Alof (Sigmundrsdotter) Sigmundsdottir (540 - 569)

Born 0540 in Roskilde Municipality, Sjælland, Denmark

Wife of Helgi (Halfdansson) Halvdansson — married 0564 in Denmark

Descendants

Died 0569 at about age 29 in Leidra, Norway

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Relationships between historical figures could have been simplified or even fabricated in the text to give the impression that succession remained within the same family….Precise chronology is also difficult to assess from the Sagas….The conclusion must be that the tight family network described in the Sagas is unlikely to be correct and that the relationships shown below should be treated with considerable caution. http://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/NORWEGIAN%20NOBILITY.htm

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-Dotter, -Datter, -Dottir are all the same ending, meaning "daughter" in Scandinavia, and attached behind the father's first name. A woman kept her birth name all her life and did not take on her husband's last name as her own until about 100-200 years ago.

Ynglingasaga

Alov the Great was the wife of Geirthjof, King of Saxland (the coast of Holstein on the Baltic). Once, when her husband was away, her home was plundered by Adils Ottarsson. He stole a herd of cattle and carried off the people who were attending the animals among whom was a girl, Yrsa, Alov's daughter. Many years later Alov paid a visit to Denmark and found Yrsa who was by this time wife of Helge Halfdansson. It was then revealed that Helge was Yrsa's father. The girl returned to her previous abductor/husband, Adils. ^[1]

Sources

1. ↑ Snorri Sturluson: Sagas of the Norse Kings. Ynglingasaga: Translated by Samuel Laing, revised by Peter Foote MA. Everyman's Library Dutton New York SBN 460 00847 1 Page 29

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