Ragnvald Brusesson (abt. 1011 - abt. 1046)

Born about 1011 in Orkney, Scotland [uncertain]

Ancestors

Husband of Arlogia (Orkney) of Orkney — married 1034 in Russia

Died about Dec 1046 at about age 35 in Islands, Orkney, Scotland [uncertain]

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Relationships between historical figures could have been simplified or even fabricated in the text to give the impression that succession remained within the same family….Precise chronology is also difficult to assess from the Sagas….The conclusion must be that the tight family network described in the Sagas is unlikely to be correct and that the relationships shown below should be treated with considerable caution.

Biografi

Ragnvald Brusesson var brorson till Torfinn Sigurdsson Rike. Ragnvalds far Bruse skall ha dött 1034.

Ifølge sagaen fikk Torfinn Caithness (Katanes) som jarledømme etter sin morfar. Da faren Sigurd døde i 1014 ble jarledrømmet på Orknøyene delt mellom Torfinns (halv)brødre Sumarlide, Einar Vrangmunn og Bruse. Denne delingen ble begrunnet med at Torfinn allerede hadde Caithness. Torfinns krig med sine brødre pågikk fra 1018 (da Sumarlide døde, og Torfinn tok kontroll over hans tredjedel), til 1046, da Torfinn ble enejarl. Einar Vrangmunn ble ryddet av veien i 1020, og Bruse døde i 1034. Torfinns brorsønn Ragnvald Bruseson var samjarl med Torfinn fra sist i 30-åra til Torfinn drepte ham i 1046. https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Torfinn_Sigurdsson_Rike

Biography

TRANSLATED FROM NORWEGIAN; Ragnvald Brusesson Orkenøyjarl married unknown. Ragnvald died in 1045 . Peace-loving , shared power with 2 other contenders, his only brothers.

St Olaf's Saga

Ragnvald was the son of Bruse Sigurdsson. ^[1]Bruse fell out with his brother, Thorfinn and went to Olaf Haraldsson in Norway, seeking support and taking Ragnvald, then aged 10, with him.^[2] When Bruse returned to Orkney Ragnvald remained with Olaf in Norway. ^[3] In 1030 he fought on the side of Olaf at the Battle of Stiklestad where Olaf was killed. Thereafter he fled to Russia with Olaf's half-brother the 15 year old Harald Sigurdsson.^[4][5] They were well received by Yaroslav who made Rognvald, his son, Eilif, and Harald chiefs of the land defence men.

Ragnvald later returned to Norway with Olaf's son, Magnus the Good who sent Ragnvald back to Orkney with his order that Earl Thorfinn should let him have his father's inheritance. ^[6]

The Orkneyinga Saga is largely silent about his personal life and there is no mention of a wife, or children. ^[7]

Buried Olav Church in Kirkwall in memory of his foster father, King Olav.

Attended 19 years antique?

Note

No reference to wives is found in Heimskringla. Perhaps they should be sought in Orkneyingasaga.

The daughter Thora, Ragnvaldsdatter-8, has been disconnected. The Thora who married Brynjulv (Halldorsson) Ulvalde has no known parents, in fact she has three different patronyms depending on what saga. Andersson-4409 08:55, 5 April 2022 (UTC)

Sources

1. ↑ Snorri Sturluson: The Olaf Sagas. St Olaf's Saga. Translated by Samuel Laing. Revised with an Introduction and notes by Jacqueline Simpson MA. Everyman's Library Dent, London, Dutton, New York ISBN ) 460 00717 3 Page 222
2. ↑ Snorri Sturluson: The Olaf Sagas. St Olaf's Saga. Translated by Samuel Laing. Revised with an Introduction and notes by Jacqueline Simpson MA. Everyman's Library Dent, London, Dutton, New York ISBN ) 460 00717 3 Page 225
3. ↑ Snorri Sturluson: The Olaf Sagas. St Olaf's Saga. Translated by Samuel Laing. Revised with an Introduction and notes by Jacqueline Simpson MA. Everyman's Library Dent, London, Dutton, New York ISBN ) 460 00717 3 Page 229
4. ↑ Snorri Sturluson: The Olaf Sagas. St Olaf's Saga. Translated by Samuel Laing. Revised with an Introduction and notes by Jacqueline Simpson MA. Everyman's Library Dent, London, Dutton, New York ISBN ) 460 00717 3 Page 378
5. ↑ Snorri Sturluson: Sagas of the Norse Kings. Harald Hadrada's Saga. Translated by Samuel Laing, revised by Peter Foote MA. Everyman's Library Dutton New York SBN 460 00847 1 Page 160
6. ↑ Snorri Sturluson: Sagas of the Norse Kings. Magnus the Good's Saga. Translated by Samuel Laing, revised by Peter Foote MA. Everyman's Library Dutton New York SBN 460 00847 1 Page 157
7. ↑ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/R%C3%B6gnvald_Brusason Wikipedia: Rögnvald Brusason

See also;

• http://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/NORWEGIAN%20NOBILITY.htm

Gedcom imports:

• Williams_AndersForWikiTree.ged on 07 May 2011.
• Acrossthepond.ged on 21 February 2011.