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Important Families in Ostland
Cnute Clan
The kings, and many jarls of the northern reaches trace their lineage back to the line of Canute, often falsely so however.
Cnute Bearchest of Zealand, King Cnute of Ostland 478-?, m. Gudrid
1. Brand, King of Ostland (AC#-AC#)(under the regency of Queen Gudrid until AC?)
1.1. ?
1.?.?. Hord Dark-Eye, King of Ostland, m.1st Rhora Anlafsdottir (d. 990 in childbirth), m.2nd (c. 995) Yrsa Svalasdottir The Young (dau. of Svala the Tall)
1.?.?.1. Alfgeir Hordson (d. 990, killed by Stefania Torion on wedding night), m. 990 Stefania Torion (daughter of Thincol Torion)
1.?.?.2. Child (son?), lost in childbrith in 990
1.?.?.3. Finn Hordson (b.c. 995)
1.?.?.4. Geir Hordson (b.c. 996)
2. Eirik, to Vestland
3. Sven, to Vestland
4. Hrafn, to Vestland
note: Yrsa Svalasdottir and Gunnhild Svalasdottir are half-sisters yet have the same mother, Svala the Tall (d.991), but if They are half-sisters and share a mother, why are they both 'Svalasdottir'?