The Extended Family of Harald Hardrada

 

Harold Hardrada was born around 1015 and died at the Battle of Stamford Bridge in 1066. He was half-brother to King Olaf of Norway and ruled as King from 1045 to 1066. 

See also: Harald Hardrada Biography

 

The Family of Harold Hardrada

The family of Harald Hardrada

Grandparents

Halfdan (dates not known) – Paternal grandfather

Paternal grandmother not known

Gudbrand Kula (dates not known) – Maternal grandfather

Ulfhild (dates not known) – Maternal grandmother

 

Parents

Sigurd Syr (d. 1018) – Father

Asta Gudbrandsdatter (c 980 – c1030) – Mother

 

Half Sibling

Olaf (995 – 1030) – son of Asta Gudbrandsdatter
by her first husband Harald Grenske

 

Siblings

Guttorm (dates not known)

Gunnhild (dates not known) – married Ketil Kalv

Halfdan (dates not known)

Ingerid (dates not known) – married Nevstein

 

Spouses

Elisiv of Kiev (b. c1025)

Tora Torbergsdatter (b. 1025)

Harald Hardrada may have taken Tora Torbergsdatter as a second wife, or she may have been his concubine, or she may have returned to Kiev

 

Children

by Elisiv of Kiev

Ingegerd (c1050 – c1120) – married Olaf of Denmark

Maria (d. 1066)

by Tora Torbergsdatter

Magnus II (c1048 – 1069)

Olaf III (c. 1050 – 1093)

 

Grandchildren

by Magnus II

Haakon Magnusson (1068 – 1095)

by Olaf III

Magnus III (1073 – 1103)