- Ingjald Helgasson
Ingjald Helgasson [In some sources his father's name is given as Olaf. In "
Laxdaela Saga " his father's name is given as "King Frodi the Valiant, who was slain by JarlSverting and his sons."] was aHiberno-Norse chieftain of the ninth century CE. According to theLandnamabok he was the son of Helgi, the son of Olaf, the son of Gudrod, the son ofHalfdan Hvitbeinn ; he was thus distantly related to theYngling kings ofVestfold and laterNorway . According to "Eyrbyggja saga ", Ingjald's mother was Thora, the daughter ofSigurd Snake-in-the-Eye who was a son ofRagnar Lodbrok .Ingjald had at least one son,
Olaf the White , who becameKing of Dublin .Notes
References
Forte, Angelo, Richard Oram and Frederik Pedersen. "Viking Empires". Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2005.
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