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King Halfdan II "Milldi" EYSTEINSSON, Of Vestfold
750 - 802 (52 years)-
Name Halfdan II "Milldi" EYSTEINSSON Prefix King Suffix Of Vestfold Nickname Milldi Birth 750 Holtum, Vestfold, Norway 
Gender Male FamilySearch ID GJM2-7V8 Group KING - Designated Royal King
Name Milldi _UID C02D801566154E6EBC5E4C58BBC0FDD4C339 Death 802 Borre, Vestfold, Norway Person ID I520 Carney Wehofer 2024 Genealogy Last Modified 27 Dec 2022
Father King Eyestein "The Fart" HALFDANSSON, b. Abt 736, Raumike, Vestfold, Norway d. 780 (Age ~ 44 years) Mother Hildi ERIKSDOTTIR, b. Abt 740, Vestfold, Norway d. Yes, date unknown Family ID F330 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Lifa (Hilf) DAGSDOTTIR, b. 757, Vestmare, Norway d. Yes, date unknown Children 1. Ivar Vid Fame HALFDANSSON, b. Oppland, Norway d. Yes, date unknown2. King Gudrod Veiðikonung HALFDANSSON, b. Abt 780, Holtum, Vestfold, Norway d. 821, Sogn, Oppland, Norway (Age ~ 41 years)Family ID F328 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 29 Aug 2016
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Notes - Eystein, we are told, was succeeded by his son Halfdan the Generous and the Stingy of Food . Halfdan gained this title by paying his men generously in coin but poorly in food. He die d of a malady, was duly buried in a mound beside his father Eystein.
King of Vestfold (0780-0800)
Death 1 . in Holtar, Vestfold.
He died there, in his chief house, on the bed of sickness.
Event·called Halfdan the Mild, but the Bad Entertainer; that is to say, he was reported to be generous, and to give his men as much gold as other kings gave of silver, but he starved them in their diet
Burial in Borre, Raden, near Vodle, Vestfold.·He was buried at Borre under a mound. So says Thjodolf: -- "By Hel's summons, a great king Was called away to Odin's Thing: King Halfdan, he who dwelt of late At Holtar, must obey grim Fate. At Borre, in the royal mound, They laid the hero in the ground."
Event ·a great warrior, who had been long on viking cruises, and had collected great property
- Eystein, we are told, was succeeded by his son Halfdan the Generous and the Stingy of Food . Halfdan gained this title by paying his men generously in coin but poorly in food. He die d of a malady, was duly buried in a mound beside his father Eystein.