Approximate Family Tree of Rollo Ragnvaldsson

There are records for the family of Rollo going back many generations but the spelling of names and dates vary within the records. However it is possible to trace an outline of part of this section of the family tree and how they lived via segments of the Scandinavian sagas written many years later. Gaining information about most of the individuals is next to impossible as few written records were kept.

Rollo Ragnvaldsson was born in Scandinavia - possibly in Norway though some sources mention Denmark as the country of his birth. His exact year of birth is unknown but was probably in the mid 840s.

Rollo's parents 

Rollo's father was Ragnvald (or Rognvald) 'the Wise' I Eysteinsson who became the Earl (Jarl) of Møre in Norway, Earl of Orkney and Count of Maer. 

He was born c825 in Maer and died c890 in Scotland. 

Rollo's mother was Hildr Hrólfsdóttir. Hildra and Ragnvald had three sons including Rollo.

Vikings started to move to the islands north of Scotland at the end of the eighth and beginning of the ninth centuries. The King of Norway, Harold  Hårfagre, passed control of the Orkney and Shetland Islands to Ragnvald Eysteinsson around 875. Ragnvald then passed the earldom to his brother, Sigurd.

The following articles provide a little more information: 

Rollo Ragnvaldsson Earl of  Møre 

Hildr Hrólfsdóttir 

Vikings in Scotland 

 Rognvald Eysteinsson: the Viking Earl who shaped North Atlantic History

Parents of Ragnvald 'the Wise'

Eystein 'the Noisy' Glumra was Jarl of the Uplanders (Earl of part of Norway). He was born in 788 in Maer, Norway. He died c 860.

Ascrida Ragnavaldsdottir was the daughter of  King Rognvald Olafsen of Norway and Thora Olafsson and was born in c812 and died 890.

Parents of  Eystein 'the Noisy' Glumra

Earl Ivar Halfdansson was born in Oppland, Norway (date unknown). He died in Oppland in 824.

Gundella Eysteindatter was born c785 in Trondheim, Norway and she died in Oppland, Norway in 850. 

Parents of Ivar Halfdansson

Halfdan Vanha (the Old) Sveidasson was born c745 in Oppland Norway and died c800 in Borri, Norway. The name of the mother of Ivar Halfdansson is unknown.

The further back you go the more difficult it becomes to locate viable information. 

During the time of the Vikings in Scandinavia, particularly in the eighth and ninth centuries, what is now known as Norway was divided into Petty Kingdoms, including Oppland. In 872 King Harald unified the petty kingdoms into one entity.

Petty Kingdoms in Norway c872

Although the information about individuals is vague it is interesting to be aware of this family connection to Norway and to the Vikings.