Eyvindr «Poet-spoiler» Finnsson

Eyvind Skaldaspiller Finsson

• Son of Finn "Skjalge" Eivindsson and Gunhild Halvdansdatter
• Eyvindr Finnsson skáldaspillir was a 10th-century Norwegian skald. He was the court poet of king Hákon the Good and earl Hákon of Hlaðir. His son Hárekr later became a prominent chieftain in Norway.

Chapter 3. DESCENDANTS of FIN SKJALGE

Project MedLands Norway Nobility

FIN Skjalge, son of --- .
married GUNHILD Halfdansdatter, daughter of HALFDAN Jarl & his wife Ingeborg of Norway [illegitimate daughter of HARALD I "Harfagri" King of Norway]. Snorre names Gunhild as the daughter of Halfdan & his wife[65]. Snorre names Gunhild, daughter of Earl Halfdan and Ingebjorg, as the mother of Harek's father[66].

Fin Skjalge & his wife GUNHILD Halfdansdatter had two children

• 1. EYVIND Skaldaspiller (-990). Pöt. m ---. The name of Eyvind´s wife is not known.

Eyvind & his wife had one child

• a) HAREK of Thjotta (-murdered 1040). married RAGNHILD Arnesdatter, daughter of ARNE Arnmodsson & his wife Thora Thorsteinsdatter. Snorre names Ragnhild, daughter of "Arne Arnmodson and Thora, Thorstein Galge's daughter" as the wife of Harek of Thjotta[67].
  

Harek of Thjotta & his wife RAGNHILD Arnesdatter had three children

• i) EINAR Fluga of Thjotta
  
• ii) FIN Herkesson (-after 1028). m ---. The name of Fin´s wife is not known.
  

Fin Herkesson & his wife had one child

• (a) HAAKON Finsson m ---. The name of Haakon´s wife is not known.
  

Haakon & his wife had one child

• (1) ULVHILD Haakonsdatter (-before 1143). Fagrskinna names “Úlfhildr dróttning, dóttir Hákonar Finnssunar Hárekssunar or Þjóttu” as mother of “Karl konungs”, adding that she had first married “Nikolás Danakonungr”, secondly “Ingi Sviakonungr Hallsteinssunr” and thirdly “Sverkir konungr Kolssunr”[68]. Her second marriage is referred to by Saxo Grammaticus. She was secretly abducted by Sverker I King of Sweden but their "connection was accepted as a marriage"[69]. married firstly as his second wife, INGE II Halstensson King of Sweden, son of HALSTEN Stenkilsson King of Sweden & his wife --- (-1118). married secondly (divorced) as his second wife, NIELS King of Denmark, illegitimate son of SVEND II King of Denmark & his mistress --- (-murdered Schleswig 25 Jun 1134).
  

• iii) SVEN Harkesson
  

• 2. NJAL Finsson m ---. The name of Njal´s wife is not known.

NJAL Finsson & his wife had one child

• a) ASTRID Njalsdatter married RAGNVALD "the Old", son of ---.
  

Source Project MedLands Norway Nobility - https://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/NORWEGIAN%20NOBILITY.htm#FinArness...

Links

• Håleygjatal (heimskringla.no)
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eyvindr_sk%C3%A1ldaspillir

Sources

• Evindr skáldaspillir Finsson, in Diana Whaley (ed.), Poetry from the Kings’ Sagas 1: From Mythical Times to c. 1035, Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages, 1 (Turnhout: Brepols, 2012), https://www.abdn.ac.uk/skaldic/m.php?p=skald&i=57
• Russell Poole (ed.) 2012, ‘Eyvindr skáldaspillir Finnsson, Lausavísur 12’ in Diana Whaley (ed.), Poetry from the Kings’ Sagas 1: From Mythical Times to c. 1035. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 1. Brepols, Turnhout, p. 231. Translation adapted slightly to make the conventions of the edition clearer to the general reader.
• Skáldatal - http://wayback.vefsafn.is/wayback/20070508175832/http%3A//www.heims...
• An index of Eyvindr's poetry - https://web.archive.org/web/20060721051737/http://www.hi.is/~eybjor...
• Eyvind skaldaspiller: Laegdsgaarden i ølseby-Magle, by Poul Martin Møller - https://books.google.com/books?id=0f89AQAAMAAJ&pg=PA55&lpg=PA55&dq=...
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