King Ingjaldr Illraoa ONUNDSSON, Of Uppsala

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? death in Lake M?laren, Uppsala, Sweden. ?King Ingjald was at a feast in Raening, when he heard that King Ivar's army was in the neighbourhood. Ingjald thought he had not strength to go into battle against Ivar, and he saw well that if he betook himself to flight his enemies would swarm around him from all corners. He and Aasa took a resolution which has become celebrated. They drank until all their people were dead drunk, and then put fire to the hall; and it was consumed, with all who were in it, including themselves, King Ingjald, and Aasa. Thus says Thjodolf: -- "With fiery feet devouring flame Has hunted down a royal game At Raening, where King Ingjald gave To all his men one glowing grave. On his own hearth the fire he raised, A deed his foemen even praised; By his own hand he perished so, And life for freedom did forego." event?was made infamous for his treachery against his own nobles following the death of his father || "When a king died, his successor was supposed to attend the funeral feast and there sit at the foot of the throne. A huge beaker was brought in. The heir had to pledge to do some might deed of valor, and then drain the beaker to the bottom. After this ceremony, he was led to the throne and proclaimed king. When Igjald planned the funeral of his father Anund the Cultivator, he invited all the petty kings and jarls of the neighboring areas to attend the feast. There he stood up, made a vow to increase his kingdom by half on every side, and drained the beaker. He then allowed his guests to become drunk. At this point he left the hall, surrounded it with his men, and set it on fire, thus killing all his potential rivals. For his treachery he became known as Ingjald Illr?de" event ?ordered a great feast to be prepared in Upsal, when Ingjald took the dominions and the kingdom of his father, and intended at that feast to enter on his heritage after King Onund his father || He had a large hall made ready for the occasion -- one not less, nor less sumptuous, than that of Upsal; and this hall was called the Seven Kings Hall, and in it were seven high seats for kings. Then King Ingjald sent men all through Sweden, and invited to his feast kings, earls, and other men of consequence. To this heirship-feast came King Algaut, his father-in-law; Yngvar king of Fjadryndaland, with his two sons, Alf and Agnar; King Sporsnjall of Nerike; King Sighvat of Aattundaland: but Granmar king of Sodermanland did not come. ... Now when the guests had become drunk towards evening King Ingjald told Svipdag's sons, Gautvid and Hylvid, to arm themselves and their men, as had before been settled; and accordingly they went out, and came up to the new hall, and set fire to it. The hall was soon in a blaze, and the six kings, with all their people, were burned in it. Those who tried to come out were killed. Then King Ingjald laid all the dominions these kings had possessed under himself, and took scatt from them. event ?is said to have been the last fey-born pagan sacrol "peace king" associated with human sacrifice in his own family event ?attending a mid-winter festival with his father, and King Yngvar had also come there with his sons. Alf, King Yngvar's son, and Ingjald, King Onund's son, were there -- both about six years old. They amused themselves with child's play, in which each should be leading on his army. In their play Ingjald found himself not so strong as Alf, and was so vexed that he almost cried. His foster-brother Gautvid came up, led him to his foster-father Svipdag the Blind, and told him how ill it appeared that he was weaker and less manly than Alf, King Yngvar's son. Svipdag replied that it was a great shame. The day after Svipdag took the heart of a wolf, roasted it on the tongs, and gave it to the king's son Ingjald to eat, and from that time he became a most ferocious person, and of the worst disposition

Family/Spouse: Gauthildar Algautsdottir Of GOTLAND. Gauthildar and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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attracted a great many of his countrymen, who were fleeing Sweden on account of Ivar, and they settled in the bountiful Varmeland, but in so great a number that the land could no longer support them, and they blamed him event ?is said to have sacrificed his own people in time of famine event?raised in the care of his foster-father Bove, in West Gotland, where he was brought up along with Saxe, Bove's son, who had the surname of Flette event ?forced to leave Nerike, when the Swedes heard he was there, and he went on westwards, through the forest, to a river which comes from the north and falls into the Venner lake, and is called Klar river. There they sat themselves down, turned to and cleared the woods, burnt, and then settled there, and soon there were great districts, and altogether they were called Vermeland event ?given the name "Tree Feller" by the Swedes who laughed at his proceedings, that he was clearing forests instead of ruling,

Family/Spouse: Solveig Of Soleyar HALFDANSDOTTIR. Solveig (daughter of Halfdan Guldtand Solvarsson Of SOLEYAR) was born about 695; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Olafsson "Huitbein" (white leg), King of theUplanders of Sweden. King of Salver and Vestfold. ConqueredRoumarike. Founded the pagan temple at Skiringssal, 8thcentury. K: Halfdan Olafsson.


in Skaereid, Skiringsale.?founded a pagan temple ? death ?He lived to be an old man, and died in his bed at Toten. event ?subdued Soleyar (his foster father's homeland), and then proceeded with his army into Raumarike, plundered there, and laid that district also in subjection by force of arms burial in Skaereid, Skiringsale, V?stfold. ?After he had died, his body was transported to Westfold, and was buried under a mound at a place called Skaereid, at Skiringsale. So says Thjodolf: -- "Halfdan, esteemed by friends and foes, Receives at last life's deep repose: The aged man at last, though late, Yielded in Toten to stern fate. At Skiringsale hangs o'er his grave A rock, that seems to mourn the brave Halfdan, to chiefs and people dear, Received from all a silent tear." event?captured by the Swedes who'd killed his Uncle, and made their Chief (in deference to his Yngling blood?) event ?brought up in Soleyar, in the house of his mother's brother Solve event?subdued a great part of Hedemark, Toten, Hadeland, and much of Westfold event ?took possession of V?rmland after his brothers death, raised scatt (tax) from it, and placed earls over it as long as he lived

Family/Spouse: Asa Eysteinsdottir Of UPPLAND. Asa (daughter of King Hogne Eystein HARDRADE, of Trondheim and Solveig Of Soleyar HALFDANSDOTTIR) was born about 708 in Upland, Norway; died in in Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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King of Raumerike and Vestfold

? death ?King Skjold of Varna came to the strand with his army, just as Eystein was at such a distance over the fjord that King Skjold could only see his sails. Then he took his cloak, waved it, and blew into it. King Eystein was sitting at the helm as they sailed in past Jarls, and another ship was sailing at the side of his, when there came a stroke of a wave, by which the boom of the other ship struck the king and threw him overboard, which proved his death. event ?given Vestfold to rule over after his father took possession of Eystein's deceased father-in-law's territory burial in Borre, Raden, near Vodle, Vestfold. ?His men fished up his body, and it was carried into Borre, where a mound was thrown up over it, out towards the sea at Raden, near Vodle. So says Thjodolf: -- "King Eystein sat upon the poop Of his good ship: with sudden swoop The swinging boom dashed him to hell, And fathoms deep the hero fell Beneath the brine. The fury whirl Of Loke, Tempest's brother's girl, Grim Hel, clutched his soul away; And now where Vodle's ocean bay Receives the ice-cold stream, the grave Of Eystein stands -- the good, the brave!" event ?went with some ships of war to Varna, the land of King Skjold, and plundered there, and carried away all he could find of clothes or other valuables, and of peasants' stock, and killed cattle on the strand for provision, and then began his return home

Family/Spouse: Hildi ERIKSDOTTIR. Hildi (daughter of King Eric Of AGNARSSON, Of Vestfold) was born about 740 in Vestfold, Norway; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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NAME Gudrod /Halfdansen/[De La Pole.FTW]Sources: A. Roots 243A; RC 166, 204; Kraentzler 1609; AF.Roots: Gudrod, "the Magnificent," also called "theHunting-King," son of Halfdan "White-Leg" and Asa, according toMoriarty, but Sturleson says great-grandson of Halfdan"White-Leg. Gudrod was King of Vermaland, Vestfold andVingulmark and was murdered 810-827 at the instigation of (2)wife Asa in revenge for forcibly abducting her and killing,about 800, her father and brother. Married (1) Alfhilde,daughter of Alfrim, rulter of Vingulmark; married (2) Asa,daughter of Harald, "Redbeard," King of Agdir.RC: "Mikillati" (the magnificent). King of Vestfold andRoumarike. Ruled in Norway and in Denmark. Probably the"Godfrey the Proud" of the Franks who opposed Charlemagne.Killed 810.K: Gudrod Halfdansson.RC Note: Moncreiffe adds two generations between Gudrod andHalfdan Olafsson. He says Gudrod's father was Halfdan "theStingy," King of Vestfold. And he calls Gudrod Godfrey andProud. Halfdan's father, he says, was Eystein "the Fart," Kingof Roumarike. "Though the work carries no bibliography,Moncreiffe was an outstanding authority, and pending proofotherwise, may well be considered correct."