Husband Halfdan "Hvitbeinn" Olafsson, King in Uppsala [Legendary] 1 2
AKA: Halfdan "Whiteshanks"
Born: Abt 704 - Romerike, Buskerud, (Norway)
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Father: Olof "Trätälja" Ingjaldsson, [Legendary] (Abt 0682- ) 2 3
Mother: Solveig Halfdansdotter (Abt 0684- ) 2 3
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Wife Asa Eysteinsdatter 4
Born: Abt 715 - <Vestfold, (Norway)>
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Father: Eystein "Haardaade" Throndsson (Abt 0668-0710) 2 5
Mother: Solveig Halfdansdatter (Abt 0670- ) 2
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1 M Eystein Halfdansson, King in Vestfold [Semi-legendary] 2 6
AKA: Eystein "Fret" Halfdansson King in Vestfold
Born: - <Vestfold, (Norway)>
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Spouse: Hild , of Vestfold ( - ) 6
Research Notes: Husband - Halfdan "Hvitbeinn" Olafsson, King in Uppsala [Legendary]
Mythical Norse king, younger son of Olof Trätälja.
From Wikipedia - Halfdan Hvitbeinn :
Halfdan Whiteshanks (Old Norse : Hálfdan hvítbeinn) was a mythical petty king in Norway, described in Ynglinga saga . The following description is based on the account in Ynglinga saga, written in the 1220s by Snorri Sturluson . The historicity of the kings described in that saga is generally not accepted by modern historians.
He was the son of Olof Trätälja of the House of Yngling . His father was sacrificed to Odin by the Swedish settlers in Värmland because of a famine. Some Swedes, however, realised that the famine was brought by overpopulation and not by the fact that the king had been neglecting his religious duties.
Consequently, they resolved to cross the Ed Forest and settle in Norway and happened to end up in Soleyar where they killed king Sölve and took Halfdan prisoner. The Swedish expatriates elected Halfdan king as he was the son of their old king, Olof. Halfdan subjugated all of Soleyar and took his army into Romerike and subjugated that province as well.
Halfdan was to become a great king, who married Åsa, the daughter of king Eystein, the ruler of Oppland and Hedmark . They had two sons, Öystein Halfdansson and Gudröd .
Halfdan conquered a large part of Hedemark , Toten , Hadeland and a part of Vestfold . When his brother Ingjald Olofsson died, he inherited Värmland . Halfdan died of old age in Toten and was transported to Vestfold where he was buried under a mound in Skiringssal .
Husband Harald I "Fairhair" Halfdansson, King of Norway 7
Born: Abt 850 - <Hedemark, Norway>
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Died: 933
Buried: - Hauko, Rogaland, Norway
Father: Halfdan "the Black" Gudrodsson (Abt 0823-0863) 7
Mother: Ragnhild Sigurdsdatter (Abt 0830- ) 7
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Wife Svanhild Eysteinsdatter 7
Born: Abt 850 - <Maer, Nord-Trondelag, (Norway)>
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Father: Eystein "Glumra" Ivarsson, Jarl of Oppland (Abt 0800- ) 8 9 10 11
Mother: Aseda Rognvaldsdatter (Abt 0804- ) 11 12
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1 M Bjorn "the Merchant" Haraldsson, Prince of Norway 7
Born: Abt 900 - <Vestfold, Norway>
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Died: 927
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Husband Ingvar Eysteinsson 13
Born: Abt 616 - <Sweden>
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1 M Braut-Onund Ingvarsson 15
Born: Abt 638 - <Sweden>
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Husband Ingvar "the Tall" Eysteinsson, King in Sweden [Legendary] 16
AKA: Ingvar King of Sweden, Yngvar Harra King in Sweden
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Father: Eysteinn , King in Sweden [Semi-Legendary] (Abt 0600- ) 2 17
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1 M Anund "the Trail Blazer" , King in Sweden [Legendary] 2 18
AKA: Braut-Önundr, Brøt-Anundr, Onund "Braut" Ingvarsson King in Sweden
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Research Notes: Husband - Ingvar "the Tall" Eysteinsson, King in Sweden [Legendary]
Legendary king of Sweden.
From Wikipedia - Ingvar :
Ingvar or Yngvar Harra, Proto-Norse *Ingu-Hariz (d. early 7th century) was the son of Östen and reclaimed the Swedish throne for the House of Yngling after the Swedes had rebelled against Sölvi .
Snorri Sturluson relates in his Ynglinga saga that King Ingvar, Östen's son, was a great warrior who often spent time patrolling the shores of his kingdom fighting Danes and pirates from the east. King Ingvar finally came to a peace agreement with the Danes and could take care of the Estonian pirates .
He consequently started pillaging in Estonia in retribution, and one summer he arrived at a place called Stein (see also Sveigder ). The Estonians (sýslu kind) assembled a great army in the interior and attacked King Ingvar in a great battle. The Estonian forces were too powerful and Ingvar fell and the Swedish forces retreated. Ingvar was buried in a mound at a place called Stone or Hill fort (at Steini) on the shores of Estonia (Aðalsýsla).
Husband Malahule Eysteinsson 10 19
AKA: Haldrick Eysteinsson, Malahulc Eysteinsson, Malahulde Eysteinsson
Born: Abt 845 - Maer, Nord-Trondelag, Norway
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Father: Eystein "Glumra" Ivarsson, Jarl of Oppland (Abt 0800- ) 8 9 10 11
Mother: Aseda Rognvaldsdatter (Abt 0804- ) 11 12
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1 M Hugh de Cavalcamp 10
Born: Abt 890 - <Near Dieppe>
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Husband Ragnvald Eysteinsson, Earl of Møre 11 20 21 22
AKA: Ragnvald I "the Wise" Earl of Møre, Rognvald I "the Wise" Jarl of More
Born: Bef 867 - Oppland, (Norway)
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Died: 890 - Orkney, Orkney Islands, Scotland
Buried: 893
Father: Eystein "Glumra" Ivarsson, Jarl of Oppland (Abt 0800- ) 8 9 10 11
Mother: Aseda Rognvaldsdatter (Abt 0804- ) 11 12
Marriage: Abt 867 - Maer, Nord-Trondelag, Norway
Wife Ragnhild Hrolfsdatter 23 24 25
AKA: Hilda Countess More, Hiltrude, Raginhilde
Born: Abt 857 - <(Norway)>
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Father: Hrolf Nefja (Abt 0823- ) 23 24 25
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1 M Rollo , Duke of Normandy 26 27 28 29
AKA: Ganger Rolf "the Viking" 1st Count of Normandy, Rollo Rognvaldsson Duke of Normandy
Born: Betw 860 and 870 - <Maer, Nord-Trondelag, (Norway)>
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Died: Abt 929 - <Rouen>, Normandy, Neustria (France)
Buried: - Notre Dame, Rouen, Normandy, (France)
Spouse: Poppa , de Bayeux (Abt 0872- ) 28 30
Marr: 886
2 M Einar "Torf" Rögnvaldsson, Earl of Orkney 25 31
AKA: Torf-Einarr, Einarr Rögnvaldarson Earl of Orkney
Born: Abt 852 - <Sunnmøre, (Møre og Romsdal, Norway)>
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Died: Aft 920 - Orkney, Orkney Islands, Scotland
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Birth Notes: Husband - Ragnvald Eysteinsson, Earl of Møre
http://www.smokykin.com/ged/f002/f00/a0020082.htm has b. 857, of Upland, Denmark.
Research Notes: Husband - Ragnvald Eysteinsson, Earl of Møre
Jarl of North and South Møre, and of Ramsdal in Norway.
Parentage uncertain.
From Wikipedia - Rognvald Eysteinsson :
Rognvald "The Wise" Eysteinsson (son of Eystein Ivarsson ) is the founder of the Earldom of Orkney in the Norse Sagas . Three quite different accounts of the creation of the Norse earldom on Orkney and Shetland exist. The best known is that found in the Heimskringla , but other older traditions are found in the Historia Norvegiae and the Fragmentary Annals of Ireland .
Sagas
The saga accounts are the best known, and the latest, of the three surviving traditions concerning Rognvald and the foundation of the Earldom of Orkney. Recorded in the 13th century, their views are informed by Norwegian politics of the day. Once, historians could write that no-one denied the reality of Harald Fairhair 's expeditions to the west recounted in Heimskringla, but this is no longer the case. The Norwegian contest with the Kings of Scots over the Hebrides and the Isle of Man in the middle 13th century underlies the sagas.[1]
In the Heimskringla, Rognvald is Earl of Møre . He accompanies Harald Fairhair on his great expeditions to the west, to Ireland and to Scotland . Here, Rognvald's son Ivarr is killed. In compensation King Harald grants Rognvald Orkney and Shetland. Rognvald himself returns to Norway , giving the northern isles to his brother Sigurd Eysteinsson .[2]
The Heimskringla recounts other tales of Rognvald. It tells how he causes Harald Finehair to be given his byname Fairhair by cutting and dressing his hair, which had been uncut for ten years on account of Harald's vow never to cut it until he was ruler of all Norway,[3] and it makes him the father of Ganger-Hrólf, identified by saga writers with the Rollo (Hrólfr), ancestor of the Dukes of Normandy , who was said to have been established as Count of Rouen by King Charles the Simple in 931.[4]
Earl Rognvald is killed by Harald's son Halfdan Hålegg. Rognvald's death is avenged by his son, Earl Turf-Einar , from whom later Orkney earls claimed descent, who kills Halfdan on North Ronaldsay .[5]
Historia Norvegiae
The Historia Norvegiae's account of Rognvald and the foundation of the Orkney earldom is the next oldest, probably dating from the 12th century. This account contains much curious detail on Orkney, including the earliest account of the Picts as small people who hid in the daytime, but it has little to say about Rognvald.
In the days of Harald Fairhair, king of Norway, certain pirates, of the family of the most vigorous prince Ronald [Rognvald], set out with a great fleet, and crossed the Solundic sea..., and subdued the islands to themselves. And being there provided with safe winter seats, they went in summer-time working tyranny upon the English, and the Scots, and sometimes also upon the Irish, so that they took under their rule, from England, Northumbria ; from Scotland, Caithness ; from Ireland, Dublin , and the other sea-side towns.[6]
This account does not associate Rognvald with the earldom, but instead attributes it to his anonymous kinfolk.
Fragmentary Annals of Ireland
The oldest account of the Rognvald and the earldom of Orkney is that found in the Fragmentary Annals of Ireland. The annals survive only in incomplete copies made by Dubhaltach Mac Fhirbhisigh in the 17th century, but the original annals are believed to date from the lifetime of Donnchad mac Gilla Pátraic (died 1039). The annals are known to have had an influence on later writings in Iceland .
The annals make Rognvald the son of "Halfdan, King of Lochlann ". This is generally understood to mean Halfdan the Black , which would make the Rognvald of the annals the brother of Harald Finehair. However, the sagas claim that Rognvald's grandfather was named Halfdan.[7]
These events are placed after an account of the devastation of Fortriu , dated to around 866,[8] and the fall of York, reliably dated to late 867. However, such an early date makes it difficult to reconcile the saga claims that Harald Fairhair was involved in Rognvald's conquest of the northern isles.
Harald Finehair's victory in the Battle of Hafrsfjord , which gave him dominion over parts of Norway, is traditionally dated to 872, but was probably later, perhaps as late as 900.[9] What little is known of Scottish events in the period from the Chronicle of the Kings of Alba would correspond equally well with Harald's attacks on Scotland in the reign of Domnall mac Causantín (ruled 889-900).[10] However, this would not correspond with the sequence in the earliest account of the origins of the Orkney earldom, which places this a generation earlier.
Birth Notes: Wife - Ragnhild Hrolfsdatter
FamilySearch has b. abt 848, Orkney Islands, Scotland.
Birth Notes: Child - Rollo , Duke of Normandy
FamilySearch has b. abt 846, Maer, Nord-Trondelag, Norway
Death Notes: Child - Rollo , Duke of Normandy
http://www.smokykin.com/ged/f002/f00/a0020075.htm has d. 927 in Rouen, France. Ancestral Roots has d. 929.
FamilySearch has d. abt 931, Rouen, Normandie, Neustria.
Husband Elis Eyton, of Rhiwabon
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Wife Angharad Puleston
AKA: Angharad verch Madog Puleston
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Father: Madog Puleston, of Bers (Abt 1390- )
Mother: Angharad verch Dafydd ap Gronwy (1392- ) 32 33 34
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Research Notes: Husband - Elis Eyton, of Rhiwabon
Source: The History of the Princes, the Lords Marcher, and the Ancient Nobility of Powys Fadog, and the Ancient Lords of Arwystli, Cedewen, and Meirionydd by J. Y. W. Lloyd, Vol. II (London, 1882), p. 175
Research Notes: Wife - Angharad Puleston
2nd wife of Elis Eyton
Source: The History of the Princes, the Lords Marcher, and the Ancient Nobility of Powys Fadog, and the Ancient Lords of Arwystli, Cedewen, and Meirionydd by J. Y. W. Lloyd, Vol. II (London, 1882), p. 175
Husband John Eyton, of Eyton
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Father: Hugh Puleston, of Bers ( - ) 35 36
Mother: Margaret verch Hugh Lloyd, of Llwyn y Cnotiau ( - )
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Research Notes: Husband - John Eyton, of Eyton
Source: The History of the Princes, the Lords Marcher, and the Ancient Nobility of Powys Fadog, and the Ancient Lords of Arwystli, Cedewen, and Meirionydd by J. Y. W. Lloyd, Vol. II (London, 1882), p. 138 and 175
Research Notes: Wife - Jane Puleston
Source: The History of the Princes, the Lords Marcher, and the Ancient Nobility of Powys Fadog, and the Ancient Lords of Arwystli, Cedewen, and Meirionydd by J. Y. W. Lloyd, Vol. II (London, 1882), p. 138
Husband John Eyton, of Eyton
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1 M Elis Eyton, of Rhiwabon
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Research Notes: Husband - John Eyton, of Eyton
Source: The History of the Princes, the Lords Marcher, and the Ancient Nobility of Powys Fadog, and the Ancient Lords of Arwystli, Cedewen, and Meirionydd by J. Y. W. Lloyd, Vol. II (London, 1882), p. 138 and 175
Husband Thorstein "the Red" Olafsson 25
Born: Abt 858 - <Dublin, Dublin, Ireland>
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Died: 888 - Hvammi, Dala, Iceland
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Father: Olaf "the White" Ingjaldsson, King of Ireland (Abt 0840-0871) 25
Mother: Aud "Deep Minded" Ketilsdatter (Abt 0834-0900) 7
Marriage: Abt 868 - Dala, Iceland
Wife Thurid Eyvindsdatter 7
Born: Abt 847 - <Amle, Sogn Og Fjordane, Norway>
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Father: Eyvind "the Easterling" Bjarnasson (Abt 0830-0900) 7
Mother: Rafertach MacCearbhall (Abt 0830- ) 7
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1 F Groa Thorsteinsdatter 25
Born: Abt 873 - <Hvammi, Dala, Iceland>
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Spouse: Duncan , Earl of Caithness (Abt 0871- ) 25
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