(Earl) Rognvald I EYSTEINSSON 
(Earl) Rognvald I was born in 0837 in Maer, NORWAY. (Earl) Rognvald I's father was (Jarl) Eystein IVARSSON and his mother was Ascrida (Aseda) ROGNVALDSDOTTIR. His paternal grandparents were (Jarl) Ovar HALFDANSSEN and Trygve EYSTEINDOTTIR; his maternal grandfather was Rognvald OLAFSSON. He was an only child. He died at the age of 55 in 0892 in Maer, Nord-Trondelag, NORWAY.General Notes
TITLE: Earl of (SUN)MORE & ROMSDAL
NICK: "The Wise"
NOTE:
He was a Norwegian Viling. Murdered by Harold Fairhair's sons
NOTE:
Rognvald was murdered by Harold Fairhair's sons, Halfdan Haaled (Longleg) and Gudron Lhome (Gleame). The old Vikings had long beards and hair. There came a time when ways began to change and that fashion changed as well. King Harold Fairhair, first king of Norway, was given his name by Earl Rognvald. It happened this way: King Harold was at a feast at Rognvald's holding at More and prepared for it by having a bath and having his long hair washed. Earl Rognavald cut his hair which had been uncut and uncombed for ten years and had caused his name "Lufa" ("Rough Matted Hair"). Such beautiful, abundant, fair hair was revealed after the washing that Rognvald gave him the name "Harold Harfager" (Harold Fairhair). All present agreed.
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Ancestor Pedigree Chart
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- b.~ 0722 d.WFT Est. 762-817
- b.BET. 722-736 in <Oppland, NORWAY> d.766-861
- b.~ 0762 in Western SCANDANAVIA d.0800
- b.~ 0789 in Oppland, NORWAY
- b.~ 0810 in Maer, NORWAY
- b.~ 0738 in Trondheim, Sur-Trondelag, NORWAY
- b.~ 0785 in Trondheim, Sur-Trondelag, NORWAY
- b.0837 in Maer, NORWAY d.0892 in Maer, Nord-Trondelag, NORWAY
- b.WFT Est. 699-742 d.WFT Est. 739-823
- b.~ 0775 in Vestfold, NORWAY d.0840
- b.~ 0782 in Vestfold, NORWAY d.0850
- b.~ 0812 in Maer, NORWAY
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Details of (Earl) Rognvald I's family with (Countess) Hiltrude Raginhilde HROLFSDOTTIR
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