Hild Hrolfsdotter (848)

Born 0848 in Scandinavia (Norway) [uncertain]

Ancestors

Wife of Rögnvaldr Mørejarl (Eysteinsson) Øysteinsson — married [date unknown] in Maer, Nord-Trondelag, Norway

Descendants

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Biografi

Snorre Sturlason skriver i Harald Hårfagres saga i Heimskringla:

«Ragnvald Mørejarl var den kjæreste venn kong Harald hadde, og kongen satte ham høyt.

Ragnvald jarl var gift med Hild, datter til Rolv Nevja; deres sønner var Rolv og Tore. Ragnvald jarl hadde noen frillesønner også; en het Hallad; en annen Einar og en tredje Rollaug; de var voksne da de ektefødte brødrene deres var barn ennå.

Rolv var en stor viking; han var så svær til vekst at ingen hest kunne bære ham, derfor gikk han til fots overalt. Han ble kalt for Gange-Rolv. Han herjet ofte i austerveg.»

Biography

Ragnhild (Hild) Hrofsdottir, daughter of Hrolf Nefja married Rognvald Eysteinsson, Jarl of Møre. Their sons were Rolf and Tore. ^[1][2]

Medieval lands does not mention a wife for Rognvald. ^[3]

The Orkneyinga Saga records that “Earl Rognwald” married "Ragnhild the daughter of Hrolf Nose". Snorri Sturluson, in his work Harald Harfager's Saga suggests "Hild, a daughter of Rolf Nefia" as the wife of "Earl Ragnvald". ^[4]

It is possible that there were two women represented. The Harfager's Saga suggests that they had two sons: Rolf and Thorer, but the Saga continues that "Ragnvald had also three sons by concubines, -- the one called Hallad, the second Einar, the third Hrollaug; and all three were grown men when their brothers born in marriage were still children". This listing does not include Ivar, killed during the invasion of the Isles in 874.

Sources

1. ↑ Snorri Sturluson: Sagas of the Norse Kings. Harald Fairhair's Saga: Translated by Samuel Laing, revised by Peter Foote MA. Everyman's Library Dutton New York SBN 460 00847 1 Page 67
2. ↑ Project Gutemberg: Heimskringla: 24 Rolf Ganger driven into banishment
3. ↑ http://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/SCOTTISH%20NOBILITY.htm#_Toc359671993 Medieval Lands: Norwegian Jarls of Orkney.
4. ↑ Foundation of Medieval genealogy - Norwegian Nobility

• The Orkneyinga Saga (1873 translation by Jón A. Hjaltalin & Gilbert Goudie) available at archive.org
• Foundation of Medieval genealogy - Norwegian Nobility
• Harald Harfager's Saga; Snorri Sturluson available online

Gedcom imports:

• Marks Family Tree.ged on Feb 2, 2013.
• Briscoe Family Tree.ged on Aug 8, 2011