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Álof árbót (‘Improvement of Prosperity’) Haraldsdottir was a daughter of King Harald Fairhair and member of the ninth-century ruling family of Møre.
According to Heimskringla, Álof was the first child of Harald Fairhair and Gyða Eiriksdottir.[1] She was given in marriage to Thórir þegjandi (‘the Silent’) of Møre after two of Harald’s sons killed Thórir’s father Rǫgnvaldr.[2] They had a daughter, Bergljót.[3]
Orkneyinga saga also includes this episode, specifying that Álof was given to Thórir i fǫðurbœtr (in compensation for his father’s death).[4]
Álof is mentioned as the daughter of Harald, wife of Thórir, and mother of Bergljót in Landnámabók. Bergljót married Sigurðr Hákonsson, Jarl of Lade and was mother of Hákon Sigurðsson.[5]
Her nickname, árbót, has been translated as ‘Improvement of Prosperity,’[1] ‘Season’s Blessing,’[6] and ‘Who-Makes-the-Harvests-Better.’[7] Jan Rüdiger notes, ‘the compound...is reminiscent of the agrarian aspect of sacred kinship (the set phrase ár ok fríðr “[good harvest] year and peace” sums up ‘good’ kingship), in which the princess—or the hypothetical narrative figure who became Harald and Gyða’s daughter during the textualizations of the saga—had a share.’[6]
References
- ^ a b Snorri Sturluson: Heimskringla I (PDF). Translated by Finlay, Alison; Faulkes, Anthony. 2016. p. 68.
- ^ Ibid., p. 76.
- ^ Ibid., p. 83.
- ^ Nordal, Sigurður, ed. (1913). Orkneyinga saga. p. 11.
- ^ "Landnámabók (Sturlubók)". www.snerpa.is. Retrieved 2023-11-15.
- ^ a b Rüdiger, Jan (2020-09-24). All the King’s Women: Polygyny and Politics in Europe, 900–1250. BRILL. p. 81. ISBN 978-90-04-34951-3.
- ^ Lincoln, Bruce (2014). Between History and Myth. University of Chicago Press. p. 141. ISBN 978-0-226-14092-6.
