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Helga Moddansdóttir

Also Known As: "Maddannsdatter", "Moddansdatter", "Helga Moddansdóttir"
Birthdate:
Birthplace: Dalr, Caithness-Shire, Scotland (United Kingdom)
Death: between circa 1103 and circa 1108 (19-42)
Orkney Islands, Scotland (United Kingdom)
Place of Burial: Caithness, Scotland
Immediate Family:

Daughter of Moddan, of Dalr and Wife of Moddan of Dalr
Partner of Hakon "The Imperious" Palson, Jarl of Orkney
Mother of Harald "The Orator" "Slettmali" Hakonsson, Earl Of Orkney; Ingebjörg Hákonardóttir and Margrét Hákonardóttir, countess of Orkney
Sister of Ottar Moddansson, Jarl of Thurso; Magnus `Orfi` Moddansson; Thorliot Caithness Moddanson; Thorleiv Moddansdatter; Wife of Saint Ragnvald III, Earl of Orkneys Moddansdóttir and 1 other

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About Helga Moddansdóttir

Mistress (1): HELGA, daughter of MODDAN of Dalr in Caithness & his wife ---. Orkneyinga Saga names “Helga” daughter of “a farmer…Moddan…living in the Dales of Caithness” as “Earl Hakon´s mistress”[942]. Her stepson banished her and her sister Frakok to the latter's estates in Helmsdale, Sutherland after the death of her son [1131]. >>Hakon had three illegitimate children by her.(Cawley's Medlands)

[In plain words, her father was NOT a Mormaer of Caithness or any place else. Maven]

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Helga Moddansdóttir's Timeline

1075
1075
Birth of Helga Moddansdóttir
Dalr, Caithness-Shire, Scotland (United Kingdom)
1103
1103
Age 28
Death of Helga Moddansdóttir at Orkney Islands
Orkney Islands, Scotland (United Kingdom)
1104
1104
Birth of Harald "The Orator" "Slettma...
Orkney, Orkney Islands, Scotland
1106
1106
Birth of Ingebjörg Hákonardóttir
Scotland (United Kingdom)
1108
1108
Birth of Margrét Hákonardóttir, countess of Orkney
Norse Orkney, Orkney Islands, Scotland
1108
Age 28
Burial of Helga Moddansdóttir
Caithness, Scotland (United Kingdom)
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