Agnar Yngvarsson (abt. 578)

Died [date unknown] in Lejre, Roskilde, Denmark

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.

Ynglingasaga

Agnar son of Yngvar and brother of Alf. Burned to death along with his father, Yngvar and his brother Alf at the inheritance feast of Ingjald the Bad. ^[1]

Skáldskaparmál

Agnar is son of Bragi the Old, and is father of Alf, father of Eiric, father of Hild, mother of Halfdan, father of Gudrod the Hunter, father of Halfdan the Black, father of Harald Fairhair. ^[2]

Sources

1. ↑ Snorri Sturluson: Sagas of the Norse Kings. Translated by Samuel Laing, revised by Peter Foote MA. Everyman's Library Dutton New York SBN 460 00847 1 Page 32 and Page 34
2. ↑ Wikipedia: Halfdan the Old

• This person was created through the import of Rodney Timbrook Ancestors and Relatives_2010-09-10.ged on 10 September 2010.
• This person was created on 21 March 2011 through the import of LJ Pellman Consolidated Family_2011-03-21.ged.