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Ragnvald is mentioned in the skaldic poem Austrfaravísur, ascribed to Sigvatr Þórðarson, skald of King Olaf Haraldsson of Norway ( Olaf the Holy ), who had been on a diplomatic mission to Sweden.
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* Ragnvald Knaphövde, pretender to the Swedish throne, is killed by upset peasants at a local thing.
The story of her life is continued on the Hargs bro runic inscriptions, where we learn that Estrid had married a man named Ingvar, and this Ingvar had a son prior to marrying Estrid whose name was Ragnvald.
The clan de la Mare is one of the oldest in Normandy and is descended from Ragnvald Eysteinsson, earl of Møre and Romsdal.
The current mayor is Per Ragnvald Berger ( born 18 October 1952 ), representing Høyre, the Conservatives, reelected for 2011 – 2015.
A second Halfdan the Old is the purported great-grandfather of Ragnvald Eysteinsson.
Rogneda of Polotsk ( 962 – 1002 ) is the Slavic name for Ragnhild, whose father Ragnvald ( Slavic: Rogvolod ) came from overseas ( i. e., from Scandinavia ) and established himself at Polatsk in the mid-10th century.
Today, Inges grave is most likely a set of remains found in Vreta Abbey in a section of the abbey church that was erected by Inges son Ragnvald.
It has been suggested by historian Sven Tunberg that this Ragnvald is identical with Ragnvald Knaphövde.
Ragnvald Knaphövde was a King of Sweden whose reign is estimated to the mid-1120s or c. 1130.
Ragnvald is mentioned in the regnal list of the Westrogothic law as the successor of King Inge the Younger.
His parentage is uncertain: King Inge the Elder of Sweden had a son named Ragnvald, and historian Sven Tunberg has suggested him as identical with Ragnvald Knaphövde.
In Fagrskinna's account, Ragnvald is not given a prominent role in the proceedings.
He is considered to have fathered king Stenkil, with Astrid Nialsdotter from Norway, but this is based on later Icelandic sources, and the identification of Ragnvald with Ragnvald the Old of Hervarar saga.
He is considered to have been the original author of Ynglingatal, a poem glorifying the Norwegian petty king Ragnvald the Mountain-High, by describing how he was descended from the Swedish kings and the Norse gods.
Ragnvald ( or Rognvald ) " the Mountain-High " Olafsson was a petty king of Vestfold in what is today Norway.
Ragnvald Soma ( born 10 November 1979 ) is a Norwegian football player currently playing for FC Nordsjælland.
Ragnvald or Rognvald is an Old Norse language name ( in Old English Rægnald and in Old Irish, Middle Irish Ragnall ).
Her husband Ragnvald is usually identified with Ragnvald Ulfsson, the earl of Staraya Ladoga.
Ragnvald and poem
In addition to the poem, Fagrskinna only briefly mentions Ragnvald, while Heimskringla contains a more elaborate account of him.
Ragnvald and Sigvatr
During a visit by the skald Sigvatr Þórðarson, Ragnvald learned that Prince Jaroslav of Kievan Rus ' has proposed to Ingigerd, and so he had the idea that Olaf the Holy should marry the illegitimate daughter of Olof Skötkonung, Astrid, who was staying with Ragnvald.
Ragnvald and King
Harald was married to Ingrid Ragnvaldsdottir, daughter of Ragnvald Ingesson, the son and heir of King Inge I of Sweden.
However, Magnus ' rule was not accepted by the Swea, another tribe to the north of the Geats, who vetoed him and elected Ragnvald Knaphövde as the new King.
According to Saxo Grammaticus, Ragnvald was murdered by supporters of Magnus, who then won the realm (" imperium ") as King of Sweden.
Rhodri fled to the safety of the Isle of Man only to be briefly reinstated in 1193 with the assistance of the Ragnvald, King of the Isles, to be driven out once more at the beginning of 1194.
However, another tradition presents King Ragnvald as the son of an Olof Näskonung ( Neskonungr meant " king of a ness " or " petty king ", in Old Norse ), and the regnal list of the Westrogothic law does not mention that Ragnvald had any connection with the old line of kings.
The 16th century Swedish King John III would later have a damaged tombstone replaced for Ragnvald, over a grave at Vreta Abbey.
King Olaf meets Jarl Ragnvald in an illustration from a 1899 edition of Heimskringla.
The non-Geatish King Ragnvald Knaphövde was killed by the Geats as he despised them and travelled among them without Geatish hostages.
In 1225, Alan lent military aid to Ragnvald Godredsson, King of the Isles against Ragnvald's half-brother, Olaf.
* Ragnvald Ulfsson the Old, jarl of Vastergotland and possibly father of King Stenkil of Sweden.
Ragnvald and Olaf
Historians have been struck by the correspondence with names in Fagrskinna, which says that two of the kings who died with Eirik in his final battle against Olaf were called Harékr and Ragnvald, although they are not identified as relatives.
On 21 May 1237, Olaf died on St Patrick's Isle, and was succeeded by his three sons who all ruled the kingdom in turn: Harald ( reigned 1237 – 48 ), Ragnvald ( 1249 ), and Magnus ( 1252 – 65 ).
Olof was also forced to accept a settlement with Olaf II of Norway at Kungahälla, who already had been married ( unbeknownst to Olof ) with Olof's daughter, Astrid, through the Geatish jarl Ragnvald Ulfsson.
However, at the Thing at Gamla Uppsala, Ragnvald and his foster-father Þorgnýr the Lawspeaker had to force Olof, the Swedish king, to promise his daughter to Olaf, the Norwegian king, whom he did not like.
However, the marriage appears to have angered the Manx people, and Ragnvald was deposed from the kinship and replaced by Olaf in 1226.
In 1228, Alan and his brother, Thomas, and Ragnvald, attacked and devastated the Isle of Man, while Olaf was absent in the Hebrides.
Tryggve's son, Olaf Tryggvason, later became king of Norway, and his daughter Ingeborg Tryggvasdotter married Ragnvald Ulfsson, the earl of Västergötland and later the ruler of Staraja Ladoga.
Ragnvald and Norway
The legend says Ragnvald was the one to cut the hair of king Harald Fairhair after he became king over all of Norway.
In 1018, Olof's cousin, the earl of Västergötland, Ragnvald Ulfsson and the Norwegian king's emissaries Björn Stallare and Hjalti Skeggiason had arrived at the thing of Uppsala in an attempt to sway the Swedish king to accept peace and as a warrant marry his daughter Ingegerd Olofsdotter to the king of Norway.
It has been speculated that Ragnvald belonged to the Ynglings royal family of Norway.
Ragnvald delivered Astrid at Sarpsborg in Norway and she married the king after Christmas of 1019.
* Iversen, Ragnvald: The Rodi ( Rotwelsch ) in Norway.
In 1018, the earl Ragnvald Ulfsson and the Norwegian king's emissaries Björn Stallare and Halte Skeggesson had arrived at the thing of Uppsala to sway the Swedish king to accept peace and as a warrant marry his daughter Ingegerd Olofsdotter to the king of Norway.
Ragnvald Skrede was born in Vågå in Oppland county, Norway.
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