Rögnvaldr Óláfsson (d. 1249)
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Rögnvaldr Óláfsson (d. 1249)
Ragnvald Olafsson or Rǫgnvaldr Óláfsson may refer to: *Ragnvald Heidumhære (fl. 9th century), possibly son of Olaf Geirstad-Alf, petty king of Vestfold * Rǫgnvaldr Óláfsson (fl. 1164), king of Mann and the Isles * Rǫgnvaldr Óláfsson (died 1249), king of Mann and the Isles See also *Rogvolod Rogvolod (russian: Рогволод, translit=Rogvolod; be, Рагвалод, translit=Rahvałod; 920978) was the first chronicled prince of Polotsk (945–978). In the ''Russian Primary Chronicle'', he is known as , probably a slavicized versio ...
, 10th-century prince of Polotsk {{hndis, Olafsson, Ragnvald ...
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Ragnvald Heidumhære
Ragnvald Heidumhære (or Rognvald) was a semi-historical petty king or chieftain of Vestfold in what is today Norway in the 9th century, according to ''Ynglingatal'' and to ''Ynglinga saga'' in ''Heimskringla''. He was apparently a member of the Yngling clan (mentioned in later Norse and Anglo-Saxon literature, such as ''Beowulf''). His name ''Heiðumhæri'' could be translated as ''highly honoured''Gokstadhøvdingen og hans tid
Edited by Tore Frost. Sandefjordsmuseene, 1997. . Page 56 His greatest contribution to posterity was that he asked the to compose ...
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Rǫgnvaldr Óláfsson (fl
Ragnvald Olafsson or Rǫgnvaldr Óláfsson may refer to: *Ragnvald Heidumhære (fl. 9th century), possibly son of Olaf Geirstad-Alf, petty king of Vestfold * Rǫgnvaldr Óláfsson (fl. 1164), king of Mann and the Isles * Rǫgnvaldr Óláfsson (died 1249), king of Mann and the Isles See also *Rogvolod Rogvolod (russian: Рогволод, translit=Rogvolod; be, Рагвалод, translit=Rahvałod; 920978) was the first chronicled prince of Polotsk (945–978). In the ''Russian Primary Chronicle'', he is known as , probably a slavicized versio ...
, 10th-century prince of Polotsk {{hndis, Olafsson, Ragnvald ...
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Rǫgnvaldr Óláfsson (died 1249)
Rǫgnvaldr Óláfsson (died 30 May 1249) was a mid-thirteenth-century King of Mann and the Isles who was assassinated after a reign of less than a month. As a son of Óláfr Guðrøðarson, King of Mann and the Isles, Rǫgnvaldr Óláfsson was a member of the Crovan dynasty. When his father died in 1237, the kingship was assumed by Haraldr Óláfsson. The latter was lost at sea late in 1248, and the following year Rǫgnvaldr Óláfsson succeeded him as king. Only weeks after gaining the kingship, Rǫgnvaldr Óláfsson was slain by a knight named Ívarr and his accomplices. The kingship was then seized by Haraldr Guðrøðarson, Rǫgnvaldr Óláfsson's first cousin once removed, suggesting that the killers and the new king had colluded together. The assassination, therefore, appears to have been a continuation of the vicious family feud that had engulfed the Crovan dynasty since the late twelfth century, when Rǫgnvaldr Óláfsson's father and Haraldr Guðrøðarson's grandfat ...
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