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Åsta Gudbrandsdatter (c. 975/980 - c. 1020/1030) was the mother of two Norwegian kings, King Olaf II of Norway and King Harald III of Norway.[1] According to the sagas, Åsta Gudbrandsdatter was from Vestfold. Åsta's father was Gudbrand Kula from Oppland. Åsta may have been baptised at Ringerike by Olav Tryggvason, c. 998.[2] Åsta Gudbrandsdatter was married to Harald Grenske (Grenski). Their son was King Olaf II, renowned as St. Olaf, who reigned as King of Norway from 1015 to 1028.[3] From her second marriage to Sigurd Syr, she gave birth to King Harald III, famous in the Heimskringla as Harald Hardrada, who reigned from 1047 to 1066. According to the sagas, Åsta and Sigurd Syr had the following children: Guttorm Gunnhild - married Ketil Kalv of Ringnes in Stange Halfdan Ingerid - married Nevstein, mother of Tore, foster-father of King Magnus Barefoot Harald- future King of Norway References Jump up ^ Åsta Gudbrandsdatter (Store norske leksikon) Jump up ^ Gudbrand Kula (Wikipedia for Norge) Jump up ^ Åsta Gudbrandsdatter - utdypning (Store norske leksikon) Other Source Weis, Frederick Lewis Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists Who Came to America Before 1700 (Genealogical Publishing Company. 1992) Koht, Halvdan The Old Norse Sagas (Periodicals Service Co. 1931) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Another version: Ásta Gudbrandsdóttir b. circa 970 Pedigree: Ásta Gudbrandsdóttir married Jarl of Ringerike Sigurdr Syr Hálfdanarson, son of Hálfdan Sigurdsson; Her 2nd. She was born circa 970. She was the daughter of Gudbrand Kúla of Uppland and Gunnhildr (?). She married Haraldr Grenske Gudrødarson, Under-king in Norway, son of Gudrødr Bjørnsson, King in Vestfold and Cacilie (?), before 995; Her 1st. Child of Ásta Gudbrandsdóttir and Haraldr Grenske Gudrødarson, Under-king in Norway: Oláfr "den Hellige" Haraldsson, King of Norway+ b. c 995, d. 29 Jul 1030 Children of Ásta Gudbrandsdóttir and Jarl of Ringerike Sigurdr Syr Hálfdanarson: Hálfdan Sigurdsson of Ringerike+ b. 995 Haraldr III Hardrádi Sigurdsson, King of Norway+ b. 1015, d. 25 Sep 1066 http://en.wikipedia.org
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