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==Family==
All sources describe him as the son of [[Ivar Vidfamne]]'s daughter [[Auðr the Deep-Minded]] (but ''[[Hervarar saga]]'' calls her Alfhild). According to ''[[Sögubrot]]'', ''[[Njal's Saga]]'' and the ''[[Lay of Hyndla]]'', Harald was the son of [[Hrœrekr Ringslinger]] (slöngvanbaugi), the king of [[Zealand (Denmark)|Zealand]]. ''Sögubrot'' relates that his mother later married [[Raðbarðr]], the king of [[Garðaríki]] and they had the son [[Randver]]. However, according to ''Hervarar saga'', both Harald and [[Randver]] were the sons of [[Valdar]] and [[Alfhild]]. ''Njal's Saga'' adds that Harald had the son Þrándr the Old (hinn gamli) who was the ancestor of one of the characters in the saga.<ref>[http://www.northvegr.org/lore/njal/010.php#bottom1 ''Njal's saga'', on Valgard (see the note)]</ref> ''Sögubrot'' also mentions that he had a son named Þrándr the Old (gamli), but also adds a second son, Hrœrekr Ringslinger (slöngvandbaugi), who apparently was named exactly like his grandfather. ''[[Landnámabók]]'' informs that this Hrœrekr Ringslinger the younger had a son named
[[Saxo Grammaticus]]' ''[[Gesta Danorum]]'' does not mention any Ivar Vidfamne, and gives two different versions of Harald's ancestry. First Saxo writes that Harald was the son of the [[Skåne|Scanian]] chieftain Borkar and a woman named Gro. Later Saxo has forgotten about this and writes that Harald was the son of Halfdan, Borkar's son, and a woman named Gyrid, the last member of the [[Skjöldung]]s.
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