Windh/Freise/Maurstad genealogy - Person Sheet
Windh/Freise/Maurstad genealogy - Person Sheet
NameTora MOSTERSTRONG
ReligionTora was Harald’s concubine. Click his name to read more.
Misc. Notes
When King Harald was nigh on seventy years old, he had a son with a maiden named Tora and was called Mosterstong; her clan was from Moster. She was of decent folk and was kin to Horda-Kåre. She was a stout woman and very beautiful. They called her the King's serving-girl. Then there were many had to serve the king though they were of high birth; menfolk as well as women. In those days it was the custom with children of important men to pick the best men to ladle the water on them and name them. When the time came that Tora expected soon, she willed to go to King Harald. He was then in the north on Seim, and she was at Moster. She headed northward on Sigurd jarl's ship. They lay ashore at night; there Tora birth a child on the slate by the gangplank, and it was a boy. Sigurd jarl ladled water on the boy and called him after his father, Håkon Ladejarl. The lad was early handsome and large of growth and like his father. King Harald let the lad follow his mother, and they were at the king's farms while the boy was young.
Spouses
Deathca 932, Avaldsnes, Rogaland, Norge
Birthca 850 - 860, Stein, Hole, Buskerud, Norge
Religionclick his name for Wikipedia information
Occupation Harald I "Fairhair", “first king of Norway”
Educationperhaps five wives and 20 children
FatherKing Halvdan “Svarte” “The Black” GUDRODSSON King of Gingerike, Vestfold (ca826-ca862)
MotherRagnhild “The Wise” SIGURDSDATTER (ca835-ca855)
Misc. Notes
The list of Norwegian kings is traditionally throught to begin in 872 with the battle of Hafrsfjord, after which victorious King Harald Fairhair merged several petty kingdoms into that of his father. Harald's realm was later to be known as the Kingdom of Norway. Now existing continuously for over 1,100 years, the Kingdom of Norway is one of the oldest states of Europe.
Harald Fairhair - Wikipedia
Here is the full list of Harald’s sons according to Snorri Sturluson's Heimskringla:
Children with Åsa, daughter of Håkon Grjotgardsson, Earl of Lade:
• Guttorm Haraldsson, king of Rånrike
• Halvdan Kvite (Haraldssøn), king of Trondheim
• Halvdan Svarte (Haraldssøn), king of Trondheim
• Sigrød Haraldssøn, king of Trondheim
Children with Gyda Eiriksdottir:
• Ålov Årbot (Haraldsdøtter)
• Rørek Haraldssøn
• Sigtrygg Haraldssøn
• Frode Haraldssøn
• Torgils Haraldssøn – identified as "Thorgest" in the (dates not correct) Irish history
Children with Svanhild, daughter of Eystein Earl:
• Bjørn Farmann, king of Vestfold
• Olaf Haraldssøn Geirstadalf, king of Vingulmark, later also Vestfold
• Ragnar Rykkel
Children with Åshild, daughter of Ring Dagsson:
• Ring Haraldsson
• Dag Haraldsson
• Gudrød Skirja
• Ingegjerd Haraldsdotter
Children with Snøfrid, daughter of Svåse the Finn:
• Halfdan Halegg or "Long-leg", was executed with the Blood eagle ritual by Torf-Einarr detailed in the Orkneyinga saga and Heimskringla
• Gudrød Ljome
• Ragnvald Rettilbeine
• Sigurd Rise
Other children:
• Ingebjørg Haraldsdotter
Harald Fairhair - Wikipedia
Here is the full list of Harald’s sons according to Snorri Sturluson's Heimskringla:
Children with Åsa, daughter of Håkon Grjotgardsson, Earl of Lade:
• Guttorm Haraldsson, king of Rånrike
• Halvdan Kvite (Haraldssøn), king of Trondheim
• Halvdan Svarte (Haraldssøn), king of Trondheim
• Sigrød Haraldssøn, king of Trondheim
Children with Gyda Eiriksdottir:
• Ålov Årbot (Haraldsdøtter)
• Rørek Haraldssøn
• Sigtrygg Haraldssøn
• Frode Haraldssøn
• Torgils Haraldssøn – identified as "Thorgest" in the (dates not correct) Irish history
Children with Svanhild, daughter of Eystein Earl:
• Bjørn Farmann, king of Vestfold
• Olaf Haraldssøn Geirstadalf, king of Vingulmark, later also Vestfold
• Ragnar Rykkel
Children with Åshild, daughter of Ring Dagsson:
• Ring Haraldsson
• Dag Haraldsson
• Gudrød Skirja
• Ingegjerd Haraldsdotter
Children with Snøfrid, daughter of Svåse the Finn:
• Halfdan Halegg or "Long-leg", was executed with the Blood eagle ritual by Torf-Einarr detailed in the Orkneyinga saga and Heimskringla
• Gudrød Ljome
• Ragnvald Rettilbeine
• Sigurd Rise
Other children:
• Ingebjørg Haraldsdotter
Unmarried
ChildrenHaakon I “The Good” (ca920-961)