Genealogie Wylie » Harald I "Haarfagri" 1st King of (Harald I "Haarfagri" 1st King of) Norway (± 850-± 936)

Persoonlijke gegevens Harald I "Haarfagri" 1st King of (Harald I "Haarfagri" 1st King of) Norway 

• Ook bekend als Harald "Fairhair" /Halfdansson/, King of Norway.
• Roepnaam Harald I "Haarfagri" 1st King of.
• Hij is geboren rond 0850 in Buskerud, Norway.Bronnen 7, 8, 9
• Hij is overleden rond 0936 in Hauko, Rogaland, Norway.Bron 8
• Alternatief: Hij is overleden in het jaar 0931.Bron 3
• Alternatief: Hij is overleden in het jaar 0938.Bronnen 1, 5
• Alternatief: Hij is overleden rond 0940.Bron 4
• Een kind van Halfdan "The Black" King of Vestfold en Ragnhild Sigurdsdottir
• Deze gegevens zijn voor het laatst bijgewerkt op 25 juni 2009.

Gezin van Harald I "Haarfagri" 1st King of (Harald I "Haarfagri" 1st King of) Norway

(1) Hij is getrouwd met Swanhilda Eysteinssdottir.

Zij zijn getrouwd te 1st wife.

Kind(eren):

1. Bjorn "The Merchant" Underking of Vestfold  ± 875-???? 
2. Olaf Haraldsson  ± 877-???? 

(2) Hij is getrouwd met Ragnhild Eriksdottir.

Zij zijn getrouwd voor 0884 te 2nd wife.Bronnen 10, 11

Kind(eren):

1. Erik "Bloodaxe" King of Northumberland and Norway  ± 885-954 

(3) Hij is getrouwd met Gyda Eriksdottir.

Zij zijn getrouwd voor 0889 te 3rd wife.Bronnen 12, 13

Kind(eren):

1. Alof "Aarbod" Haraldsdottir Princess of Norway  ± 890-????

(4) Hij is getrouwd met Snaefrid "Snowfair" Swasisdottir.

Zij zijn getrouwd voor 0902 te 4th wife.Bronnen 12, 13

Kind(eren):

1. Sigurd "Rese" Haraldsson  ± 902-± 937 

Notities over Harald I "Haarfagri" 1st King of (Harald I "Haarfagri" 1st King of) Norway

King of Vestfold, King of Norway, had many wives and concubines,undertook conquest of Norway to win Gytha, and until successful refusedfor ten years to cut or comb hair (called Lufa, "the Slovenly"), became1st King of all Norway abt. 883/890, cut hair after conquest (then called"Fairhair"), won Gytha, d. abt. 936.

MISC: Harald inherited three small domains from his father in eastern,central, and western Norway, and set out to conquer the rest of Norway.According to the medieval saga, he was motivated by the refusal of Gyda(another petty king's daughter) to marry him until he had conquered allof Norway. According to the story, King Harald declared that he would notcut or comb his hair until he had conquered all of Norway. When hefinally had victory about ten years later, he then had his hair done andwas called "Fairhair." The chieftains of western Norway were the hardestto defeat, but Harald attained his victory in the Battle of Hafrsfjordabout 885. Harald was a strong ruler, and managed to unite Norway. AtHarald's death, his sons divided Norway with the favorite son, EricBloodaxe, as the overking, but dissensions and wars disrupted the unityof the country.

Alternatively, there are references that spell his first name "Harold,"and list his death date as being 933 or 945.

He succeeded to the throne of his father's kingdom as a child in 860.

Age at death: Over 72.

He was the first king of United Norway.

[Sharen Neal, MJR6387, worldconnect.rootsweb.com]

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following is from Randy Jones, World Connect db=randyj2222, rootsweb.com:
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The history of Norway prior to the late tenth century is extremelyobscure, and the lineage of Harald is uncertain prior to his father. Theold poem Ynglingatal is quoted (incompletely, with some missing stanzasof unknown content) in Heimskringla (early thirteenth century), andappears to have been composed in the late ninth or early tenth century,although that is not certain. Even if we grant for the moment thatHeimskringla quotes an accurate version of an early poem, we still havethe fact that Ynglingatal only gives the names of the kings, and does notsupply any of the genealogical relationships which appear in so manylater sources. It is not until sources of the twelfth century that thereis any clear indication that the king mentioned in each stanza wasregarded as the son of the king mentioned in the previous stanza, andthis could easily be a very late invention. That the kings listed in thelast few stanzas existed may be regarded as likely, but they remain veryshadowy figures whose exact historical and genealogical connections arenebulous. At various times in the past, attempts have been made toidentify one or more of them with individuals known from contemporaryhistorical sources, but there are no identifications of the kings inYnglingatal with known historical figures which can be regarded ascertain. -- Stewart Baldwin

The source for this is a fragment of Ynglingatal repeated in Snorri'sHeimskringla. Snorri wrote his work about 400 years after the events itis describing. It tells of Olaf Tree-Cutter founding Norway, and passingit to his son Halfdan Whiteleg. Halfdan had sons Eystein and Gudrod.Eystein had a son Halfdan. He was followed by Gudrod, son of Halfdan, andhe was father of Olaf, father of Ragnevald, for whom the original poemwas composed. The classical reconstruction is that this is a straightshot (Olaf- Halfdan- Eystein- Halfdan- Gudrod- Olaf- Ragnevald). However,it has been suggested that Gudrod, son of Halfdan Whiteleg sticks outlike a sore thumb. He neither succeeded, nor is there any reason for himbeing mentioned at all (no other "other sons" are mentioned). Maybe, thespeculation runs, he is the Gudrod Halfdanson who later became king -that Halfdan Eysteinson was followed not by his son, but by his uncle.One could argue this in circles, but it doesn't matter.An analysis of thesuccession after Rognevald reveals a splice between two traditions.Halfdan the Black is made son of Gudrod born of a second marriage, andleft an infant coheir with his "brother" Olaf. The location of his ruleis nowhere near the location where his predicessors are said to haveruled, and later his son Harald is made to defeat all of the otherkinglets of Norway, including kings of places that Halfdan was supposedto have ruled. Finally, what appears to be a near-contemporary poemcelebrating Halfdan the Black seems not to know his father. To make along story short (too late! you say), it looks like the new dynasty,descended from Halfdan the Black, were attached after the fact to thefamily celebrated in the Ynglingatal (who actually appear to have beenenemies that they displaced). Nothing before Halfdan the Black can betrusted, and it is not clear that the lines back to Harald Fairhairshould be trusted either. The whole "kidnappped as an infant and didn'tcome back until an adult at the head of a strong army" thing about OlafTrygvison smells foul. St. Olaf owed his position to being Olaf I'sright-hand man, while Harald Hardrade was his step-brother. I have myserious doubts about the Fairhair pedigrees attached to each of them. --Todd Farmerie

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