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- King of Raumerike and Vestfold Eysteinn "the Fart" Hálfdanarson was the son of King of Raumerike Hálfdan Hvítbeinn Óláfsson and Ása Eysteinsdóttir.1 King at Raumerike.1 King of Raumerike and Vestfold Eysteinn "the Fart" Hálfdanarson was given Vestfold to rule over after his father took possession of Eystein's deceased father-in-law's territory.1 He married Hild Eiríksdóttir, daughter of King of Vestfold Eiríkr Agnarsson.1 King of Raumerike and Vestfold Eysteinn "the Fart" Hálfdanarson was the successor of King of Raumerike Hálfdan Hvítbeinn Óláfsson; King of Vestfold.2 King of Raumerike and Vestfold Eysteinn "the Fart" Hálfdanarson went with some ships of war to Varna, the land of King Skjold, and plundered there, and carried away all he could find of clothes or other valuables, and of peasants' stock, and killed cattle on the strand for provision, and then began his return home.1 He died at died. King Skjold of Varna came to the strand with his army, just as Eystein was at such a distance over the fjord that King Skjold could only see his sails. Then he took his cloak, waved it, and blew into it. King Eystein was sitting at the helm as they sailed in past Jarls, and another ship was sailing at the side of his, when there came a stroke of a wave, by which the boom of the other ship struck the king and threw him overboard, which proved his death.1 King of Raumerike and Vestfold Eysteinn "the Fart" Hálfdanarson was buried in Borre, Raden, near Vodle, Vestfold, Norway. His men fished up his body, and it was carried into Borre, where a mound was thrown up over it, out towards the sea at Raden, near Vodle.
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