Ragnvald Sigurdsson (c. 750 – after 814) was a semi-legendary lord of Huseby, in
Lista
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(modern Norway).
He is best known for the marriage of his daughter, Gunnhild Ragnvaldsdatter, to
Harald Granraude, king of
Agder. Ragnvald also had a son, Olve Ragnvaldsson.
Ragnvald is not mentioned in accounts of events after 814, when Harald Granraude was killed by
Gudrød the Hunter
Gudrød the Hunter (Old Norse: ''Guðrøðr veiðikonungr'', Norwegian: ''Gudrød Veidekonge'', literally ''Gudrod Hunter-king''; died 820 AD), also known as Gudrød the Magnificent (Old Norse: ''enn gǫfugláti'', Norwegian: ''den gjeve''), is a l ...
.
Haraldr Hárfagri
Harald Fairhair no, Harald hårfagre Modern Icelandic: ( – ) was a Norwegian king. According to traditions current in Norway and Iceland in the eleventh and twelfth centuries, he reigned from 872 to 930 and was the first King of Nor ...
("Harald Fair-hair"; c. 850 – c. 932), who has usually been regarded as the first
King of Norway
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, was a great-great-grandson of Ragnvald Sigurdsson, a great-grandson of Harald Granraude and a grandson of Gudrød the Hunter.
See also
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Heimskringla
750s births
Year of death unknown
People from Vest-Agder
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