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The Rest of the Story: The Ancestors of Sarah May Paddock Otstott
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Gudrød Bjørnsson OF VESTFOLD ( -955?)
| Name: | Gudrød Bjørnsson OF VESTFOLD 1 |
| Sex: | Male |
| Father: | Bjørn OF VESTFOLD ( -927?) |
| Mother: | - |
Individual Events and Attributes
| Occupation | Under-King in Vestfold | |
| Death | 0955 (app) | the vicinity of Tønsberg |
Additional Information
| Death | Cause: murdered by Harald "Graycloak," son of Eric "Bloodaxe" |
Marriage
| Spouse | Cacilie ( - ) | |
| Children | Harald Grenske OF NORWAY ( -995) | |
Individual Note
Gudrød Bjørnsson was the son of Bjørn Farmann, the king of Vestfold, and a grandson of Harald Fairhair. Gudrød was the father of Harald Grenske, and the paternal grandfather of Saint Olaf.
After Gudrød's father had been killed by Eric Bloodaxe, he lived with his uncle Olaf Haraldsson Geirstadalf, the king of Vingulmark. Olaf rebelled against Bloodaxe, but was killed in battle, and so Gudrød had to escape to Oppland.
When Haakon the Good had become king, Gudrød was given Vestfold, his father's kingdom, as a fief.
Gudrød was slain in the vicinity of Tønsberg, by Harald Greyhide, who feared a rebellion from his subordinate kings.
SOURCES:
This article contains content from the Owl Edition of Nordisk familjebok, a Swedish encyclopedia published between 1904 and 1926, now in the public domain. ([1], [2])2
Sources
| 1 | Weis, Frederick Lewis & Sheppard, Walter Lee, Jr, "Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists Who Came to America before 1700: Lineages from Alfred the Great, Charlemagne, Malcolm of Scotland, Robert the Strong, and other Historical Individuals". p 220, 243A-19. |
| 2 | "Wikipedia". http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gudr%C3%B8d_Bj%C3%B8rnsson. |