Sigurd I Riki Eysteinsson Of Orkney 
Sigurd I Riki Eysteinsson Of was born about 0852 in Maer, Nord-Trondelag, Norway.1 Sigurd I Riki Eysteinsson Of's father was Eystein "Glumra" Ivarson Of Norway and his mother was Aseda Rognvaldsdatter. His paternal grandparents were Ivar "Oplaendinge" Halfdansson Of Norway and NN Of Trondheim; his maternal grandfather was Rognvald Olafsson. He had three brothers and a sister, named Rognwald "The Wise" Eysteinson Of, Malahule (Haldrick) Eysteinsson Of, Turstan and Schwanhilde Of. He was the third oldest of the five children. He died about 0892 in Orkney Islands, Scotland (of blood poisoning).1 General Notes
[Joanne's Tree.1 GED.GED]
[Etienne De Coligny.FTW]
[Richard I De Normandy.ged]
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 Maelbrigte’s tooth as the head dangled by Sigurd’s 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 nephew’s death, Jarl Ragnvald sent his eldest illegitimate son,
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Ancestor Pedigree Chart
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- b.~ 0778 in Uppland, Norway d.Deceased
- b.~ 0780 in Maer, Nord Trondelag, Norway d.> 0880 in Maer, Nord Trondelag, Norway
- b.~ 0720 in Trondheim, Norway d.Deceased
- b.~ 0852 in Maer, Nord-Trondelag, Norway d.~ 0892 in Orkney Islands, Scotland (of blood poisoning)
- b.~ 0790 in Jutland, Norway d.~ 0850
- b.~ 0825 in Maer, Nord-Trondelag, Norway d.Deceased in Norway
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1 Joanne's Tree.1 GED.GED
Further sources/citations:
Richard I De Normandy.ged, Etienne De Coligny.FTW
Further sources/citations:
Richard I De Normandy.ged, Etienne De Coligny.FTW
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