Åsa Haraldsdottir (abt. 800 - abt. 834)

Born about 0800 in Holtum, Vestfold, Norway

Wife of Gudrød Veidekonge Halfdansson — married 0810 in Vestfold, Norway

Descendants

Died about 0834 at about age 34 in Oseberg, Vestfold, Norway

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Biography

Skáldskaparmál

Hildibrand (Hildibrandr), father of Vígbrand (Vígbrandr), father of Hildir and Herbrand (Herbrandr). Herbrand was father of Harald Red-beard, father of Ása who was the mother of Halfdan the Black, the father of Harald Fairhair. ^[1]

Ynglingasaga

Åsa Haraldsdottir of Agder (died ca. 834?) was a semi-legendary Norwegian Viking age Queen regnant of the petty kingdom Agder and mother of Halfdan the Black and grandmother of Harald Fairhair, according to the sagas of the Yngling clan. Åsa was the daughter of King Harald Granraude of Agder and a reputed beauty. King Gudrød the Hunter of Borre in Vestfold proposed marriage to her after the death of his first wife, but her father refused the marriage. Gudrød Veidekonge then killed her father and her brother, abducted her and married her. One year later, she became the mother of Halfdan the Black. One year after this, Åsa took her revenge and had her servant kill her husband. She left the kingdom of Borre to her stepson Olaf Geirstad-Alf and took her own son with her to the kingdom of Agder, her birth country, where she took power. Åsa ruled Agder for twenty years, and after this she left the throne to her son. He also demanded half of his father's kingdom from his halfbrother. ^[2]

Note

Could possibly be in the Osebergmound . Asa : It was long supposed that she is Oseberghaugen , but this can hardly be true. (translated from Norwegian)

See also: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%85sa_Haraldsdottir_of_Agder and https://nbl.snl.no/%C3%85sa_Haraldsdatter

Sources

1. ↑ Wikipedia: Halfdan the Old
2. ↑ Snorri Sturluson: Sagas of the Norse Kings. Ynglingasaga. Translated by Samuel Laing, revised by Peter Foote MA. Everyman's Library Dutton New York SBN 460 00847 1 Page 41/42

• Medieval Lands: Norway Improbable Lineage

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