Bjorn "The Merchant" Haraldsson Prince of Norway 
Bjorn "The Merchant" Haraldsson Prince of was born about 0900 in Vestfold,Norway. Bjorn "The Merchant" Haraldsson Prince of's father was Harald I "Fairhair" , King of Norway Halfdansson and his mother was Svanhild Eysteinsdatter. His paternal grandparents were Halfdan "The Balck" , King of Vestfold Gudrodsson and Ragnhild Sigurdsdatter; his maternal grandparents were Eystein Glumra the Noisy Jarl of the Upplands Ivarsson and Aseda Rognvaldsdatter , Countess of Oppland. He had four brothers named Eric "Blood Axe", Olaf "Gierstad-Alf" Haraldsson Prince of, Regner "Rykkil" Haraldsson Prine of and Sigurd Harraldsson King of. He was the third oldest of the five children. He died in 0927 in Murdered At Salheim By His Half-Brother,Eric "Blood-Axe". He was buried in Owned Merchant Ships.1 1 General Notes
OCCUPATION: Under-king in Vesfold, owned merchant ships
DEATH: Murdered by his brother Eric "Bloodaxe"
MISC: He ruled over Westfold, and usually resided in Tnsberg where many merchant ships came and went. He had merchantmen who sailed to other lands and brought things back for him. The medieval historian, Snorri Sturluson describes him as a shrewd man with a calm disposition who engaged in little warfare. He is said to have had a good marriage.
Bjrn's half-brother, Eric ("Bloodaxe"), while on the road and in need of provisions, came to Bjrn, demanding to be given the taxes due their father, saying he would deliver the taxes to their father for Bjrn who usually took care of that himself. Bjrn refused to give him the revenue. The two fought, and Bjrn was killed. The name of his wife is unknown.
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Ancestor Pedigree Chart
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- b.~ 0736 in Vestfold,Norway d.0780
- b.~ 0768 in Of,Holtum,Vestfold,Norway d.0800 in ,Borre,Vestfold,Norway
- b.0735 in Norway d.UNKNOWN
- d.0810
- b.0767
- b.~ 0823 in Vestfold,Norway d.0863
- b.0700 in Norway
- b.0750 in Vestagder,Norway
- b.0794 in Holtum,Vestfold,Norway
- b.~ 0850 in Buskerud,Norway d.0933 in Hauko,Rogaland,Norway
- b.0770 d.0826
- b.0772 d.0844
- b.~ 0786 in ,,,Denmark d.0830
- b.~ 0755
- b.~ 0784 in England
- b.~ 0830 in Ringerike,Buskerud,Norway
- b.0775 in Denmark d.0810 in Battle of Walcheran
- b.0800 in Jutland,Denmark d.0844 in battle at Walcheran
- b.0865 d.0935
- b.~ 0900 in Vestfold,Norway d.0927 in Murdered At Salheim By His Half-Brother,Eric "Blood-Axe"
- b.~ 0736 in Vestfold,Norway d.0780
- b.~ 0768 in Of,Holtum,Vestfold,Norway d.0800 in ,Borre,Vestfold,Norway
- b.0735 in Norway d.UNKNOWN
- b.0783
- b.0767
- b.0810 in Maer,Norway d.0860 in Maer-Nord Trondelag Norway
- b.0850 in Maer Nord Trondelag Norway d.Unknown
- b.~ 0738 in Vestfold,Norway d.~ 0810 in killed
- b.0770 d.0826
- b.0790 in <Of,,,Russia> d.0850 in Polotsk,Byelorussia (Killed)
- b.0744 d.0779
- b.0772 d.0844
- b.0748 d.0793
- b.~ 0812 in of Maer,Norway
- b.> 0775 in ,Uppsala,Uppsala,Sweden d.BET. 862 - 866 in Northumbria,England
- b.~ 0786 in ,,,Denmark d.0830
- b.~ 0755 in Of,,,Denmark
- b.~ 0758 in Wessex,England d.0786
- b.~ 0784 in England
- b.~ 0762 in Wessex,England
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Bjorn "The Merchant" Haraldsson Prince of were married in a religious ceremony in Norway. He had a biological son named Gudrod.
1 Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists, 7th Edition, by Frederick Lewis Weis, additions by Walter Lee Shippard Jr., 1999 @ 243a-18
Further source/citation:
The Plantagenet Ancestry, by William Henry Turton, 1968
Further source/citation:
The Plantagenet Ancestry, by William Henry Turton, 1968
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