See also

Halfdan HARALDSSON ( -894)

Individual Events and Attributes

  • Birth:

  • "??"

  • Norway1

  • Death:

  • 0894

  • unknown1

  •  

  • Cause: killed in battle (was murdered by the men of Orkney)

Individual Note

Snorri Sturluson in Heimskringla states that Halfdan was one of Harald's many sons who were involved in a power struggle with one another. Halfdan and his brother Gudrød Ljome were responsible for murdering Rognvald Eysteinsson and 60 of his men by burning them inside a structure. Upon learning of this event, Harald flew into a rage and sent out a great force against Gudrød who was then banished. Rognvald's son Torf-Einarr performed the Blood eagle

Sources

1.

The Foundation for Medieval Genealogy.