Gudrod Bjornsson

  General Notes:

Marriage: Unknown
Died: Between 963 and 968, Tønsberg, Vestfold, Norway
Cause of his death was he was killed.
General Notes:
Gudrød var konge i Vestfold etter at hans far, Bjørn Farmann, ble drept. Senere var han konge i Viken. Han fikk sitte med styret sammen med sin fetter, Trygve Olavsson, mens Håkon Adalsteinsfostre ("den Gode") var rikskonge.From Snorre Sturlasson: Håkon the Good's Saga:"2. KING HAKON'S PROGRESS THROUGH THE COUNTRY.Early in winter (935), the king went to the Uplands, and summoned the people to a Thing; and there streamed all to him who could come. He was proclaimed king at every Thing; and then he proceeded eastward to Viken, where his brother's sons, Trygve and Gudrod, and many others, came unto him, and complained of the sorrow and evil his brother Eirik had wrought. The hatred to King Eirik grew more and more, the more liking all men took to King Hakon; and they got more boldness to say what they thought. King Hakon gave Trygve and Gudrod the title of kings, and the dominions which King Harald had bestowed on their fathers. Trygve got Ranrike and Vingulmark, and Gudrod, Vestfold; but as they were young, and in the years of childhood, he appointed able men to rule the land for them. He gave them the country on the same conditions as it had been given before, -- that they should have half of the scat and revenues with him. Towards spring King Hakon returned north, over the Uplands, to Throndhjem."Gudrød was killed in Tønsberg by the deceit of Gunhild - the son, probably, of Harald Gråfeld. From Snorre Sturlasson: Saga of King Harald Grafeld and of Earl Hakon Son of Sigurd:"9. KING TRYGVE OLAFSON'S MURDER.It happened one harvest (A.D. 962) that Earl Hakon, on a journey in the Uplands, came to Hedemark; and King Trygve Olafson and King Gudrod Bjornson met him there, and Dale-Gudbrand also came to the meeting. They had agreed to meet, and they talked together long by themselves; but so much only was known of their business, that they were to be friends of each other. They parted, and each went home to his own kingdom. Gunhild and her sons came to hear of this meeting, and they suspected it must have been to lay a treasonable plot against the kings (Gunnhild's sons); and they often talked of this among themselves. ...""10. KING GUDROD'S FALL.King Harald sailed far outside of the rocks and isles; but set his course to Viken, and came in the night-time to Tunsberg, and heard that Gudrod Bjornson was at a feast a little way up the country. Then King Harald set out immediately with his followers, came in the night, and surrounded the house. King Gudrod Bjornson went out with his people; but after a short resistance he fell, and many men with him. Then King Harald joined his brother King Gudrod, and they subdued all Viken."
Noted events in his life were:
• He was a King in Vestfold.