Harald Grenske Gudrødsson 1 2 3

Nom de naissance Harald Grenske Gudrødsson
Nom de naissance Harald Grenski
Identifiant Gramps I4168
Genre masculin
Âge au décès environ 48 ans

Notes

Note

Harald Grenski (10th century) was the son of Gudrød Bjørnsson. Gudrød was a grandson of Harald Fairhair, and the king of Vestfold.

Harald's cognomen Grenski is due to his being raised in the district of Grenland, Norway. His father was slain when Harald was only 11 years old, by the sons of Gunnhild (i.e. Harald Greyhide and his brothers). Harald fled to Oppland and from there to Sweden, where he stayed with the powerful strongman Skagul Toste. He spent the summers pillaging as a Viking.

When the sons of Gunnhild had been banished, Harald Grenske followed Harald Bluetooth and Haakon Sigurdsson to Norway, and under Danish sovereignty, Harald became the king of Vestfold and Agder. He married Asta, the daughter of Gudbrand Kula, but abandoned her to woo Sigrid the Haughty, the daughter of Skagul Toste.

As Sigrid found him too eager with his entreaties, she had him burnt to death inside a house. His widow, Asta, promptly gave birth to the son Olaf the Stout, a future king of Norway, and was later remarried to Sigurd Syr, the king of Ringerike.

Recent scholarship has questioned the historicity of Harald.

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Évènements

Évènement Date Lieu Description Sources
Décès [E5417] 995      
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Assassiné

Naissance [E5416] vers 947      

Parents

Relation avec la souche Nom Date de naissance Date de décès Relation within this family (if not by birth)
Père Gudröd Bjornsson [I4167]vers 962
Mère Cecilia [I4169]
         Harald Grenske Gudrødsson vers 947 995

Familles

Famille de Harald Grenske Gudrødsson et Åsta Gudbrandsdatter [F2102]
Mariés Femme Åsta Gudbrandsdatter [I4170] ( * vers 977 + vers 1025 )
Enfants
Nom Naissance Décès
Saint Olaf II le Grand Haraldsson de Norvège [I2615]99529 juillet 1030