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Halfdan "the old" Sveidasson
(Cir 700-)
Ivar Opplendingajarl
(-After 790)
Frk Eysteinsdatter
(Cir 785-)
Øystein Glumra
(Cir 800-890)

 

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Spouses/Children:
Aseda (Ascrida) Ragnvaldsdottir

Øystein Glumra 1 2 3

  • Born: Cir 800, Maer, Nord Trondelag, Norway
  • Marriage: Aseda (Ascrida) Ragnvaldsdottir
  • Died: 890, Maer, Norway aged 90

   Another name for Øystein was Eystein Glumra "The Noisy" (Jarl of Upplands).

  General Notes:

Øysten must have lived ca. 830.

His father would have been Ivar Opplendingajarl, son of Håkon Gamle and grandson of Gor.

From Snorre Sturlasson: Saga of Olaf Haraldson:

"99. HISTORY OF THE EARLS OF ORKNEY.

It is related that in the days of Harald Harfager, the king of Norway, the islands of Orkney, which before had been only a resort for vikings, were settled . The first earl in the Orkney Islands was called Sigurd, who was a son of Eystein Glumra, and brother of Ragnvald earl of More. ..."

  Noted events in his life were:

• He was an Earl of Opplands (Hedemarken) in Norway.


Øystein married Aseda (Ascrida) Ragnvaldsdottir, daughter of Rognvald Olafsson and Unknown. (Aseda (Ascrida) Ragnvaldsdottir was born circa 812 in Maer, Nord Trondelag, Norway.)


Sources


1 Tore Nygaard, Tore Nygaard's Genealogy (http://www.nygaard.home.se). Snorre Sturlasson: Harald Hårfagres saga, avsnitt 10. Snorre Sturlasson: Olav den helliges saga, avsnitt 96. Mogens Bugge: Våre forfedre, nr. 279. Bent og Vidar Billing Hansen: Rosensverdslektens forfedre, side 76.

2 Snorri Sturluson (c. 1179 - 1241), http://sunsite.berkeley.edu/OMACL/ (About 1225).

3 Jacob Holdt, Jacob Holdt - my family roots (http://www.american-pictures.com/genealogy/genealog.htm).

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