Harald (Fairhari, Fine Hair) Harfarger Halfdansson I 
Harald, known as Fairhari, Fine Hair, was born in 0850 in Hedemark, Norway.1 Fairhari, Fine Hair's father was King of Vestfold Halfdan (The Black) Gudrodsson III and his mother was Raginhild Sigurdsdatter. His paternal grandparents were Gudrod (The Magnificent, Hunter King, The Proud) Halvdansson and Ara Haraldsdottir; his maternal grandparents were Sigurd (Hjort) Helgasson and Ingeborg (Thyrne) Haraldsdatter. He had two sisters named Hilde and Ludmilla. He was the oldest of the three children. He died at the age of 83 in 0933. He was buried in Hauko, Rogaland, Norway.2 2 General Notes
Name Suffix: King Of Norway
First overking of all Norway,883. He conquered the separate Fjord kingdoms. King of Vestfold. Also called Lura, The Slovenly for he refused to cut or comb his hair for 10 years; Cut his hair after the conquest and won Gytha.
He was the first to rule, at least nominally, the entire country. Harold inherited three small domains in Eastern, Central, and western Norway from his father, and set out to conquer to rest of the country, spurred by the refusal of another petty king's daughter to marry him until all of Norway was under his sway. In his old age Harold abdicated in favor of his eldest legitimate son, Eric Bloodaxe, who was deposed of by his half brother Hakon I after a few years of misrule.
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Ancestor Pedigree Chart
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*There are earlier generations for the ancestor(s) indicated. See their page(s) for details (click name)
- b.0660 in Sweden
- b.0682 in Varmland, Sweden d.0710
- b.0664 in Vaerland, Sweden
- b.0704 in Romerike, Buskerud, Norway d.0750
- b.0660 in Sweden d.0688 in Sweden
- b.0684 in Soleyum, Sweden
- b.0688 in Neustria d.0721 in Laon, Aisne, Picardy, France
- b.0780 in Vestfold, Norway d.0820
- b.0625 in Trondheim, Sor-Trondelag, Norway
- b.0668 in Trondheim, Sor-Trondelag, Norway
<Unknown>
- b.0702 in Uppland, Norway
- b.0660 in Sweden d.0688 in Sweden
- b.0684 in Soleyum, Sweden
- b.0688 in Neustria d.0721 in Laon, Aisne, Picardy, France
- b.0823 in Vestfold, Norway d.0863 in Norway
- b.0730
- b.0764 in Vestfold, Norge d.0795 in Vestfold, Norge
<Unknown>
- b.0802 in Norway
- b.0710 in Vingulmork, Hedmark, Norway d.0772
- b.0742 in Alfheim and Vingulmark, Hedmar, Norge
<Unknown>
- b.0780 in Alfheim and Vingulmark, Hedmar, Norge
<Unknown>
- b.0850 in Hedemark, Norway d.0933
- b.0770 in Ringerike, Akershus, Norway
- b.0796 in Ringerike, Akershus, Norway
<Unknown>
- b.0816 in Ringerike, Akershus, Norway
- b.0760 in Uppsala, Uppsala, Sweden d.0845 in Northumbria, England
- b.0786 in Denmark d.0850
- b.0765
- b.0800 in Jutland, Denmark
- b.0758 d.0810
- b.0784 in England
<Unknown>
- b.0830 in Ringerike, Buskerud, Norway
- b.0750 in Haithabu, Jutland d.0804 in Irish Sea
- b.0773 in Jutland, Denmark d.0810 in Walcheren
- b.0735 in Reugen, Sachsen d.0780 in Hedeby, Jylland, Denmark
- b.0775 in Jutland, Denmark d.0848 in Walcheren in ifolge Annales Fuldenes
<Unknown>
- b.0814 in Ringerike, Akershus, Norway d.0830
<Unknown>
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Details of Fairhari, Fine Hair's family with <Unknown>
Details of Fairhari, Fine Hair's family with Gyda Eiriksdatter
Details of Fairhari, Fine Hair's family with Svanhilda Eysteinsdottir
Details of Fairhari, Fine Hair's family with Ragnhilde Eriksdottir
1 http://wc.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=jdp-fam&id=I7256
2 http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=bevangenealogy&id=I9857
Further source/citation:
http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=:3048480&id=I582806466
2 http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=bevangenealogy&id=I9857
Further source/citation:
http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=:3048480&id=I582806466
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