General Notes

[JamesLinage.GED]

[feonadorf.ged]

A Norwegian Viking. He supported King Harold Fairhair in an attempt to unify Norway.[Direct Linage1.FTW]

[JamesLinage.GED]

[feonadorf.ged]

A Norwegian Viking. He supported King Harold Fairhair in an attempt to unify Norway.

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[charlemegne.FTW]

Ragnvald I the wise of More, aka Rognvald Mere-Earl. acceded abo ut 872

Ragnvald I, "the Wise", Jarl of North and South More, and of Ram sdal in Norway, see 867, d. 890; m. Hiltrude (or Raginhilde), da u. Hrolf Nefia.

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Glumra Eystein the Noisy, Jarl of the Uplanders.

Eystein Glumra, Jarl of the Upplands,  California. 830, said to have fath ered two known children, Swanhild, wife of Harald, King of Norwa y; and Ragnvald I, "the Wise".
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bk&q chart 27 on p 439 "Danish and Norse Kingdoms--Earls of Orkney" and pp 385, 440, 441-2, 498

p 498 "William (the Conqueror) was descended from RAGNALD, the ancestor of the earls of Orkney."

p 385 (under Olaf the White) ". . . The historical record is vague about Olaf's fate. One record suggests that he became involved with RAGNALD in the battle to clear the Orkneys of Norse pirates and was killed at the battle of Hafrsfiord in 872. . . . He (Olaf) was hailed as the greatest ruler of the western seas."

p 440 [NB1] The jarl or earl of More on the west coast of Norway, who fought alongside the future king Harald Finehair in establishing a united Norway. Harald married Ragnald's sister Swanhilda. During this civil war many Norwegians were driven out of Norway and settled in the Shetlands and Orkney, called the Nordreys by the Norse (as distinct from the Sudreys, or Hebrides and Man), which they used as a base to attack Norway and Norse ships. The traditional view is that around 874 Harald sent Ragnald to the Hebrides to bring these islands under his authority. During the expedition Ragnald's son, Ivar, was killed. As a consequence, once Ragnald had conquered the islands, Harald granted them back to him in recompense for his son. The more recent view is that Ragnald may have set out earlier on the expedition to conquer the Nordrey pirates himself and worked in league with Olaf the White, who was the Norse king of Dublin. According to this view Olaf granted Ragnald the Orkneys around the year 871 or earlier. However, Ragnald had no desire to remain in the isles so in 875 (or earlier) Ragnald gave the islands to his brother Sigurd, and returned to Norway where he continued to fight on behalf of the king. This created enemies and around the year 894 he was burned alive in his hall by two of Harald's sons by another wife. Ragnald had three children by his wife Ragnhild. In addition to Ivar, who died, there was Rolf, who became the first Duke of Normandy, and Thori, who succeeded him as Jarl of More. He also had several illegitimate sons, two of whom (Hallad and Einar I) became later earls of Orkney.