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Halfdan KING OF THE UPPLANDERS (c. 700- )

1. Halfdan "White-Leg" KING OF THE UPPLANDERS, son of Olaf "Tree-Hewer" KING OF VERMALAND (IN NORWAY) (c. 680-c. 710) and Solveig (Solva) of Solisles ( - ), was born circa 0700.

 

Those of the Swedes who had more understanding found that the dear times proceeded from there being a greater number of people on the land than it could support, and that the king could not be blamed for this. They took the resolution, therefore, to cross the Eida forest with all their men, and came quite unexpectedly into Soleyar, where they put to death King Solve, and took Halfdan Hvitbein prisoner, and made him their chief, and gave him the title of king. Thereupon he subdued Soleyar, and proceeding with his army into Raumarike, plundered there, and laid that district also in subjection by force of arms.

Halfdan Hvitbein became a great king. He was married to Aasa, a daughter of Eystein the Severe, who was king of the Upland people, and ruled over Hedemark. Halfdan and Aasa had two sons, Eystein and Gudrod. Halfdan subdued a great part of Hedemark, Toten, Hadeland, and much of Westfold. He lived to be an old man, and died in his bed at Toten, from whence 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."

 

Halfdan founded a pagan temple Skaereid, Skiringsale.

He lived to be an old man, and died in his bed at Toten.

Halfdan 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

He is buried in Skaereid, Skiringsale, Vëstfold.

After he 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."

Halfdan was captured by the Swedes who'd killed his Uncle, and made their Chief (in deference to his Yngling blood?)

He was brought up in Soleyar, in the house of his mother's brother Solve

He subdued a great part of Hedemark, Toten, Hadeland, and much of Westfold

He took possession of Värmland after his brothers death, raised scatt (tax) from it, and placed earls over it as long as he lived

 

Halfdan "White-Leg" KING OF THE UPPLANDERS had the following children:

 

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Eystein "the Fart" KING OF RAUMARIKE ( -c. 750)

Second Generation

2. Eystein "the Fart" KING OF RAUMARIKE, son of Halfdan "White-Leg" KING OF THE UPPLANDERS, died circa 0750. He married Hild.

 

Eystein, Halfdan Hvitbein's son, became king after in Raumarike and Westfold. He was married to Hild, a daughter of Eric Agnarsson, who was king in Westfold. Agnar, Eric's father, was a son of Sigtryg, king in the Vend district. King Eric had no son, and died while King Halfdan Hvitbein was still in life. The father and son, Halfdan and Eystein, then took possession of the whole of Westfold, which Eystein ruled over as long as he lived. At that time there lived at Varna a king called Skjold, who was a great warlock. King Eystein went with some ships of war to Varna, 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 went off. King Skjold 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. 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!"


 

Hild was the daughter of Eric Agnarsson KING OF WESTFOLD ( - ). She and Eystein "the Fart" KING OF RAUMARIKE had the following children:

 

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Halfdan "the Meek", "the Bounteous" KING IN WESTFOLD ( - )

Third Generation

3. Halfdan "the Meek", "the Bounteous" KING IN WESTFOLD, son of Eystein "the Fart" KING OF RAUMARIKE and Hild, married Hlif Daysdatter.

 

(Is this the same person as Halfdan "the Stingy"?).

 

Hlif Daysdatter and Halfdan "the Meek", "the Bounteous" KING IN WESTFOLD had the following children:

 

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Gudrod "Hunterking" KING IN WESTFOLD (c. 790-821). Gudrod was born circa 0790. He died in 0821.