EYSTEIN GLUMRA IVARSSON - Jarl of Upland


BIRTH: Abt 800 - Maer, Nord-Trondelag, Norway
FATHER: Ivar HALFDANSSON
MOTHER: EISTEINSDATTER

FIRST MARRIED: 826 - Ascrida ROGNVALDSDATTER - Countess of Oppland
BIRTH: Abt 804 - Maer, Nord-Trondelag, Norway

CHILDREN:

1. Rognvald I EYSTEINSSON 'The Wise' - Earl of More & Romsdal - 830 - Maer, Nord-Trondelag, Norway
DEATH: 894 - Orkney, Orkney Islands, Scotland

2. Sigurd Riki EYSTEINSSON I - Abt 832 - Maer, Nord-Trondelag, Norway
DEATH: 874 - Orkney, Orkney Islands, Scotland
BURIED: Ekkialsbakki, Sydero, Dornoch Pirth, Scotland

3. Malahule EYSTEINSSON - Abt 845 - Maer, Nord-Trondelag, Norway
DEATH: 911/912

4. Swanhilda EYSTEINSDATTER - Abt 850 - Maer, Nord-Trondelag, Norway

SECOND MARRIED: Abt 862 - Jocunda HUNTHIOFSDATTER - Maer, Nord-Trondelag, Norway
BIRTH: 838 - Mor Og Romsdal, Norway


NOTES

Eystein Glumra was the Jarl of Hedemarken of the Upplands about 830.

According to both the Heimskringla Saga and the Orkneyinga Saga,
Eystein Glumra was the father of Rognvald. The Orkneyinga Saga says Eystein Glumra's
earliest forebear was Fornjot, King of Finland


SOURCES:
There was no written language during this period, and the Norse sagas
provided oral histories.

Eystein Ivarsson: Wikipedia.com:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eystein_Ivarsson


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