Eystein Glumra ("Eystein the Noisy" or "Eystein the Clatterer";
Modern Norwegian
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''Øystein Glumra''), also known as Eystein Ivarsson, was reputedly a
petty king
A petty kingdom is a kingdom described as minor or "petty" (from the French 'petit' meaning small) by contrast to an empire or unified kingdom that either preceded or succeeded it (e.g. the numerous kingdoms of Anglo-Saxon England unified into t ...
on the west coast of
Norway
Norway, officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic country in Northern Europe, the mainland territory of which comprises the western and northernmost portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula. The remote Arctic island of Jan Mayen and the ...
during the 9th century.
The ''
Heimskringla
''Heimskringla'' () is the best known of the Old Norse kings' sagas. It was written in Old Norse in Iceland by the poet and historian Snorre Sturlason (1178/79–1241) 1230. The name ''Heimskringla'' was first used in the 17th century, derive ...
'' saga states that Eystein Glumra was the father of
Rognvald Eysteinsson
Rognvald Eysteinsson (''fl.'' 865) was the founding Jarl (or Earl) of Møre in Norway, and a close relative and ally of Harald Fairhair, the earliest known King of Norway. In the Norse language he is known as Rǫgnvaldr Eysteinsson (''Mǿrajarl ...
and
Sigurd Eysteinsson
Sigurd Eysteinsson, or Sigurd the Mighty (reigned 875–892Ashley, pp. 440–441), was the second Earl of Orkney—a title bequeathed to Sigurd by his brother Rognvald Eysteinsson. A son of Eystein Glumra, Sigurd was a leader in the Viking co ...
: "The first
earl of the Orkney Islands was ... Sigurd ... a son of Eystein Glumra, and brother of Ragnvald earl of More. After Sigurd, his son Guthorm was earl for one year. After him Torf-Einar, a son of Ragnvald ... was long earl, and was a man of great power".
According to the ''
Orkneyinga saga'', Eystein Glumra was the son of
Ivar Halfdansson Ivar Halfdansson or Ivarr Upplendingajarl ("Ivar the Oppland Earl") was a possibly mythical king of Oppland, a petty kingdom in Norway. If he existed, Ivar probably lived during the late 8th century.
Traditional sources state that he was father of ...
and grandson of
Halfdan the Old
Halfdan the Old (Old Norse: ''Hálfdanr gamli'' and ''Hálfdanr inn gamli'') was an ancient, legendary king from whom descended many of the most notable lineages of legend. A second Halfdan the Old is the purported great-grandfather of Ragnvald Eys ...
. The ''Orkneyinga Saga'' also named Eystein Glumra as the father of Rognvald Eysteinsson:
The Orkneyingers’ Saga
/ref> "Heiti, Gorr's son, was father of Sveiði the sea-king, ho wasthe father of Halfdan the old, ho wasthe father of Ivar the Uplanders' earl, ho wasthe father of Eystein the noisy, ho wasthe father of earl Rognvald the mighty and wise in council".
Two novels by Linnea Hartsuyker, ''The Half-Drowned King'' (2017) and ''The Sea Queen'' (2018), cover the lives of Eystein's children.
References
9th-century births
9th-century deaths
Norwegian petty kings
9th-century rulers in Europe
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