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Eysteinn Halfdansson, King In Vestfold[1]

Male Abt 736 -


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  • Name Eysteinn Halfdansson 
    Suffix King In Vestfold 
    Nickname Fret 
    Birth Abt 736  , Vestfold, Norway Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Person ID I36253  Master
    Last Modified 9 Jul 2019 

    Father Halfdan Huitbein 
    Family ID F8836  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Hildi Eiriksdatter,   b. Abt 740, , Vestfold, Norway Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Marriage Yes, date unknown 
    Children 
    +1. King In Vestfold Halfdan Eysteinsson,   b. Abt 768, Holtum, Vestfold, Norway Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Borre, Vestfold, Norway Find all individuals with events at this location
    Family ID F8673  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 16 May 2019 

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  • Notes 
    • Eystein Halfdansson (Old Norse: Eysteinn Hálfdansson) was the son of Halfdan Hvitbeinn of the House of Yngling according to Norse tradition. He inherited the throne of Romerike. Ari Thorgilsson in his Íslendingabók calls him Eystein the Fart (Old norse: Eystein fret, (or Eystein Meinfretr, meaning foul-fart)),[1] without comment, in his king list, just naming his father and his son. Snorri does not call him by this nickname, but does give us a colorful story of his life.

      His wife was Hild, the daughter of the king of Vestfold, Erik Agnarsson. Erik had no son, so Eystein obtained Vestfold as his wife's inheritance.

      According to Ynglingasaga, Eystein died on a viking raid to Varna, on the eastern side of the Oslofjord. Eystein's men had finished looting and pillaging the area and were already almost across the fjord, when King Skjöld of Varna, a great warlock, arrived at the beach and saw the sails of Eystein's ships. He waved his cloak and blew into it which caused a boom of one ship to swing and hit Eystein so that he fell overboard and drowned. His body was salvaged and buried in a mound at Borre. Eystein was succeeded by his son Halfdan the Mild.

  • Sources 
    1. [S23] The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Ancestral File (R), (Copyright (c) 1987, June 1998, data as of 5 January 1998).