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Sigurd “Rise” Fairhair Haraldsson King of Ringerike
- Preferred Name: Sigurd “Rise” Fairhair Haraldsson King of Ringerike[1] [2]
- Alternate Name: Sigurd Haraldsson
- Gender: M
- FSID: KFFD-W95
- Death: 937 in Ringerike, Buskerud, Norway at LATI: N0.1167 LONG: E0.2667 with note: Standardized.
- Alt.+Death: ABT 937 in Håde, Oppland, Norway at LATI: N0.9667 LONG: E0.2667 with note: Standardized.
- Birth: 912 in Haugesund, Rogaland, Norway at LATI: N9.4464 LONG: E0.2983
- http://familysearch.org/v1/TitleOfNobility: King of Hringaríki in Norway
- Burial: in Ringerike, Buskerud, Norway at LATI: N0.1167 LONG: E0.2667
- Alt.+Birth: ABT 912 in Haugesund, Rogaland, Norway at LATI: N9.4464 LONG: E0.2983 with note: Standardized.
- http://familysearch.org/v1/TitleOfNobility: ABT 935 in Petty Kingdon of Hadafylke, Oppland, Norway at LATI: N3.3833 LONG: E0.1667 with note: Description: Petty King of Hadafylke, Norway
Standardized.
- Notes:
=== Life Sketch ===
SIGURD "Hrise", son of HARALD I "Hårfagre/Harfagri/Fairhair" King of Norway & his fourth wife Snefried . Snorre names "Sigurd Hrise…Halfdan Haleg, Gudrod Ljome and Ragnvald Rettilbeine" as the four sons of King Harald and his wife Snæfrid. The Historia Norwegie names "Siwardus…Gigas" as sixth son of "Haraldus Comatus". Morkinskinna recites the descent of “Harald Sigurdarson” from “Harald hárfagri”, to “Sigurdr hrisi”, to “Hálfdan, father of Sigurdr sýr, the father of Haraldr”, adding that these ancestors were all “kings of Hringaríki in Norway”. Under his father's division of territories, Ringerike, Hadeland, Thoten and their dependencies were granted to his sons by Snæfrid.
married ---. The name of Sigurd's wife is not known.
Sigurd & his wife had one child:
1. HALFDAN Sigurdsson. The Historia Norwegie names Halfdan son of "Siwardus Risi…filius Haraldi Comati". Morkinskinna recites the descent of “Harald Sigurdarson” from “Harald hárfagri”, to “Sigurdr hrisi”, to “Hálfdan, father of Sigurdr sýr, the father of Haraldr”, adding that these ancestors were all “kings of Hringaríki in Norway”.
married ---. The name of Halfdan's wife is not known. Halfdan & his wife had one child:
a) SIGURD Syr (-1018).
https://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/NORWAY.htm#SigurdHriseB
=== How does he father a son 7 years after he died!! ===
=== Still Living. ===
Still Living.
Preferred Parents:
Father: Harald King of Norway I, b. 850 in Ringsaker, Hedmark, Norway d. 933 in Haugesund, Rogaland, Norway
Mother: Snøfrid Svåsedotter, b. ABT 855 in Tofte, Oppland, Norway d. 932 in Rogaland, Norway
Family 1: Dronnin Vebjornsdottir, b. ABT 900 in Akershus fylke, Norway d. 944 in Ringerike, Buskerud, Norway
- m. ABT 920 in Hadeland, Gran, Oppland, Norway
- Halfdan Sigurdsson Petty King of Oppland, b. 930 in Haugesund, Rogaland, Norway d. ABT 970 in Trondheim, Sør-Trøndelag, Norway
Sources:
- Title: Find a Grave Sigurd Haraldsson Haraldsson “Rise” Fairhair Dynasty King of Ringerike
Author: Find A Grave MEMORIAL ID 209585965
Publication: Name: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/209585965/sigurd_haraldsson-haraldsson-king_of_ringerike;
- Title: Ancestry Family Trees
Author: Ancestry Family Tree
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