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Birth:          ABT  725 Raumariki, Vestfold, Norway

Notes
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eystein_Halfdansson
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 Fart (Old 
norse: Eystein fret),[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. Eysteins 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.

Parents
OLAFSSON Halfdan "Hvitbein" ("white leg") (ABT  704 - )
EYSTEINSDOTTIR Asa (ABT  708 - )

Siblings
HALFDANSSON Eysteinn "Fret" (ABT  725 - )
HALFDANSSON Gudrod "Jagtkonge" "the Magnificent" (ABT  735 -  810)

Marriage To EIRIKSDOTTIR Hildi (ABT  730 - )
    m.  

Notes

Parents
AGNARSSON Erik (ABT  705 - )
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Children by EIRIKSDOTTIR Hildi ABT  730 - 
EYSTEINSSON Halfdan "the Meek" (ABT  746 - )
____ Harold (ABT  748 -  841)
____ Geva (ABT  750 - )

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