Ragnvald II Brusisson 19th Jarl of Orkney 
Ragnvald II Brusisson 19th Jarl of was born in 1011 in Orkney, Orkney Islands, Scotland. Ragnvald II Brusisson 19th Jarl of's father was Brusi Sigurdsson 16th Jarl of Orkney and his mother was Ostrida Regenwaldsdottir. His paternal grandparents were Sigurd II "Digri" Hlodvesson 14th Jarl of Sigurd "Digri" , 14th Jarl of Orkney and Unknown First Wives. He was an only child. He died at the age of 35 in December 1046 in Papa Stronsay, Orkney Islands, Scotland.General Notes
EARLDOM of ORKNEY [NOR] - subject to King of Norway until after 1379
Ragnvald II Brusisson, Jarl of two-thirds at Orkney Autumn 1038, b. 1011. He was taken by his father to Norway in the spring of 1021 and left as a hostage with St. Olaf (1021-1028), attended him into exile at Novgorod, returned with him to Norway, and was defeated with him at the battle of Stikklestad (29 July 1030); but he escaped to Sweden with St. Olafís half-brother Harald Hardradi, then aged about fifteen and wounded in the battle. Thence in the spring of 1031 they went to Novgorod, where the Grand Duke Yaroslav made Harold, Ragnvald and his son Eilif, officers in his guard (Landvarnar-madr). Ragnvald, who "had the wardership of the land in the summers but was in Holmgard (Novgorod) in the winters," returned to Norway with Magnus the Good (then aged 11), son of St. Olaf, in 1036. As a result of the quarrel which ended this alliance, Jarl Ragnvald was killed by Thorfinnís chief minister, Thorkel Fosterer, in Dec. 1046. His wifeís name is not recorded. He had a son Eilif abovenamed, who does not appear ever to have claimed a share of Orkney. [Complete Peerage, X:Appendix A:14]
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Ancestor Pedigree Chart
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- b.~ 0900 in Orkney Islands, Scotland d.> 0977 in Burial Mound, Hoxa, Ronaldsay, Scotland
- b.~ 0942 in Orkney, Orkney Islands, Scotland d.~ 0988 in Hofn, Caithness-shire, Scotland
- b.~ 0910 in Caithness-shire, Scotland
- b.~ 0965 in Orkney Islands, Scotland d.23 Apr 1014 in Battle at Clontarf, Dublin, Ireland
- b.~ 0915 in Ossory, Ireland
- b.~ 0945 in Ossory, Ireland d. in Orkney Islands, Scotland
- b.~ 0988 in Orkney, Orkney Islands, Scotland d.>31 Aug 1030
- b.~ 0963 in Orkney Islands, Scotland
- b.1011 in Orkney, Orkney Islands, Scotland d.Dec 1046 in Papa Stronsay, Orkney Islands, Scotland
- b.~ 0990 in Gothland, Sweden
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Children
Robert de Brus
Robert de was born about 1030 in Bruis, Manche, Normandy, France. He died before 1098 in Skelton Castle, Yorkshire, England.
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