Tora Mosterstang 1 2
- Marriage: Harald I Halvdansson Hårfagre (Lufa) of Norway
General Notes:
From Snorre Sturlasson: Harald Hårfagre's Saga:
"40. BIRTH OF HAKON THE GOOD.
... When Harald was seventy years of age he begat a son with a girl called Thora Mosterstang, because her family came from Moster. She was descended from good people, being connected with Kare (Aslakson) of Hordaland; and was moreover a very stout and remarkably handsome girl. She was called the king's servant-girl; for at that time many were subject to service to the king who were of good birth, both men and women. Then it was the custom, with people of consideration, to choose with great care the man who should pour water over their children, and give them a name. Now when the time came that Thora, who was then at Moster, expected her confinement, she would to King Harald, who was then living at Saeheim; and she went northwards in a ship belonging to Earl Sigurd. They lay at night close to the land; and there Thora brought forth a child upon the land, up among the rocks, close to the ship's gangway, and it was a man child. Earl Sigurd poured water over him, and called him Hakon, after his own father, Hakon earl of Hlader. The boy soon grew handsome, large in size, and very like his father King Harald. King Harald let him follow his mother, and they were both in the king's house as long as he was an infant."
Noted events in her life were:
• She was employed. Servant-girl
Tora married Harald I Halvdansson Hårfagre (Lufa) of Norway, son of Halvdan "den Svarte" Gudrødsson and Ragnhild Sigurdsdatter. (Harald I Halvdansson Hårfagre (Lufa) of Norway was born circa 860 and died circa 940.)
|