100 CHRONICLE OF THE SAGA IX. Chapter CIV. Of King Ilarald Sigurdsson. and their daughters Avere EMd and Ingeborg. Elrid was married to King Magnus; and they had a daugh- ter, Christine, married to Reidar Sendeman. Thorer Skirfell had been married before to Elrid, and had two sons by her, Kiniad and Thorgrim Klofe ; and after King Magnus Haraldsson's death* she, Elrid, married the lagman in Gotland, and had a son called Harald. Among Ingeborg's sons was Thorstein Skolm-OUd. Rangrid was afterwards married to Frederic Kiaena, and their daughter was called Astrid. Ingerid, a daughter of Guttorm of Reine, was married to Gut- torm Ostmansson of Jemteland. Guttorm of Reine afterwards married Bergliot, and their son was called Asulf, whose daughter Thorbiorg was married to Eric GrifFel ; and they had also a son called Asulf. Thor- biorg afterwards was married to the king's relative Reider. Guttorm of Reine married afterwards Sigrid, a daughter of Thorkel and Halkatla. Halkatla was a daughter of Swend Bryniulfsson and Ingerid, a sister of Canute the Great f; and Swend was a brother of Swerker in Sogn. Guttorm's and Sigrid's son was Baard Guttormsson; first married with Ulfhild, a daughter of Paul the bishop, afterwards with Cecilia, a daughter of King Sigurd Haraldsson ; and their children were King Inge, Duke Skule, Guttorm, and a daughter Sigrid. One year after King Harald' s fall his body was transported from England north to Nidaros, and was buried in Mary church which he had built. It was a common observation, that King Harald distinguished himself above all other men by wisdom and resources of mind ; whether he had to take a resolution suddenly
- It was not to King Magnus Haraldsson, but to King Magnus
Erlingsson that this Elrid had been married. t This Canute the Great (Riki) has been some nobleman, or other considerable personage, not Canute the king. The term is applied to any powerful man of great wealth and influence.
