Eysteinsson, Halfdan II ‘The Mild’ 1

Birth Name Eysteinsson, Halfdan II ‘The Mild’
Gramps ID I582804720
Gender male
Age at Death about 46 years

Events

Event Date Place Description Notes Sources
Birth about 754 Romerike, Norway  
 
Death 800    
 
Nobility Title     King Of Vestford
 
Unknown 754   Alt. Birth
 

Parents

Relation to main person Name Relation within this family (if not by birth)
Father Halfdansson, Eystein Fret [I582805220]
Mother Ericsdottir, Hild (Hildur) [I582805403]
    Sister     Eyesteinsdottir, Geva [I582805402]
    Brother     Eysteinsson, Harold [I582805422]
         Eysteinsson, Halfdan II ‘The Mild’ [I582804720]

Families

    Family of Eysteinsson, Halfdan II ‘The Mild’ and Dagsdottir, Lifa [F533083577]
Unknown Partner Dagsdottir, Lifa [I582805094]
  Narrative

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  Children
  1. UNKNOWN, Halfdan II ‘White Legs, The Old’ [I582805423]
  2. Halfdansson, Olaf [I582809540]

Narrative

Name Suffix:<NSFX> King Of Vestford
"OF HALFDAN THE MILD. Halfdan was the name of King Eystein's son who succeeded him. He was called Halfdan the Mild, but the Bad Entertainer; that is to say, he was reported to be generous, and to give his men as much gold as other kings gave of silver, but he starved them in their diet. He was a great warrior, who had been long on viking cruises, and had collected great property. He was married to Liv, a daughter of King Dag of Westmare. Holtar, in Westfold, was his chief house; and he died there on the bed of sickness, and was buried at Borre under a mound. So says Thjodolf: --

'By Hel's summons, a great king
Was called away to Odin's Thing:
King Halfdan, he who dwelt of late
At Holtar, must obey grim Fate.
At Borre, in the royal mound,
They laid the hero in the ground.'"@@S159@@

Pedigree

  1. Halfdansson, Eystein Fret [I582805220]
    1. Ericsdottir, Hild (Hildur) [I582805403]
      1. Eysteinsson, Harold [I582805422]
      2. Eysteinsson, Halfdan II 'The Mild'
        1. Dagsdottir, Lifa [I582805094]
          1. UNKNOWN, Halfdan II ‘White Legs, The Old’ [I582805423]
          2. Halfdansson, Olaf [I582809540]
      3. Eyesteinsdottir, Geva [I582805402]

Ancestors

Source References

  1. The Pitt County McGowans and Sermons [S545686381]