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Freeman-Smith History and Ancestry
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UNKNOWN Moald Digra |
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Abt 0590 |
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Female |
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Scandinavia  |
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- Moalda the Stout is said to been the mother of Ivar Vidfane. Her nephew, Olaf, son of Kinrik was left by Sigurd Hring as tax-king of Northumberland [1][2] Reading the only source currently available it seems that her nephew, Olaf, had a father Kinrik who was Moalda's brother or brother-in-law. She was not therefore a daughter of a man called Kinrik and so her patronymic is not known. Removing her as daughter of Cynric of Denmark who is actually Cynric of Wessex.
The closest to determine who this profile might represent and her origin is that she is wife of Halvdan Snälle, she might be an aunt of of the Anglo-Saxon aristocrat Kinrik (Cynric)[3]
However, none of these even[4] seem to mention her, only [5];
Før Kong Ring igjen drog med sin Hær bort fra England, satte han en Skattekonge over Nordhumberland; han hed Olaf, og var en Søn af den Kinrik, som skal have været en Brodersøn af Ivar Vidfadmes Moder Moald hin Digre eller Tykke.
Norrönt[6]
70. Þar var fra horfit konunga tali er þeir redu firir Danmork Sigrfrode ok Halfdan. eftir þa red sa konungr firir Danmork er Helgi het. hann atti bardaga vid Olaf Suiakonung ok fell Helgi þar en Olafr red leinge sidan firir Danmork ok Suiþiod ok vard sottdaudr. eftir hann tok riki j Danmork Gyrdr ok Knutr. en eftir þa Siggæirr. en eftir hann tok Olafr Kynriksson. sa var brodurson Moalldar digru modur Juars vidfamna(!) hann var læinge konungr yfir Jotlande. hann var kalladr Olafr enski. hans son var Grimr gaue er konungdom tok eftir fỏdur sinn.
Research notes
No person of this name appears in Ynglinga Saga. The only wife given for Ingjald the Bad is Gauthild Algautsdotter. Solveig was daughter of Halfdan Guldtand. No mother is named for Solveig. Removed as mother of Solveig
Changing her LNAB to "Unknown" and detaching her from Götrik.Lenover-1 04:41, 9 December 2020 (UTC)
Removed as wife of Ingjald the Bad. He appears to have had only one wife, not this one.
Sources
↑ The viking age: the early history, manners, and customs of the ancestors of the English speaking nations. Page 434
↑ http://www.germanicmythology.com/works/sagacollections.html
↑ Saga Ólafs Konúngs Tryggvasonar, Vol. 1 (1825). Copenhagen: Popp, Chapter 61, p. 110-1.
↑ https://heimskringla.no/wiki/Olaf_Tryggvess%C3%B8ns_Saga
↑ Kongesagaer, Oldnordiske Sagaer Bind 1 - 3 - Den store saga om Olaf Tryggvesøn, Paa Dansk ved C. C. Rafn, København, 1826-1827
↑ Ólafs saga Tryggvasonar (Den store saga)
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I58768 |
Freeman-Smith |
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27 Jan 2026 |
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