Rognvald
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Ragnvald or Rognvald is an Old Norse language name (in Old English
Rægnald and in Old Irish, Middle Irish
Ragnall). It may refer to:
Old English language
Old English or Anglo-Saxon is an early form of the English language that was spoken and written by the Anglo-Saxons and their descendants in parts of what are now England and southeastern Scotland between at least the mid-5th century and the mid-12th century...
Rægnald and in Old Irish, Middle Irish
Middle Irish language
Middle Irish is the name given by historical philologists to the Goidelic language spoken in Ireland, Scotland and the Isle of Man from the 10th to 12th centuries; it is therefore a contemporary of late Old English and early Middle English...
Ragnall). It may refer to:
- Ragnvald the Mountain-HighRagnvald the Mountain-HighRagnvald "the Mountain-High" Olafsson was a petty king of Vestfold in what is today Norway. He was the son of Olaf Geirstad-Alf, a cousin of Harald Fairhair and the father of Åsa Ragnvaldsdatter , who married Eystein Ivarsson.His greatest contribution to posterity was that he asked the skald...
, legendary king of Vestfold. - Rognvald Eysteinsson (fl. late 9th century), Jarl of Møre.
- Ragnall ua ÍmairRagnall ua ÍmairRagnall was a Norse overlord or emperor of northern Britain, including Northumbria, the entire Irish Sea region including the Isle of Man, south to Waterford and briefly much of the Irish province of Munster, and then returning to Britain, briefly York as distinct from Northumbria at this time...
(died 921), King of York. - Ragnall mac GofraidRagnall mac GofraidRagnall mac Gofraid was a Norse-Gael King of the Isles of Scotland during the early eleventh century. Ragnall's Norse name was Røgnvaldr Guðrøðsson and he was titled rí na nInnsi meaning that he ruled over the Hebrides. It is also possible his territory included the Isle of Man...
(died c. 944), co-King of York. - Raghnall mac Gofraidh (died 1229), King of the Isles.
- Rogvolod (mid tenth century), Prince of Polotsk.
- Ragnvald IngvarssonRagnvald IngvarssonRagnvaldr was a captain of the Varangian Guard in the first half of the 11th century. He may appear on several runestones, some of which suggest that he was the son of an Ingvar connecting him to the Jarlabanke clan....
, tenth century officer of the Varangian Guard. - Ragnvald UlfssonRagnvald UlfssonRagnvald Ulfsson the Old was a jarl of Västergötland or Östergötland, and married to a sister of Olav Tryggvason.Ragnvald is mentioned in the skaldic poem Austrfaravísur, ascribed to Sigvatr Þórðarson, skald of King Olaf Haraldsson of Norway , who had been on a diplomatic mission to Sweden...
the Old, jarl of Vastergotland and possibly father of King Stenkil of Sweden. - Rognvald BrusasonRognvald BrusasonRognvald Brusason , son of Brusi Sigurdsson, was Earl of Orkney jointly with Thorfinn Sigurdsson from about 1037 onwards. His life is recorded in the Orkneyinga Saga....
(died around 1046), Jarl of Orkney. - Ragnvald Ingesson, (late 11th c.) only known son and heir of king Inge I of SwedenInge I of SwedenInge the Elder was a King of Sweden.-Biography:Inge was the son of the former King Stenkil and a Swedish princess. Inge shared the rule of the kingdom with his probably elder brother Halsten Stenkilsson, but little is known with certainty of Inge's reign...
. - Rögnvald Kali Kolsson, 12th century Norwegian saint and jarl of part of Orkney.
- Ragnald III of the Isle of ManRagnald III of the Isle of ManRagnall I Haraldsson , referred to in some texts as Reginald, was ruler of the Isle of Man for a brief period in 1164....
, ruled 1164. - Ragnald IV of the Isle of ManRagnald IV of the Isle of ManRögnvaldr Guðrøðarson was a late 12th century and early 13th century sea-king who ruled a kingdom which encompassed the Isle of Man and parts of the Hebrides...
(died 1229) - Ragnald V of the Isle of Man, ruled 1248–1250