Early Kings of
Part 1
A predecessor
kingdom to the
1a) Sigurd, 1st King of Haithabu (750-798)
1b) Onund, b.790
2a) Harald, 2nd King of Haithabu, b.750,
k.a.in the
1b) Halfdan, 3rd King
of Haithabu, k.a.Walcheren 810
1c) Hemming, b.795,
k.a.Walcheren 837
2c) Ali=Anulo, 9th King
of Haithabu, b.before 800, k.a.Haithabu 812
1d) Rörik, King of Dorestad and
Sylt, cr a Frankish Duke (820-882)
3c) Harald Klak, 10th King
of Haithabu, King of Rustringen and
1d) Godefrid, 15th King
of Haithabu, King of Dorestad and Rustringen, murdered 885/6; m.882 Gisela,
dau.of Emperor Lothar II
1e) Reinhilde, d.917; m.ca 900
Dietrich II of
2d) Rolf (820-870)
3d) Guthorm, k.a.854
4d) Gisla (830-after 854); m.King
Erik of Haithabu (below)
4c) Rörik, 11th King
of Haithabu, King of
1d) Knut, 16th King
of Haithabu, King of Northumberland (820-894)
5c) Ragnfrid, 12th King
of Haithabu, King of Westfold, k.a.814
2b) Harald, 4th King
of Haithabu, murdered 804
3b) Holger Danske (780-807)
3a) Halfdan Mildi, King of Westfold (750-802); m.Lif,
dau.of King Dag of Westmare
1b) Sigurd, 5th King
of Haithabu, k.a.Bardowick 810
1c) Ragnvald, k.a.808
2c) Hemming, 7th King
of Haithabu, d.812
3c) Sigurd, 8th King
of Haithabu, k.a.812
4c) Hakon, k.a.812
5c) Agantyr, d.812
2b) Godefrid, 6th King
of Haithabu, King of Westfold, Hedeland, Vaermland, Westmare and Hedemarken,
murdered 810
1c) Olav, King of Westfold
(780-827)
1d) Ragnvald, King of Westfold
2c) Erik, 13th King
of Haithabu, k.a.854
1d) Erik, 14th King
of Haithabu (800-after 870)
1e) Erik, last King of
Haithabu, b.830, d.after 891; m.Gisla, dau.of King Harald (above)
2d) Sigurd, 15th (co-)King
of Haithabu, k.a.862
3d) Ragnhild "the
Rich"; m.King Harald Schönharr of
3c) Godefrid, k.a.814
4c) Rolf, b.790, k.a.836
5c) Ragnar, b.790, k.a.836
4a) Geva, b.755; m.ca 775 Duke Wittekind of
Part 2
The main family
of early Norwegian kings was founded by one Gudröd Halfdansson Veidelkonge,
King of Westfold. He was father of:
Halfdan
"the Black", King of Westfold 830/70; m.1st Ragnhild, dau.of King
Harald Gullskiegg of Sogn; m.2d Ragnhild, dau.of King Sigurd Hjort Helgasson of
Ringerike; by her he was father of:
Harald
"Schönhaar" King of Norway, abdicated ca 930; b.860, d.940; m.1st
Asa, dau.of Hakon Ladejarl; m.2nd Gyda, dau.of King Eirik of
Hoerdeland; m.3rd Svanhild, dau.of Eystein, Jarl iin Hedemarken; m.4th
Snefried, dau.of Finnen Svase; m.5th Alvhild, dau.of Ring Dagsson of
Ringerike; m.6th Ragnhild "the Rich", dau.of King Erik of
Haithabu [See Part 1, above]. He left issue:
[by 1st m.]:
1a) Guttorm, King of Viken
2a) Halfdan "the Black", King of Tröndelagen
3a) Sigroed, King of Tröndelagen
4a) Halfdan Hvide, d.in
[by 2nd m.]:
5a) Alof Aarbod; m.ca 890 Thore Ragnvaldsson Tause
Möre-Jarl, brother of Ct Rollo of
1b) Bergljot Thoresdotter;
m.Sigurd Jarl (d.962); for their descendants, See Part 3, below
6a) Rörek
7a) Siggtrygg
8a) Frode
9a) Thorgils
[by 3rd m.]:
10a) Olav, King in Vigen
1b) Tryggve Olavsson, King in
Vigen and Romerike, murdered 968; m.ca 960 Astrid, dau.of Eirik Bjordaskalle;
for their descendants, See Part 4, below
11a) Bjorn, King in Westfold
1b) Gudröd Bjornsson; m.Cecilie
N
1c) Harald Grenske, King of
Westfold, d.995; m.Asta Gudbransdotter
1d) [St.]Olav Haraldsson, King
of Norway 1016-28, b.995, k.a.29 Jul 1030; m.Feb 1019 Astrid, illegitimate
dau.of King Olof of Sweden
1e) Wulfhild, d.24 May 1071;
m.Nov 1042 Duke Ordulf of
2e) [illegitimate by Alvhild N]
Magnus "the Good", King of
1f) [illegitimate] Ragnhild;
m.1062 Hakon Ivrsson, Jarl [See Part 3]
12a) Ragnar Rykkil, King in Hedemarken and Gudbransdalen
1b) Agnar Ragnarsson
1c) Ragnar Agnarsson
[by 4th m.]:
13a) Sigurd Hrise, King of Hadaflyke
1b) Halfdan Sigurdsson, King of
Hadaflyke; for his descendants, See Part 5, below
14a) Halfdan
15a) Gudröd Ljome
16a) Ragnvald Rettilbein, King of Hadeland
1b) a son
1c) Eyvind Kelda, drowned 998
[by 5th m.]:
17a) Ring, King of Hedemarken and Gudbrandsdalen
1b) Dag Ringsson, King of Hedemarken
ca 960
1c) Rörek, King of Hedemarken,
d.1021
2c) Ring, King on Hedemarken
1d) Dag Ringsson
2d) Emund Ringsson, an official
in Polotzk
3c) Ragnhild, m.Raud, from
Oesterdalen
18a) Dag, King of Hedemarken and Gudbrandsdalen
19a) Gudröd Skirja
20a) Ingegerd
[by 6th m.]:
21a) Eirik "Blood-axe", King of
1b) Ragnvald Eiriksson, murdered
940
2b) Gorm Eriksson, k.a.before 960
3b) Guttorm Eriksson, k.a.before
960
4b) Harald Eiriksson
"Gray-skin" King of
5b) Ragnfred, co-king in
6b) Erling Eriksson, co-king in
7b) Gudröd, co-king in
8b) Sigurd Eriksson Sleva,
co-king in
9b) Ragnhild; m.1st Arnfin
Torfinsson, Jarl of Orkney; m.2nd Havard Torfinsson, Jarl of Orkney;
m.3rd Ljot Torfinsson, Jarl of Orkney
[illegitimate]:
22a) Ingeborg; m.Halfdan Jarl
1b) Gunhild; m.Fin Skjalge
1c) Eyvind Skaldaspiller, a
poet, d.990
1d) Harek von Thjotta, murdered
1040; m.Ragnhild, dau.of Arne Arnmodsson
1e) Einar Fluga von Thjotta
2e) Fin Herkesson,d.after 1028
1f) Hakon Finsson
1g) Ulvhild; m.1st Inge,
King of
3e) Sven Harkesson
2c) Njal Finnesson
1d) Astrid; m.Ragnvald
"the Old"
23a) Haakon "the Good" Adalstenfostre King of
1b) Thora
Part 3
One Hakon
Grjotgardsson Ladejarl, d.900, had issue:
1a) Sigurd Jarl, d.962; m.Bergljot Thoresdotter [See Part
2, above] granddaughter of King Harald Schönhaar of
1b) Hakon Jarl "the
Mighty", Reichsverweser of
1c) Sven Hakonsson Jarl,
d.1016; m.Holmfrid, dau.of King Erik Segersaell of
1d) Sigrid; m.1015 Aslak
Erlingsson (d.1028)
2d) Gunhild, d.after 1060; m.
(div) King Svend of
2c) Heming
3c) Bergljot, d.after 1050;
m.Einar Thambarskelfir (k.a.1050)
4c) Eirik Hakonsson,
Reichsverweser of Norway, Jarl in Northumbria, d.1023/4; m.ca 996 Gyda, dau.of
King Svend of
1d) Hakon Eiriksson, Jarl in
1e) Bodil Hakonsdotter; m.Ulf,
Jarl in Denmark, called "Galicienfahrer" [traveller to
1f) Thrugot Ulfsson;
m.Thorgunna, dau.of Vagn Ageson
1g) Thorkil, called Svend
Thorgunnason; m.Inge N
1h) Svend, Bp of Viborg, d.in
2h) Christian Svendson, d.1140
1i) Eskil, Bp of
1j) Asa Eskilsdotter; m.Karl
Eriksson, Jarl of Halland
2i) Aage Christiernsen
1j) Sven Aggesen, Danish
historian
3i) Svend Christiernsen
1j) Asser, a priest in
2j) Christian Svendson, living
1176
3h) Asser, Archbishop of
4h) Eskil Svendson, d.Jerusaelm
1153
5h) Aage Svendson
2g) Astrad Thorgunasson, living
1080
3g) Bodil, d.Mount of Olives,
nr
5c) Ragnhild; m.1st Skopti
Skagasson; m.2d Eiliv
6c) a dau., mother of:
1d) Ivar Hvide, ca 1027
1e) Hakon Ivarsson, Jarl,
d.after 1045; m.Ragnhild, dau.of King Magnus of
1f) Sunniva Hakonsdotter
1g) Hakon Sunivasson;
m.Ragnhild, illegitimate dau.of King Erik of
2f) a dau., m.Paul Thorfinsson,
Jarl of Orkney
7c) Sigurd
8c) Erland, k.a.995
9c) Erling, k.a.986
2a) Grjotgard
1b) Ramveig; m.Thorgrim
Hardrefsson
3a) Asa; m.King Harald Schönhaar of
Part 4
Tryggve
Olafsson, King in Vigen and Romerike [See Part 2, above] had issue:
1a) Olav Tryggvesson, King of Norway 995 (968-1000); m.1st
Geira, a Wendish princess; m.2nd Gyda of Ireland; m.3rd ca
995 Gudrun Skeggesdotter; m.4th 998 Thyra (d.1000) dau.of King
Harald of Denmark
1b) Tryggve Olavsson, k.a.1033
2b) Harald Olavsson (999-1000)
2a) Ingibjorg Tryggvesdotter; m.1000 Jarl Ragnvold
Ulfsson
3a) Astrid Tryggvesdotter; m.996 Erling Skjalgsson
(k.a.1028)
1b) Aslak Erlingsson, of Sole,
d.1028; m.1015 Sigurd Svendsdotter; they left descendants extinct in the male
line in the third generation; one son was:
1c) Sven Askelsson, who
m.Ragnhild, dau.of King Svend of
2b) Skjalg Erlingsson, d.1062
3b) Sigurd Erlingsson
4b) Lodin Erlingsson, d.after
1098
5b) Thorer Erlingsson
6b) Ragnhild Erlingsdotter;
m.Thorberg Arnesson, of Giske
1c) Eystein-Orre, k.a.25 Sep
1066
2c) Ogmund Thorbergsson
1d) Skopti Ogmundsson, of
Giske, d.1103; he had descendants, including a daughter:
1e) Thora; m.Asulf Skulesson,
of Rein [See Part 5, below]
3c) Thora Thorbergsdotter,
concubine of King Harald Hardrade of
4c) Jorunn; m.Ulf Ospaksson
Stallare (d.1066)
Part 5
Halfdan
Sigurdsson, King of Hadaflyke [See Part II], was father of:
Sigurd Syr, King
of Ringeringe, d.1018; m. Asta, da.of Gudbrand Kula; they had issue:
1a) Harald Hardrade, King of
1b) Ingegerd; m.1st King
Oluf Hunger of
2b) Maria, d.25 Sep 1066
3b) [illegitimate by Thora
Thorbergsdotter (See Part IV)] Magnus Haraldsson, King of
1c) [illegitimate] Hakon
Toresfostre, co-King of
4b) [illegitimate by Thora
Thorbergsdotter] Olav "the Gentle", King of
1c) [illegitimate] Magnus
"Bear-Foot", King of Norway 1095, k.a.in Ireland 24 Aug 1103; m.ca
1101 Margreta, dau.of King Inge of Sweden; all issue illegitimate:
1d) Eystein Magnusson, co-King
of
1e) Marie Eysteinsdotter;
m.Gudbrand Skafhogsson (k.a.4 Feb 1161)
1f) Olav Ugjave, a contender
for the throne in 1170, d.1173
2d) Sigurd
"Jerusalemfahrer", co-King of
1e) [by 2d
m.] Christine, d.1178, concubine of King Sigurd Haraldsson Mund;
m.Erling Skakke [See Part III]
2e) [illegitimate] Magnus
"the Blind", King of Norway 1130-35, b.1115, murdered 12 Nov 1139;
m.1133 (repudiated later that year) Christine of Denmark, dau.of King Knut
Lavard of South Jutland
3d) Olav Magnusson, co-King of
4d) Harald Magnusson Gille,
King of
1e) Inge Haraldsson, King of
Vigen, co-King of Norway 1142; b.1135, k.a.4 Feb 1161; he may have had two
sons: Harald Ingesson, k.a.15 Jun 1184; and Jon Kuflung, a contender for the
throne in 1185, k.a.1188
2e) [by Thora Guttormsdatter]
Sigurd Haraldsson Mund, co-King of
1f) [by Thora N] Hakon
"Broad-Shoulders" King of
2f) [by ?]
Sigurd Markusfostre, King of Norway 1162, executed
3f) [by Kristin Sigurdsdatter]
Harald Sigurdsson, murdered 1172
4f) [by ?]
Erik Kongsson, d.1190; m.Asta N (d.1190)
1g) Magnus Eriksson, d.1190
5f) [by ?]
Cecilie Sigurdsdotter; m.1st Folkvid Lagmand; m.2d ca 1184 Baard Guttormsson,
of Rein
6f) [by Gunhild N] Sverre
Sigurdsson, King of
[by 1st
m.]:
1g) Cecilie; m.1st Einar
Prest (d.1205); m.2nd Gregorius Kik (d.1223)
2g) Ingeborg; m.Karl
Sverkersson of
[by 2nd
m.]:
3g) Sigurd Lavard, d.1200
1h) [illegitimate] Guttorm
Sigurdsson, King of the Birkebeiner, d.11 Aug 1204
4g) Hakon Sverkersson, King of
the Birkebeiner, d.1 Jan 1204
1h) [illegitimate by Inge, from
Varteig (d.1234)] Hakon Hakonsson "the Old" King of
1i) Olav Hakonsson, b.1227,
d.by 1240
2i) Hakon, co-King of
1j) Sverre Magnus Hakonsson,
d.1261
3i) Magnus IV, King of
1j) Olav (1262-15 Mar 1267)
2j) Magnus, b.and d.1264
3j) Eirik Magnusson, King of
1k) [by 1st
m.] Queen Margaret of
2k) [by 2nd
m.] Ingeborg (1297-after 1353); m.Waldemar, Duke of
4j) Hakon V Magnusson, King of
1k) [by 2nd
m.]Ingeborg; m.1st
2k) [illegitimate] Agnes;
m.before 1312 Hafthor Jonsson (d.1319)
4i) Christine (1234-1262); m.31
Mar 1258 Infant Felipe of
5i) [illegitimate] Sigurd
Kongsson, b.before 1225, d.1254
6i) [illegitimate] Cecilia,
drowned 1248; m.1st 1241 Gregorius Andersson (d.3 Jan 1246); m.2nd
1248 Harald Olafsson, King of Man (drowned 1248)
5g) Kristin, d.1213; m.1209
Filip Simonsson, King of the Baglers (d.1217)
6g) Erling
3e) [illegitimate] Brigida; m.1st
Karl Sunasson, Jarl in Vaestergotland; m.2nd King Magnus Henriksson
of
4e) [by Beathack N] Eystein
Haraldsson, co-king of
1f) Eystein Meyla, King of the
Birkebeiner, pretender to Norwegian throne, k.a.Jan 1177
2f) Thorleif Bredskjegg
5e) [by ?]
Magnus Haraldsson, co-king of Norway 1142, d.1145
6e) [by ?]
Maria; m.ca 1155 Dimon Halkelsson (k.a.4 Feb 1161)
7e) [by ?]
Margreta; m.ca 1155 Jon Halkelsson
5d) Ragnhild; m.Harald Kesja of
6d) Thora, d.1175; m.Loft
Saemundsson, later a priest in
2a) Halfdan Sigurdsson
1b) Thorberg; m.Fin Arnesson,
Jarl in Halland (d.1065)
3a) Guttorm Sigurdsson
4a) Gunhild; m.ca 1025 Kettil Kalf, of Ringenes
5a) Ingerid; m.Nefstein N