Harald "Fairhair"

Male Abt 852 - Abt 936  (84 years)


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  • Name Harald "Fairhair"   [2
    • Harald had many wives and concubines, undertook conquest of Norway to win Gytha, and until successful refused for ten years to cut or comb hair (called Lufa, "the Slovenly").

      Cut hair after conquest (then called "Fairhair"), won Gytha. [1]
    Birth Abt 848/52  [1
    Gender Male 
    Fact Between 853 and 858  King of Vestfold Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2
    Birth 860  [2
    Fact He conquered the separate fjord Kingdoms Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Fact 883/890  1st King of all Norway Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2
    Death Abt 936  Hauko, Norway Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2
    Person ID I41625  Main Tree
    Last Modified 20 Feb 2016 

    Father Halfdan "the Black"   d. Abt 860 
    Relationship Birth 
    Mother Reginhild SIGURDSDOTTIR,   b. Abt 830 
    Relationship Birth 
    Family ID F13599  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Swanhilda,   b. Norway Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
    +1. Bijorn "the Merchant"   d. Abt 927, Murdered by brother, Eric "Bloodaxe" at Salheim Find all individuals with events at this location  [Birth]
    Family ID F12382  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 20 Feb 2016 

    Family 2 Ragnhild 
    Children 
     1. Eric I King Of NORWAY,   b. Abt 895   d. 954, Killed Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 59 years)  [Birth]
    Family ID F14260  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsDeath - Abt 936 - Hauko, Norway Link to Google Earth
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  • Sources 
    1. [S5840] Frederick Lewis Weis, Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonist Who Came to America before 1700.

    2. [S03311] Roderick W. Stuart, Royalty For Commoners - Fourth Edition, (Name: Name: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc;;).