King Gudrod "The Magnificent" OLAFSSON^[1]

Abt 738 - 810  (~ 72 years)

• Name	Gudrod "The Magnificent" OLAFSSON
  Prefix	King
  Nickname	The Magnificent
  Born	Abt 738	Vestfold, Norway
  Gender	Male
  FamilySearch ID	GJRH-KMB
  Name	The Magnificent
  _UID	43EDBA8FD393497E9937779D55C822F5BE08
  Died	810
  Person ID	I19718	Carney Wehofer Feb 2024 Genealogy
  Last Modified	27 Dec 2022

  
  

  Father	King Halfdan Hvitbeinn O'L?FSSON, Of The Uplanders,   b. Abt 705, Romerike, Norway ,   d. 745, Trondheim, Sor-Trondelag, Norway  (Age ~ 40 years)
  Mother	Asa Eysteinsdottir Of UPPLAND,   b. Abt 708, Upland, Norway ,   d. Norway
  Family ID	F331	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  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."

  
  

• Sources

  [SAuth] Jim Carney, compiled by James H Carney [(E-ADDRESS), & MAILING ADDRESS FOR PRIVATE USE], Buderim, Queensland 4556 AUSTRALIA.