angel-or-phantom: Åsa Haraldsdatter, Queen of Agder (Early 9th century) Daughter of King H
angel-or-phantom: Åsa Haraldsdatter, Queen of Agder (Early 9th century) Daughter of King Harald Granraude of Agder, Åsa is a semi-legendary figure in Norwegian history. King Gudrød Veidekonge of Borre proposed marriage to her after the death of his first wife, Alvhild Alfarinsdatter, but King Harald refused the marriage. King Gudrød did not take the refusal in a good way, so he killed King Harald and his son. With both her father and brother dead, Åsa was abducted by King Gudrød and was forced to marry him.She quickly fell pregnant; about a year after her marriage she became the mother of Halfdan the Black. Åsa did not wait long to get her revenge, during the year her son was one year old she ordered her servant to kill King Gudrød. She left the kingdom of Borre to her stepson Olaf Gudrødsson, and took her own son with her back to the kingdom of Agder, where she took power. Åsa ruled Agder as Queen Regnant for about two decades, after this she left the throne to her son, Halvdan. Trivia Her grandon was Harald Hårfagre (Harald Fairhair), the king who would unite Norway into one kingdom There’s a theory that queen Åsa was the woman buried with the famous Oseberg ship from 834, but this has not been confirmed x x x x -- source link
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