Rognvald "The Wise" Eysteinsson 
Rognvald "The Wise" was born about 0840. Rognvald "The Wise"'s father was Eystein "Glumra" Ivarsson and his mother was Aseda Rognvaldsdotter. His paternal grandparents were Ivar "Oplaendinge" Halfdansson and Gundella De Bellensted; his maternal grandfather was Rognvald Olafsson. He had a brother named Malahule (Haldrick). He was the older of the two children.General Notes
Name Suffix:<NSFX> Jarl Of More
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.
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Ancestor Pedigree Chart
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*There are earlier generations for the ancestor(s) indicated. See their page(s) for details (click name)
- b.~ 0704 in Romerike, , Norway
- b.~ 0726 d.~ 0760
- b.~ 0708
- b.~ 0678 in Holtum, Vestfold, Norway d.~ 0800 in Borre, Vestfold, Norway
- b.~ 0692
- b.~ 0722
- b.> 0783
- b.~ 0772 in Holtum, Vestfold, Norway
- b.~ 0800 in Maer, Norway
- b.~ 0765
- b.~ 0840
- b.~ 0704 in Romerike, , Norway
- b.~ 0738 in Vestfold, Norway d.~ 0810
- b.~ 0708
- b.~ 0770 in Norway d.~ 0840
- b.~ 0705
- b.~ 0740
- b.~ 0790 in Jutland d.~ 0850
- b.~ 0812 in Maer, Norway
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Family Notes
CHAN17 May 2004
They had a son named Duke Of Normandy.
Family Notes
CHAN17 May 2004
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