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Rognvald Eysteinsson received Orkney and Shetland from Harald as an earldom as reparation for the death of his son in battle in Scotland, and then passed the earldom on to his brother Sigurd the Mighty.
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Rognvald and Eysteinsson
Norwegian and Icelandic historians identified Rollo instead with Ganger Hrolf ( Hrolf, the Walker ), a son of Rognvald Eysteinsson, Earl of Møre, in Western Norway, based on medieval Norwegian and Icelandic sagas.
The claimed line leading to Rollo includes Rognvald Eysteinsson, the founder of the Earldom of Orkney.
* Rognvald Eysteinsson ( fl.
Rognvald " The Wise " Eysteinsson ( son of Eystein Ivarsson ) is the founder of the Earldom of Orkney in the Norse Sagas.
Rognvald himself returns to Norway, giving the northern isles to his brother Sigurd Eysteinsson.
The first known Earl of Orkney was Rognvald Eysteinsson ( Rognvald, Earl of Møre ), who died around 890.
In response, Norwegian king Harald Hårfagre (" Harald Fair Hair ") annexed the Northern Isles in 875 and Rognvald Eysteinsson received Orkney and Shetland from Harald as an earldom as reparation for the death of his son in battle in Scotland.
After Harald Fairhair conquered Møre and Fjordane, he assigned the governance of the former to Rognvald Eysteinsson and the latter to Håkon.
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* Rognvald Eysteinsson ( fl.
Rognvald and Orkney
William the Old, Bishop of Orkney, warned that it was " heresy to go about with such tales " and was then struck blind at his church but subsequently had his sight restored after praying at the grave of Magnus, not long after visiting Norway ( and perhaps meeting Earl Rognvald Kolsson ).
Magnus's nephew, Rognvald Kali Kolsson, laid claim to the Earldom of Orkney, and was advised by his father Kol to promise the islanders to " build a stone minster at Kirkwall " in memory of his uncle the Holy Earl, and this became St Magnus Cathedral, Kirkwall.
Only Rognvald Kali Kolsson, Earl of Orkney, was otherwise occupied, on a crusade, and his death in 1158 brought the young and ambitious Harald Maddadsson to sole power in the north.
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.
In compensation King Harald grants Rognvald Orkney and Shetland.
The Historia Norvegiaes 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, set out with a great fleet, and crossed the Solundic sea ..., and subdued the islands to themselves.
He painted watercolour landscapes of East Lothian, Orkney and Shetland, and designed Saint Rognvald Chapel in St Magnus Cathedral in Kirkwall.
* Rognvald Brusason ( died around 1046 ), Jarl of Orkney.
Rognvald and from
Subsequent Earls, with one exception, were descended from Rognvald or his brother Sigurd until 1232.
His mother was Astrid, the daughter of Njal Finnson the Squinter from Halogaland, and his father was Rognvald the Old.
Rognvald and earldom
This account does not associate Rognvald with the earldom, but instead attributes it to his anonymous kinfolk.
Rognvald and for
A little before Yule ( Christmas ), earl Rognvald fared with a great following into the Little Papey ( Papa Stronsay ) to fetch malt, to be brewed for Yule.
Thorfinn bade them hold on after him, and says there went earl Rognvald, “ this is his nimbleness, and no one ’ s else .” Then they fared to hunt for him, and parted themselves into companies, and Thorkell fosterer went along the sea-shore to search.
Rognvald and son
Earl Rognvald is killed by Harald's son Halfdan Hålegg.
According to the sagas, Augvald was the son of Rognvald, in turn the son of Rugalf, son of Gard Agdi, son of Nór — a direct descendant of Fornjót.
Rognvald and .
Rognvald Kali Kolsson is known to have gone crusading in the Mediterranean in the 12th century.
In the Heimskringla, Rognvald is Earl of Møre.
The Heimskringla recounts other tales of Rognvald.
He also played an important part in securing the canonisation of Earl Rognvald.
Eysteinsson and Orkney
According to the Orkneyinga Saga, Torf-Einarr the 10th century Norse Earl of Orkney killed Hálfdan Longlegs on North Ronaldsay in revenge for Hálfdan and his brother Gudrød Ljome's slaying of Rögnvald Eysteinsson, Torf-Einarr's father.
Rögnvald's family conquered the Orkney and Shetland islands in the late ninth century, and Rögnvald's brother, Sigurd Eysteinsson, was made Earl of Orkney.
Eysteinsson and from
The clan de la Mare is one of the oldest in Normandy and is descended from Ragnvald Eysteinsson, earl of Møre and Romsdal.
Hálfdanar saga Eysteinssonar is a legendary saga from early 14th century Iceland about Halfdan Eysteinsson.
Eysteinsson and Harald
This second Halfdan the Old is father of Jarl Ívar of the Uplands who married a daughter of a certain Eistein and so became father of Eystein the Clatterer ( Eysteinn Glumra ) who was father of Jarl Rögnvald of Møre and of Rögnvald's brother Sigurd Eysteinsson, and also of two daughters: Svanhild who was one of King Harald Fairhair's wives and another daughter named Malahule.
Eysteinsson and death
In 892, Tore Ragnvaldsson became Jarl of Møre after the death of his father, Ragnvald Eysteinsson.
Eysteinsson and son
Einarr was the youngest son of Rögnvald Eysteinsson of Møre, Norway, by a concubine.
Eysteinsson and battle
To secure his claim to Raumarike, Halfdan first defeated and killed the previous ruler, Sigtryg Eysteinsson, in battle.
Eysteinsson and brother
* Sigurd Eysteinsson ( Sigurd the Mighty ), brother of Ragnvald, 9th century
* Eystein Eysteinsson, brother of Sigtryg
Eysteinsson and Sigurd
* Sigurd Eysteinsson, Jarl in the late 9th century
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