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Freeman-Smith History and Ancestry
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 Abt 0492 - 0547 (55 years)
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| Name |
ANGANTYRSDOTTIR Hervor |
| Birth |
Abt 0492 |
Norway  |
| Gender |
Female |
| Death |
0547 |
Glaesisvellir, Reidgotaland |
| Notes |
- According to Hervor's Saga, Hervor was the daughter of Angantyr the Berserker and his wife Sváfa/Tófa, and was born after her father was killed.
She was a peculiar child, more inclined to ill than to good. She left home and dressed as a man, and went about as a viking man named Hervard.
She went to Samsø to claim the enchanted sword Tyrfing, and commanded her father to rise from the grave to get it for her, which he did.
When she got bored with being a viking, she went home to her grandfather the Jarl, and behaved as a lady.
She married Höfund, and had sons Heidrek and Angantyr. Angantyr was killed when he asked Heidrek to show him Tyrfing, upon which Heidrek drew the sword - which could not be drawn unless to kill a man.
Her surviving son Heidrek had a daughter named Hervor and sons named Angantyr and Hlod. When Heidrek died, Angantyr refused to give Hlod his share of the inheritance. Hlod attacked with the support of a Hun army, and was killed.
Sources
https://heimskringla.no/wiki/Hervarar_saga_ok_Hei%C3%B0reks accessed May 2024
https://heimskringla.no/wiki/Sverdet_Tyrfing accessed 1 May 2024
https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Angantyr accessed 1 May 2024
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hervor accessed 1 May 2024
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| Person ID |
I58777 |
Freeman-Smith |
| Last Modified |
27 Jan 2026 |
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