Eysteinn I "Fart" Halfdansson , King of Vestfold 
Eysteinn I "Fart" was born in 0725 in Raumariki, Vestfold, Norway. Eysteinn I "Fart"'s father was Halfdan "White Leg" Olafsson , King of Uplanders and his mother was Asa Eysteinsdottir. His paternal grandparents were Olaf "Tree-Hewer" Ingjaldsson , King of Vestfold and Solveig Halfdansdottir; his maternal grandparents were Eystein "Haardaade" Throndsson King of Hedmark and Solveig Halfdansdottir. He was an only child. He died at the age of 55 in 0780.General Notes
After Halfdan Whiteleg's death, according to the sagas, his son Eystein ruled Vestfold until a rival king named Skjold used his magic powers to have Eystein knocked overboard during a sailing expedition. Eystein's body was recovered from the sea and buried with great ceremony.
[Royal Families of Medieval Scandinavia, Flander & Kiev]
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Ancestor Pedigree Chart
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- b.~ 0682 in Vermaland, Vestfold, Norway d.0710
- b.0704 in Romerike, Norway d.0750
- b.~ 0674 in Soleyum, Solisles, Sweden
- b.0725 in Raumariki, Vestfold, Norway d.0780
- b.~ 0643 in Trondheim, Sor-Trondelag, Norway
- b.~ 0668 in Trondheim, Sor-Trondelag, Norway d.0710
- b.~ 0705 in Uppland, Norway
- b.~ 0670 in Norway
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They had two sons and a daughter, named Halfdan II Milldi Eysteinsson King of, Harold King of and Geva.
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Children
Halfdan II Milldi Eysteinsson King of Vestfold
Halfdan II Milldi Eysteinsson King of was born in 0750 in Western Scandinavia. He died at the age of 50 in 0800 in Borre, Vestfold, Norway. He was buried in "The Old, The Stingy, The Meek".
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