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The Bastard Kings and their families

This is series of posts are complementary to this historical parallels post from the JON SNOW FORTNIGHT EVENT, and it's purpouse to discover the lives of medieval bastard kings, and the following posts are meant to collect portraits of those kings and their close relatives.

In many cases it's difficult to find contemporary art of their period, so some of the portrayals are subsequent.

1) Magnus I of Norway (c. 1015 – 1066), son of Olaf II of Norway and Alfhild

2) His father, Olaf II of Norway (c. 995 – 1030), son of Harald Grenske and his wife Åsta Gudbrandsdatter

3) His great-great-grandfather, Harald Fairhair (c. 850 – c. 932), son of Halfdan the Black and his wife Ragnhild Sigurdsdatter

4) His daughter, Ragnhild Magnusdatter; with her husband Haakon Ivarsson

5) His sister, Wulfhild of Norway (1020 – 1071), daughter of Olaf II of Norway and his wife Astrid Olofsdotter

6) His brother-in-law, Ordulf of Saxony (c. 1022 – 1072), son of Bernard II of Saxony and his wife Eilika of Schweinfurt

7) His nephew, Magnus of Saxony (c. 1045 –1106), son of Wulfhild of Norway and Ordulf of Saxony

8) His uncle, Harald III of Norway ( c. 1015 – 1066), son of Sigurd Syr and Åsta Gudbrandsdatter