Sigurd I Riki Eysteinsson 2nd Jarl of Orkney 
Sigurd I Riki Eysteinsson 2nd Jarl of was born about 0850 in Maer, Nord-Trondelag, Norway. Sigurd I Riki Eysteinsson 2nd Jarl of's father was Eystein "Glumra" Ivarsson , Jarl of the Upplands and his mother was Aseda Rognvaldsdottir. He had three brothers and a sister, named Rognvald "The Wise", Malahule Ha, Turstan de and Swanhilda. He was the third oldest of the five children. He died about 0892 in Orkney Islands, Scotland (of blood poisoning).General Notes
EARLDOM of ORKNEY [NOR] - subject to King of Norway until after 1379
Sigurd I Riki, the Mighty, received the Earldom of Orkney and Shetland (the Nordreys) from his brother and was confirmed as Jarl by the King Harald Haarfagri circa Spring 875. In alliance with Thorstein the Red he conquered what is now Caithness and Sutherland and parts of Ross and Moray. Circa 892 he defeated Maelbrigte Tooth "the Scottish Earl" (? Mormaer of Moray) and cut off his head. He died of bloodpoisoning from the wound caused by Maelbrigteís tooth as the head dangled by Sigurdís knee, circa 892, and was buried at Sydero on the Dornoch Firth at the estuary of the Ekkialsbakki. The name of his wife is not recorded. [Complete Peerage, X:Appendix A:4]
Note: His son Guthorm was the 3rd Jarl of Orkney, as described below:
Guthorm, s. and h., suc, as Jarl of Orkney and Shetland, ruled for one winter, and d, s.p., circa 893. On hearing of his nephewís death, Jarl Ragnvald sent his eldest illegitimate son,
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