Harald I+ Halfdansson 
Harald I+ was born in Hedemark, Norway. Harald I+'s father was Halfdan+ Gudrodsson and his mother is Raginhild+ Sigurdsdotter. He had a half-brother named Gottfried+. He died in 0933. He was buried in Hauko, Rogaland, Norway.General Notes
Harold I had inherited three small domains in eastern, central, and western Norway from his father. He set out to conquer the rest of the country and gained his final victory in the battle of Hafrsfjord (c. 885). Under his rule, there was an accelerated emigration to pioneer settlements in Iceland. "Many chieftains also fled to the Western (British) Isles, from where they and their kinsfolk in the Orkneys, Shetlands, and Hebrides raided the Norwegian coast. Harold was finally compelled to send a punitive expedition across the North Sea to flush out these Vikings." He abdicated to his eldest legimate son, Eric "Bloodaxe", but Eric was deposed by his half brother Hakon I after "a few years of misrule." (Encarta 98 Desk Encyclopedia copyright 1996-97 Microsoft Corporation.)
SOURCES: LDS FHL Ancestral File #VB0G-ZH (familysearch.org)
AWTP:
"Neuman-Smith-Goodale Family and Ancestors" Michael R. Neuman michaelneuman@@earthlink.net
"Stimpson Family" Cory Stimpson cbstimpston@@hotmail.com.
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Children
Erik Haraldsson
Erik was born about 0885 in Hedemark, Norway. He died in 0954 in Stainmore, Westmoreland.
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Children
Olaf+ Haraldsson
Olaf+ was born after 0898 in Oslo, Norway. He died in 0934 in Tonsberg, Vestfold, Norway.