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Halfdan is mentioned in Snorri Sturluson's Heimskringla ( c. 1230 ), Fagrskinna ( c. 1220 ), Ágrip ( c. 1190 ) and Historia Norwegiæ ( late 12th century ).
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In chapter 45, a section from Ynglingatal is given which refers to Hel as " howes '- warder " ( meaning " guardian of the graves ") and as taking King Halfdan Hvitbeinn from life.
The name Gandalf is found in at least one more place in Norse myth, in the semihistorical Heimskringla, which briefly describes Gandalf Alfgeirsson, a legendary Norse king from Eastern Norway and rival of Halfdan the Black.
In Heimskringla it is claimed that Harald succeeded, on the death of his father Halfdan the Black Gudrödarson, to the sovereignty of several small, and somewhat scattered kingdoms in Vestfold, which had come into his father's hands through conquest and inheritance.
The kingdom of Halfdan the Black is shown in red
Halfdan next is said to have subdued an area called Raumarike.
According to one legend, Härjedalen is named after a powerful Norseman who had to flee east from the Norwegian court of king Halfdan Svarte after killing one of the king's men with a horn.
* In the Skáldskaparmál section of Snorri Sturluson's Edda Snorri brings in the ancient king Halfdan the Old who is the father of nine sons whose names are all words meaning ' king ' or ' lord ' in Old Norse and nine other sons who are the forefathers of various royal lineages, including " Yngvi, from whom the Ynglings are descended ".
It is believed that Gudfred's brother Halfdan became earl of some wealthy market towns south of the river Ejder, occupying what became known as North Frisia.
A second Halfdan the Old is the purported great-grandfather of Ragnvald Eysteinsson.
Though Halfdan is himself called a Skjöldung in verse 14, in verse 16 the Skjöldungs are named instead as one of the families that sprang from Halfdan's marriage with Álmveig.
Bragi, from whom the Bragnings are sprung ( that is the race of Halfdan the Generous ( Hálfdanr inn mildi );
Halfdan is here the son of King Hring ( eponym of Ringeríki ) by the daughter of a sea-king named Vífil ( Vífill ).
The Orkneying saga does not speak at all of Nór's descendants, but introduces instead a figure named Halfdan the Old as the son of Sveidi ( Sveiði ) the Sea-king, who is called Svadi ( Svaði ) in the Ættartolur.
This second Halfdan the Old is father of Jarl Ívar of the Uplands who married a daughter of a certain Eistein and so became father of Eystein the Clatterer ( Eysteinn Glumra ) who was father of Jarl Rögnvald of Møre and of Rögnvald's brother Sigurd Eysteinsson, and also of two daughters: Svanhild who was one of King Harald Fairhair's wives and another daughter named Malahule.
Earl Rognvald is killed by Harald's son Halfdan Hålegg.
Rognvald's death is avenged by his son, Earl Turf-Einar, from whom later Orkney earls claimed descent, who kills Halfdan on North Ronaldsay.
The name of the town is recorded in 1164-1171 as Aldeneby and in 1209 as Aldeneston, and seems to mean " the settlement or farmstead belonging to Viking man named Halfdan ".
Thornaby is said to have come into existence about 800 AD when the land was given by Halfdene ( Halfdan Ragnarsson ), King of the Danes, to Thormod, one of his noblemen, hence " Thormods-by "-Thormod's farmstead.
But F speaks only of Gór's son Heiti as the father of Sveidi ( Sveiði ) the father of Halfdan the Old, who confusingly is named identically to Halfdan the Old who is a descendant of Nór.
In the Saga of Hrolf Kraki, Fróði brother of Halfdan is ruler of a separate kingdom.
The choice is usually the name Yrs or Yrse, since Scandinavian tradition speaks much of Yrsa the granddaughter of Halfdan and wife of King Adils of Sweden.
Halfdan and mentioned
Since he is not mentioned in any source that mentions Halfdan Ragnarsson, some scholars have suggested that they are the same individual.
Victims of the method of execution, as mentioned in skaldic poetry and the Norse sagas, are believed to have included King Ælla of Northumbria, Halfdan son of King Haraldr Hárfagri of Norway, King Maelgualai of Munster, and possibly Archbishop Ælfheah of Canterbury.
Halfdan and Snorri
But rather oddly Snorri immediately follows this with information on what should be four other personages who were not sons of Halfdan but who also fathered dynasties and names the first of these as " Yngvi, from whom the Ynglings are descended ".
Snorri then immediately mentions what seem to be intended as four famous houses not descended from Halfdan the Old:
Snorri here only tells us that Halfdan attacked King Aun of Sweden and drove him into exile into Götaland.
In 1220 AD ( c .), in the Skáldskaparmál section of Edda, Snorri Sturluson discusses King Halfdan the Old, Nór's great-grandson, and nine of his sons who are the forefathers of various royal lineages, including " Yngvi, from whom the Ynglings are descended ".
Snorri Sturluson writes in Heimskringla and Fagrskinna, that King Harald Fairhair inherited part of Vingulmark from his father Halfdan the Black.
The Icelandic chronicler Snorri Sturluson recorded that Halfdan the Black, father of the first King of Norway, journeyed over the lake while returning home from a visit to Hadeland.
Halfdan and Heimskringla
According to Heimskringla and Fagsrkinna, Halfdan was the son of the Yngling King Gudrød the Hunter.
Heimskringla relates that when Halfdan's father was killed, Åsa took the 1 year-old Halfdan and returned to Agder, where Halfdan was raised.
The narrative in Heimskringla then adds another conquest for King Halfdan.
Heimskringla, Fagrskinna, Ágrip and Historia Norwegiæ all relate that Halfdan drowned when he fell through the ice at the inlet Røykenvik in the lake Randsfjorden on his return home from Hadeland.
Eystein Halfdansson ( Old Norse: Eysteinn Hálfdansson ) was the son of Halfdan Hvitbeinn of the House of Yngling according to Heimskringla.
Halfdan the Mild ( Old Norse: Hálfdan hinn mildi ) was the son of king Eystein Halfdansson, of the House of Yngling and he succeeded his father as king, according to Heimskringla.
He was the son of Gudrød the Hunter and according to the late Heimskringla, the half-brother of Halfdan the Black.
From Heimskringla, the Saga of Olaf II of Norway | Saint Olaf, by Halfdan Egedius.
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Harald Fairhair or Harald Finehair ( Old Norse: Haraldr hárfagri, Norwegian: Harald Hårfagre ), ( c. 850 – c. 932 ), son of Halfdan the Black, was the first king ( 872 – 930 ) of Norway.
In 1220 AD ( c .), in the Skáldskaparmál section of Edda, Sturluson discusses King Halfdan the Old, Nór's great-grandson, and nine of his sons who are the forefathers of various royal lineages, including " Yngvi, from whom the Ynglings are descended ".
** Halfdan the Black ( c. 820-c. 860 ), father of Harald I of Norway
Halfdan and .
In Berkshire, a successful skirmish at the Battle of Englefield on 31 December 870 was followed by a severe defeat at the siege and Battle of Reading by Ivar's brother Halfdan Ragnarsson on 5 January 871 ; then, four days later, Alfred won a brilliant victory at the Battle of Ashdown on the Berkshire Downs, possibly near Compton or Aldworth.
The subsequent sagas are ( with few exceptions ) devoted to individual rulers, starting with Halfdan the Black, and ending with Magnus Erlingsson.
* 1815 – Halfdan Kjerulf, Norwegian composer ( d. 1868 )
The following year the Great Heathen Army led by the Brothers Ivar the Boneless, Halfdan and Ubbe Ragnarsson, and also by another Viking Guthrum, arrived in East Anglia.
In 867 Northumbria became the northern kingdom of the coalescing Danelaw, after its conquest by the brothers Halfdan Ragnarsson and Ivar the Boneless, who installed an Englishman, Ecgberht, as a puppet king.
This invasion was achieved by a huge military force known as the Great Heathen Army which was supposedly led by Ivar the Boneless, Halfdan Ragnarsson and Guthrum.
* Halfdan the Black, king of parts of Norway ( b. 820 )
In 867 Northumbria became the northern kingdom of the Danelaw, after its conquest by the brothers Halfdan Ragnarsson and Ivar the Boneless who installed an Englishman, Ecgberht, as a puppet king.
860 AD at the death of Halfdan the Black.
860 AD at the death of Halfdan the Black.
Danish raiders first began to settle in England from 865, when the brothers Halfdan Ragnarsson and Ivar the Boneless wintered in East Anglia.
Led by brothers Halfdan and Ivar the Boneless, they wintered in East Anglia, where they demanded and received tribute in exchange for a temporary peace.
Illustration by Halfdan Egedius.
Illustration by Halfdan Egedius.
The epilogue details that " there was a belief in the pagan religion, which we now reckon an old wives ' tale, that people could be reincarnated " and that " Helgi and Sigrun were thought to have been reborn " as another Helgi and valkyrie couple ; Helgi as Helgi Haddingjaskaði and Sigrún as the daughter of Halfdan ; the valkyrie Kára.
For his less famous grandson by the same name, see Halfdan Haraldsson the Black.
Halfdan the Black ( Old Norse: Halfdanr Svarti ) ( – ) was a ninth-century king of Vestfold.
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