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King Magnus II had one illegitimate child by his Mistress:
- a) HAAKON Toresfostre ([1068/69]-Feb 1095, bur Trondheim, Christ Church). Snorre names "Hakon, who was fostered by Thorer of Steig in Gudbrandsdal, who was a brother of King Magnus by the mother's side" as the son of King Magnus[341]. He succeeded in 1093 as HAAKON II King of Norway. Snorre records that, when Magnus son of King Olav III was proclaimed king at Viken, the "Upland people on hearing of King Olaf's death chose Hakon, Thorer's foster-son" and that he was proclaimed king of half Norway in Trondheim[342]. Snorre records that King Magnus travelled north to Trondheim to impose his authority but that Haakon died on the mountains while out hunting ptarmigan, aged "full twenty five years old", and was buried at Christ Church[343]. Morkinskinna records that after Haakon died, the people of Trondheim took “Sveinn, the son of Haraldr flettir (Despoiler) as their king”, adding that King Magnus forced him to flee to Denmark where he remained “until he became reconciled with King Eysteinn Magnusson”[344].
King Olav had [two] illegitimate children by Mistress (1):
- a) MAGNUS (-killed in battle in Ireland 24 May 1103). Snorre names Magnus as son of King Olav and Thora, commenting that he was brought up at the king's court[355]. Morkinskinna names “Magnus nicknamed…berfœttr and…Styrjaldar (Battle-Age) Magnus” as son of King Olav and his concubine “Thóra, the daughter of Árni lági”[356]. He succeeded his first cousin in 1095 as MAGNUS III "Berrføtt/Barfod/Barfot/Barefoot" King of Norway.
- b) SKJALDVOR Snorre names "the king's relative, Sigurd Hranason" when recording that he "came into strife with King Sigurd", adding in a later passage that King Eystein reminded King Sigurd that Sigurd "was married to their aunt, Skialdvor" and that ultimately Sigurd forgave him and gave him "leave to go north to his farm, gave him employment, and was always afterward his friend"[357]. Morkinskinna records that “Skjaldvor…sister of King Magnús berfoettr” married “Sigurdr Hranason”[358]. It is possible that Skjaldvor was only uterine sister of King Magnus, in view of the refusal of her son to become king on the grounds that "some one should be chosen king who was of the royal race" as reported by Snorre[359]. married SIGURD Hranason, son of ---.]
Sigurd & his wife SKJALDVOR had one child:
- i) NIKOLAS Skialdvarson (-killed in battle after 1161). Snorre records that "Nikolas Skialdvarson, a sister's son of King Magnus Barefoot" was proposed as king in 1161 but he refused on the grounds that "some one should be chosen king who was of the royal race"[360]. If his parentage is as shown here, he must have been very old at the time. In another passage, Snorre names "Nikolas…a son of Sigurd Hranason and of Skialdvor, a daughter of Brynjolf Ulfalde, and a sister of Haldor Brynjolfson by the father's side, and of King Magnus Barefoot by the mother's side", recording that he "had a farm at Ongul in Halogaland…called Steig" and "a house in Nidaros, below St Jon's church, where Thorgeir the scribe lately dwelt"[361]. Snorre records that he was killed fighting the Birkebeins[362]. m ---. The name of Nikolas's wife is not known.
Nikolas & his wife had one child:
- (a) SKIALDVOR Snorre names "Skialdvor, Nikolas's daughter…married to Eirik Arnason…a lenderman"[363]. m ERIK Arnasson, son of ARNE --- & his wife ---.
Source Project MedLands, Norway Kings - https://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/NORWAY.htm#HaraldIIIdied1066B
Tora Torbergsdotter (born 1025 at Giske ) was a Norwegian royal mother. She was either married to Harald Sigurdsson (Hardråd), or she became his wife (mistress), in 1048 . Harald was then married to Ellisiv of Kiev .
The Torah was the daughter of the eagle-mare Torberg Arneson of Giskeætten and Ragnhild Erlingsdotter , daughter of Erling Skjalgsson at Sola. The Torah was thus the brother-in-law of Finn Arneson and Calv Arneson , and mother of the kings Magnus II and Olav Kyrre . After the death of Harald Hardråd at the Battle of Stamford Bridge in 1066 , she probably married King Svein Estridsson of Denmark , or possibly the Swedish King Håkan Røde . In both cases, the goal must have been alliance building and the desire for political stabilityScandinavia . [1]
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1025
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Giske, More Og Romsdal, Norway
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1026
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Aurland, Aurland, Sogn og Fjordane, Norway
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1048
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Norway
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1050
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Norway
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Denmark
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