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Birth:          ABT  790 
Death:          ABT  834 

Notes
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gudr%C3%B8d_the_Hunter
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%85sa_Haraldsdottir_of_Agder
Åsa Haraldsdottir of Agder (died ca. 834?) was a semi-legendary Norwegian Viking 
Age queen regnant of the petty kingdom of Agder. According to sagas referencing the 
clan Yngling (Ynglingaätten), she was the mother of Halfdan the Black (Halvdan 
Svarte) and grandmother of King Harald Fairhair (Harald Hårfagre). [1][2][3]

Biography[edit]

Åsa was the daughter of King Harald Granraude of Agder and a reputed beauty. King 
Gudrød the Hunter (Gudrød Veidekonge) 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. [4]

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, Halvdan.[5] He 
also demanded half of his father's kingdom from his half-brother.

There are theories that queen Åsa was the woman buried with the famous Oseberg 
ship from 834, but this has not been confirmed.[6]

Parents
GRANRAUDE Harald ()
RAGNVALDSDOTTIR Gunnhild ()

Siblings
HARALDSDOTTIR Asa (ABT  790 - ABT  834)

Marriage To HALFDANSSON Gudrod (ABT  790 -  821)
    m.  

Notes

Parents
EYSTEINSSON Halfdan "the Meek" (ABT  746 - )
DAGSOTTIR Liv (Hlif) (ABT  753 - )

Children by HALFDANSSON Gudrod ABT  790 -  821
GUDRODSSON Halfdan "the Black" (ABT  820 -  863)

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