Geira (ca. 965 â 985) was a Wendish princess attested by Old Norse sagas who allegedly ruled over territory near the border of Germania before marrying a young ÃÂláfr Tryggvasonr.
According to Oddr Snorrason's ÃÂláfs saga Tryggvasonar and Snorri Sturluson's Heimskringla, she was the daughter of the Wendish king Burislav and the sister of Gunnhild, who married Sveinn Forkbeard, and ÃÂstrÃÂðr, who married jarl Sigvaldi Strut-Haraldsson. This account of her family presents several problems of chronology.
Both sagas present Geira as sole ruler of her own territory, with a lieutenant named Dixin, at the time of ÃÂláfr Tryggvasonr's arrival in Wendland, which would have been in the 980s. Oddr specifies that she was already widowed by that time.
ÃÂláfr overwintered in Wendland, becoming close to Geira and marrying her that winter. Oddr Snorrason has an extended wooing scene with Dixin as go-between which, being more romantic than most saga material, may have been inspired by romantic or classical material.
ÃÂláfr stayed in Wendland for three years, making sure Geira's rebellious subjects continued paying tribute to her, until she died of an illness. Grieving greatly over her death, ÃÂláfr left Wendland.