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Ragnvald Eysteinsson I Sex: Male | | | |  | | Birth Date | 0825 Vestfold, Norway | | Death Date | 0894 Giske, Møre og Romsdal, Norway | | Father | Eystein Glumra IVARSSON Earl of MORE THE NOISY | Born: 0810 | Died: 0872 | | Mother | | Born: | | | Ragnvald Eysteinsson
Notes: | killed by King Haralds son Halfdan Hålegg and Gudrod Gleam, who engineered a sudden attack, surrounding the house in which Rognvald was staying, and burned it to the ground with the earl and 60 of his men inside it. Harald "flew into a rage" when he heard about this and sent out a "great force" against Gudrod who was then banished. Halfdan escaped into the western seas and Rognvalds death was later avenged by Torf-Einarr, who killed him on North Ronaldsay and then made peace with Harald. Rognvalds son Thorir was then made Earl of Møre by Harald, who also gave Thorir his daughter Alof in marriage.
| | Notes: | The sagas thus identify Rognvald as the apical figure of the Norse Earls of Orkney who controlled the islands until the early 13th century, and a forerunner of important Icelandic families. Furthermore, through his son Hrolfr, Rognvald is portrayed as an ancestor of the Dukes of Normandy who, following the Norman conquest of England in 1066, became the kings of England
| | Notes: | (Norway, Ragnvald, With 60 of His Men, Die In A Longhouse When Two of Haralds Jealous Sons Burned It Down With Them In It)
| |  | | Birth Date | 0789 Norway | | Death Date | 0892 Norway | | Father | Jarl Hrolf av Trondheim | Born: 0768 | Died: 0837 | | Mother | | Born: | | | Ragnhild Hrolfsdottir of More Notes: | | | Individual Notes: | | | More Notes: | | | |
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