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From: Stewart Baldwin < >
Subject: Possible line from Tostig?
Date: Mon, 11 Mar 1996 05:13:30 GMT
Recent postings on the family of king Harold II of England have
reminded me of a _possible_ descent from his brother Tostig, who
fought with Harald III of Norway in the Battle of Stamford Bridge, and
lost his life there. The family outline is as follows, taken from
Heimskringla (with the usual apologies if my transliteration from the
Icelandic alphabet is a bit sloppy).
[??Tostig??]
________________|__________________________
| |
Skuli md. Guthrun, dau. of Nefsteinn Ketil Krok
___|
|
Asolf of Rein md. Thora, dau. of Skopti, son of Ogmund
|__________
|
Guthorm of Rein
|
Cecilia of Norway md.Barth md. Ragnfrith
__________________| |_________
| |
Inge II king of Norway [by which wife?]
Skuli
|
Hakon IV king of Norway md. Margaret
(1217-1263) |
|
V
and so forth, with numerous descents to modern times, including the
current monarchs of Norway, Denmark, and the UK (and probably others).
Skuli, the father-in-law of king Hakon IV, was a friend of Snorri
Sturluson, author of Heimskringla, so he had first-hand information
which makes it reasonable to accept the genealogy back to the earlier
Skuli. The doubtful connection comes with the older Skuli, who is
called the son of Tostig in one edition of Heimskringla to which I
have access, but is only "of noble English extraction" in another
edition of Heimskringla. Are there different manuscripts of
Heimskringla involved here, or is one of the translations bad? Is
there any solid information about which is the earlier version?
Stewart Baldwin
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