Ingjald Helgasson

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Ingjald Helgasson^[1] was a Hiberno-Norse chieftain of the ninth century CE. According to the Landnamabok he was the son of Helgi, the son of Olaf, the son of Gudrod, the son of Halfdan Hvitbeinn; he was thus distantly related to the Yngling kings of Vestfold and later Norway. According to Eyrbyggja saga, Ingjald's mother was Thora, the daughter of Sigurd Snake-in-the-Eye who was a son of Ragnar Lodbrok.

Ingjald had at least one son, Olaf the White, who became King of Dublin.

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1. ^ 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 Jarl Sverting and his sons."

[edit] References

Forte, Angelo, Richard Oram and Frederik Pedersen. Viking Empires. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2005.