Halfdan RAGNARSSON 
Halfdan's father was Ragnar Lodbrok SIGURDSON King of Denmark and his mother was Aslaug of Denmark SIGURDSDOTTIR. His paternal grandparents were King At Lethra, King Of Denmark Sigurd (The Sea King) Randversson and Alfhild Gandolfsdatter; his maternal grandfather was Sigurd Fofnersbane. He had two brothers and a sister, named Sigurd II Snodoye or Eric II, Ivar the Boneless and Alof. He died after 0876.General Notes
REFR
DATE 0875
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DATE 0876
OCCU founder of the Danish kingdom of YorkHalfdan(fl. late 9th century), founder of the Danish kingdom of York(875/876), son of Ragnar Lodbrok, the most famous Viking of the9th century. After
participating in raids on Anglo-Saxon lands to the south,Halfdan and his followers invaded the mouth of the Tyne (874)and engaged in warfare with both Picts and the Britons ofStrathclyde. In 876 he
distributed the large region of Yorkamong his men and may then have left to join Viking campaigns innorthern Ireland; he may be the Danish king "Albann" who wasslain near Strangford Lough in 877. By
another account heremained in York until 883.Related Propaedia TopicsWestern Europe, the Byzantine (Eastern Roman) Empire, andEastern Europe from AD 395 to c. 1050Copyright (c) 1996 Encyclopaedia
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DATE 1 APR 1999
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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.~ 0638 in Garderige,Russia
- b.~ 0670 in Denmark d.0770 in Bravik
- b.~ 0612 in Denmark d.0647
- b.~ 0633 in Am,Denmark
- b.~ 0614 in Denmark
- b.~ 0710 in Denmark d.0812
- b.~ 0765 in Uppsala,Sweden d.0845 in Northumbria,England
- b.~ 0688 in Vingulmork,Hedmark,Norway
- b.~ 0710 in Vingulmork,Hedmark,Norway
- b.~ 0724 in Uppsala,Sweden
- d.> 0876
- b.~ 0755 in Denmark
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