Maria Haraldsdottir (1049 - 1066)

Born 1049 in Norway

Ancestors

Died 25 Sep 1066 at about age 17 in Kincardineshire, Scotland

Biography

She is the daughter of King Harald III Sigurdsson and Ellisif Jarisleifsdatter. ^[1]

It is said that when King Harold set out on his great expedition to England he took Eliabeth and her daughters, Maria and Ingigerd with him. ^[2] It is further said that he left them in Orkney where Maria died in 1066, on the same day as her father. ^[3]

Name: marie /haraldsdatter/

Birth: 1046 Bergen, Hordaland, Norway

Death: 25 SEP 1066 Orkney, Scotland

FROM NORWAY WIKIPEDIA: Maria Haraldsdatter (born ca. 1046, died 25 September 1066) was a Norwegian princess. She was the daughter of Harald Hardrada and Ellisiv of Kiev. When he sailed on (invasion from 1009 to 1012,) against England in 1066, he brought his new wife Tora Torberg Daughter, and her daughter Maria was left in Orkney. The King had promised her to prince Øystein Orre, who was with him at hærtoktet. According to Heimskringla she died in Orkney same day and time as her father was killed in the Battle of Stamford Bridge. Maria Haraldsdatter is the first known Norwegian named Maria.

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 184 "King Harald and Queen Ellisiv had two daughters, the one Maria, the other, Ingigerd"
2. ↑ 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 225
3. ↑ 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 237

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Marriage:

Date: 1045

Place: Ringerike, Buskerud, Norway

Marriage:

Date: 1045

Place: Ringerike, Buskerud, Norway

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