General Notes

REFN: 8780
Rogenwald was a supporter of King Harold Harfagr, and assisted himin
obtaining the mastery over the other independent Norwegian chiefs, and in
establishing himself as King of all Norway. He was Earl of More and
Raumdahl in Norway, and in 888, he obtained from King Harold a grant of
the Orkney and Shetland islands. One of his sons, Rollo, conquered
Neustria, founded theline of sovereign Dukes of Normandy, and was
ancestor to William the Conqueror. [Sir Bernard Burke, Dormant, Abeyant,
Forfeited, and Extinct Peerages, Burke's Peerage, Ltd., London, 1883, p.
492, Sinclair, Earl of Orkney.]
Sources: A. Roots 121E, 243A; Norr; RC 166, 295; History of theVikings;
Russell; Pfafman; Kraentzler 1453, 1593; Falaise Roll, page 80; Norr,p59.
Roots: Ragnvald I, "the Wise," Jarl of North and South More, and ofRamsdel
in Norway, seen 867,died 890. More also spelled Moer and Maer.
RC: Rognvald Eysteinsson "the Wise", Jarl of More, a Norwegian Viking.
K: Regenwald de Maere & de Reumdahl in Norway. Ragnivald I, Count deMaere.
Russell: Rogvald, Jarl of More, A.D. 885.
EARLDOM of ORKNEY [NOR] - subject to King of Norway until after 1379
RAGNVALD Ithe Wise, called the Morejarl, son of Eystein Glumra, Jarl of
the Uplandersin Norway, grandson of Ivar son of Halfdan the Old, was
made Jarl of North and South More and of Raumsdal in Norway by King
Harald Haarfagri after his victory of Solskiel circa 869 over Hunthiof,
King of More, and Nokve, King of Raumsdal. In that year he surprised
Vermund, King of Fiordeland, at Notsdal andburned him in his hall with
90 men. Later King Harald married his sister Swanhilda and had issue, In
(?) 874 King Harald made an expedition to the Nordreys (Orkney and
Shetland) to enforce his authority over those who had fled thither in
order to escape from it in Norway. Either during this expedition or
previously at the battle of Hafrsfiord circa 872 Ivar, the eldest son of
Ragnvald, was killed and the King gave the Orkneys and Shetlands to
Ragnvald ascompensation. When the King started home for Norway, (?)
Spring 875, Ragnvald, who went with him, gave the islands to his brother
Sigurd, and the King confirmed the transfer, Ragnvald was surprised in
his hall and burned alive circa 894 by Halfdan Haaleg and Gudred Liomi,
King Harald's sons by Snaefrid, dau. of Swasi.
By his wife Ragnhild, dau. of Hrolf Nefia, he had 3 sons: Ivar, who was
killed in battle ut supra, Rolf the Ganger, afterwards 1st Duke of
Normandy, and Thori the Silent, who was made Jarl of More in succession
to hisfather by King Harald Haarfagri circa 894, after Gudred Liomi, who
had seizedMore on the death of Jarl Ragnvald, had been dispossessed by
the King. By anearlier union with a nameless girl, whose kindred were
all slave-born, Ragnvald had 3 sons, described as bastards: Hallad, 4th
Earl of Orkney, Turf-Einar, 5th Earl of Orkney, and Hrollaug, an
unwarlike man, who settled at Eyiafiord in Iceland and had issue.
[Complete Peerage, X:Appendix A:3-4]
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Rogenwald was a supporter of King Harold Harfagr, and assisted him in
obtaining the mastery over the other independent Norwegian chiefs, and in
establishing himself as King of all Norway. He was Earl of More and
Raumdahl in Norway, and in 888, he obtained from King Harold a grant of
the Orkney and Shetland islands. One of his sons, Rollo, conquered
Neustria, founded the line of sovereign Dukes of Normandy, and was
ancestor to William the Conqueror. [Sir Bernard Burke, Dormant, Abeyant,
Forfeited, and Extinct Peerages, Burke's Peerage, Ltd., London, 1883, p.
492, Sinclair, Earl of Orkney]

Note:
Acceded: Abt 872. Buried: 893.
Aka Rognvald Mere-Earl.

[Brøderbund WFT Vol. 25, Ed. 1, Tree #0348, Date of Import: Nov 20, 1998]

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