Click to expand/collapse all other details

Male Earl Of Orkney Sigurd I The Earl Of Orkney/Eysteinsson Click to view Earl Of Orkney Sigurd I The Earl Of Orkney/Eysteinsson in the family tree

Sigurd I was born about 0836 in Maer, Nord Trondelag, Norway.  Sigurd I's father was (Jarl Of The Uplands) Eystein "The Chatterer" Glumru Ivarsson (Jarl Of The Uplands) and his mother was Ascrida (Aseda) Ragnvaldsdottir.  His paternal grandparents were Jarl Of Norway Ivar I Oplaendinge Halfdansson Jarl Of Norway and Miss Eysteinsdatter; his maternal grandfather was Rognvald Olafsson. He had four brothers and a sister, named Sigurd, Malahule (Haldrick), Rognvald "The Wise", Thurstan De and Swanhild.  He was the third youngest of the six children.  He died in 0874 in Orkney, Orkney Islands.

Page last modified