Hildr Hrólfsdóttir
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According to Scandinavian medieval sources Hildr or Ragnhildr Hrólfsdóttir was Hrólfr nefja's daughter. She married Rögnvald, jarl of Møre
. They had three sons: Ívarr, Hrólfr, nicknamed Göngu-Hrölfr and better known as Rollo
, and Þórir.
Hrólfr used to go on Viking
expeditions. One summer he plundered the Vík
. This aroused king Haraldr hárfagri
's anger and he was banished.
Hildr appealed unsuccessfully for clemency. On this occasion she composed a scaldic stanza (lausavísa
), which is one of the few testimonies of scaldic poetry composed by a woman that has come down to us.
Møre
Møre is the name of two traditional districts in different parts of Scandinavia.*Møre og Romsdal, Norway.*Möre, Sweden....
. They had three sons: Ívarr, Hrólfr, nicknamed Göngu-Hrölfr and better known as Rollo
Rollo of Normandy
Rollo , baptised Robert and so sometimes numbered Robert I to distinguish him from his descendants, was a Norse nobleman of Norwegian or Danish descent and founder and first ruler of the Viking principality in what soon became known as Normandy...
, and Þórir.
Hrólfr used to go on Viking
Viking
The term Viking is customarily used to refer to the Norse explorers, warriors, merchants, and pirates who raided, traded, explored and settled in wide areas of Europe, Asia and the North Atlantic islands from the late 8th to the mid-11th century.These Norsemen used their famed longships to...
expeditions. One summer he plundered the Vík
Viken
Viken was the historical name for the district in southeastern Norway, including the area surrounding the Oslofjord and Skagerrak, the strait running between Norway and the southwest coast of Sweden and the Jutland peninsula of Denmark.-History:...
. This aroused king Haraldr hárfagri
Harald I of Norway
Harald Fairhair or Harald Finehair , , son of Halfdan the Black, was the first king of Norway.-Background:Little is known of the historical Harald...
's anger and he was banished.
Hildr appealed unsuccessfully for clemency. On this occasion she composed a scaldic stanza (lausavísa
Lausavísa
In Old Norse poetry and later Icelandic poetry, a lausavísa is a single stanza composition, or a set of stanzas unconnected by narrative or thematic continuity....
), which is one of the few testimonies of scaldic poetry composed by a woman that has come down to us.