HARALDSDOTTIR Åsa

Abt 0800 - Abt 0834  (34 years)

• Name	HARALDSDOTTIR Åsa
  Birth	Abt 0800	Holtum, Vestfold, Norway
  Gender	Female
  Death	Abt 0834	Oseberg, Vestfold, Norway
  Notes	Skáldskaparmál Hildibrand (Hildibrandr), father of Vígbrand (Vígbrandr), father of Hildir and Herbrand (Herbrandr). Herbrand was father of Harald Red-beard, father of Ása who was the mother of Halfdan the Black, the father of Harald Fairhair. [1] Ynglingasaga Åsa Haraldsdottir of Agder (died ca. 834?) was a semi-legendary Norwegian Viking age Queen regnant of the petty kingdom Agder and mother of Halfdan the Black and grandmother of Harald Fairhair, according to the sagas of the Yngling clan. Åsa was the daughter of King Harald Granraude of Agder and a reputed beauty. King Gudrød the Hunter of Borre in Vestfold proposed marriage to her after the death of his first wife, but her father refused the marriage. Gudrød Veidekonge then killed her father and her brother, abducted her and married her. One year later, she became the mother of Halfdan the Black. One year after this, Åsa took her revenge and had her servant kill her husband. She left the kingdom of Borre to her stepson Olaf Geirstad-Alf and took her own son with her to the kingdom of Agder, her birth country, where she took power. Åsa ruled Agder for twenty years, and after this she left the throne to her son. He also demanded half of his father's kingdom from his halfbrother. [2] It has been suggested that she might be the woman who was buried in the Oseberg mound, but as her existence is entirely uncertain, this is purely speculative. and https://nbl.snl.no/%C3%85sa_Haraldsdatter Sources ↑ Wikipedia: Halfdan the Old ↑ Snorri Sturluson: Sagas of the Norse Kings. Ynglingasaga. Translated by Samuel Laing, revised by Peter Foote MA. Everyman's Library Dutton New York SBN 460 00847 1 Page 41/42 Krag, Claus: Åsa Haraldsdatter i Norsk biografisk leksikon på snl.no. Hentet 15. juni 2025 fra https://nbl.snl.no/%C3%85sa_Haraldsdatter Medieval Lands: Norway Improbable Lineage See also: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%85sa_Haraldsdottir_of_Agder
  Person ID	I58805	Freeman-Smith
  Last Modified	27 Jan 2026

  
  

  Father	HERBRANDSSON Harald Granraude,   b. 0750, Agder, Norge d. Abt 0814, Agder, Norge (Age ~ 63 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Family ID	F347278	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family
  Children	1. GUDRØDSSON Halfdan Svarte,   b. Abt 0830, Sogn, Oppland, Vestfold, Norway d. 0870, Vestfold, Norway (Age 40 years)  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F347277	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	27 Jan 2026