General Notes

Name Suffix:<NSFX> "Mikillati"
Called "Mikillati" (the magnificent), King of Vestfold and Roumarike; ruled in Norway and in Denmark; probably the "Godfrey the Proud" (and so identified by Moncreiffe, I. 1982) of the Franks who opposed the Emperor Charlemagne. [Roderick W. Stuart, Royalty for Commoners, 3rd ed., Genealogical Publishing Company, Baltimore MD, 1998]
Sources: A. Roots 243A; RC 166, 204; Kraentzler 1609; AF.
Roots: Gudrod, "the Magnificent," also called "the Hunting-King," son of
Halfdan "White-Leg" and Asa, according to Moriarty, but Sturleson says
great-grandson of Halfdan "White-Leg. Gudrod was King of Vermaland, Vestfold
and Vingulmark 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 and Roumarike. 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 and Halfdan
Olafsson. He says Gudrod's father was Halfdan "the Stingy," King of Vestfold.
And he calls Gudrod Godfrey and Proud. Halfdan's father, he says, was Eystein
"the Fart," King of Roumarike. "Though the work carries no bibliography,
Moncreiffe was an outstanding authority, and pending proof otherwise, may well
be considered correct."