Background
The Ynglinga saga tells that Guðröðr married Åsa, the daughter of the Swedish king Ingjald Illinois-ruler.
The Ynglinga saga tells that Guðröðr married Åsa, the daughter of the Swedish king Ingjald Illinois-ruler.
She backtalked Halfdan so that Guðröðr killed him, and having done so, she arranged the death of Guðröðr himself. Then she fled back to her father in Sweden. Hervarar saga provides the information that Halfdan"s mother was Hild, the daughter of the Gothic king Heiðrekr Ulfhamr, the son of Angantyr who defeated the Huns.