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First Name
Last Name
Hildr HROLFSDOTTIR

Hildr HROLFSDOTTIR

Female Abt 840 - ?

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  • Name Hildr HROLFSDOTTIR 
    Born Abt 840 
    Gender Female 
    Heritage Viking 
    Died ? 
    Person ID I44349  Main
    Last Modified 9 Nov 2023 

    Father Duke Richard DE NORMANDY,   b. Abt 958, Faecamp, Seine Inferieure, Normandy, France Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 23 Aug 1027, Nicea, Bithynia, Turkey Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 69 years) 
    Mother Judith DE BRETAGNE,   b. 21 Mar 982, Rennes, Ille-et-Vilaine, Bretagne, France Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 16 Jun 1017, Fecamp, Normandy, France Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 35 years) 
    Family ID F30816  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Earl Rognvald EYSTEINSSON,   b. Abt 837, Maer, Norway Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Abt 892, Orkney Islands, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 55 years) 
    Children 
    +1. Rollo OF NORMANDY,   b. Abt 860, Scandanavia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Abt 932, Normandy, France Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 72 years)
    Last Modified 6 Sep 2021 
    Family ID F32315  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • According to the sagas, Hild was the daughter of Rolv Nefia (Hrólfr nefja), jarl at Trondhjem (modern Trondheim). In the Orkneyinga saga, the daughter of Rolv Nefia is called Ragnhild, although in the Heimskringla she is called Hild. Her father used to go on viking expeditions. One summer he plundered in Vík. This aroused King Harald Fairhair's anger and he was banished. Hild appealed unsuccessfully for clemency for her father. On this occasion she composed a skaldic stanza (lausavísa), which is one of the few examples of skaldic poetry composed by a woman that have come down to us. [1]

  • Sources 
    1. [S76] Wikipedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hildr_Hr%C3%B3lfsd%C3%B3ttir.


Notes

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Updated 23 Dec 2023