door een van haar hovelingen. Åsa vluchtte met haar zoon terug naar haar familie.

Gudrød en Alfhild waren de ouders van Erik en Olaf Gudrodsson. Gudrød en Åsa waren de ouders van Halfdan de Zwarte, vader van koning Harald I. Na Gudrøds dood werd zijn koninkrijk verdeeld door zijn zoons Olaf en Halfdan.

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