Gudrod "the Magnificent" Hunterking Halfdansson King of Vestföld [6757] 24
- Born: Abt 738, Holtum, Vestfold, Norway
- Marriage (1): Alfhildr Alfarinsdottir [6774]
- Marriage (2): Asa Haraldsdottir [6772]
- Died: 821, Vestfold, Norway about age 83
 General Notes:
See Haralds Saga.
http://www.hull.ac.uk/php/cssbct/cgi-bin/gedlkup.php/n=royal?royal13103
http://www.rpi.edu/~holmes/Hobbies/Genealogy/ps05/ps05_087.htm
"Ancestral Roots..." (Baltimore, 1992) 243a-15: "Gudrod, 'the Magnificent,' also called 'the Hunting-King', s. Halfdan 'White-Leg' and Asa ..., King of Vermaland, Vestfold, and Vingulmark, murdered 810-827 at instigation of (2) wife Asa in revenge for forcibly abducting her and killing ca. 800 her father and brother; m. (1) Alfhilde, dau. Afrim, ruler of Vingulmark; m. (2) Asa, dau. Harald, 'Red-Beard', King of Agdir. Asa believed bur. in Oseberg ship, richest Scandinavian archeological find."
Ruled in Norway and Denmark. Probably "Godfrey the Proud" of the Franks who opposed the Emperor Charlemagne.
Gudrod married Alfhildr Alfarinsdottir [6774] [MRIN: 2526].
Gudrod next married Asa Haraldsdottir [6772] [MRIN: 2515], daughter of Harold (Red Beard) King of Agder [6773] and Unknown.
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