Ragnvald, Rögnvald or Rognvald or Rægnald is an
Old Norse
Old Norse, Old Nordic, or Old Scandinavian, is a stage of development of North Germanic languages, North Germanic dialects before their final divergence into separate Nordic languages. Old Norse was spoken by inhabitants of Scandinavia and t ...
name (Old Norse ''Rǫgnvaldr'', modern Icelandic ''Rögnvaldur''; in
Old English ''Regenweald'' and in
Old Irish
Old Irish, also called Old Gaelic ( sga, Goídelc, Ogham script: ᚌᚑᚔᚇᚓᚂᚉ; ga, Sean-Ghaeilge; gd, Seann-Ghàidhlig; gv, Shenn Yernish or ), is the oldest form of the Goidelic/Gaelic language for which there are extensive writte ...
,
Middle Irish ''
Ragnall''). Notable people with the name include:
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Ragnvald Heidumhære (9th century), King of Vestfold
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Rognvald Eysteinsson (fl. late 9th century), Jarl of Møre
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Ragnall ua Ímair (died 921), King of York
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Ragnall Guthfrithson
Ragnall Guthfrithson ( non, Rǫgnvaldr Guðrøðsson ; sga, Ragnall mac Gofraid) was a Viking leader who ruled Viking Yorkshire in the 10th century. He was the son of Gofraid ua Ímair and great-grandson of Ímar, making him one of the Uí Ím ...
, co-King of York, 943-44
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Ragnall mac Gofraid
Ragnall is a village and civil parish in Nottinghamshire, England. At the time of the 2001 census it had a population of 102, increasing to 146 at the 2011 census. It is located on the A57 road one mile west of the River Trent. The parish churc ...
(died 1004/1005), King of the Isles
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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 versi ...
(mid-10th century), Prince of Polotsk
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Ragnvald Ingvarsson Ragnvaldr 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.
In Ed there are two runic ins ...
(10th century), officer of the Varangian Guard
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Ragnvald Ulfsson the Old, jarl of Vastergotland and possibly father of King Stenkil of Sweden
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Rognvald Brusason (died c. 1046), Jarl of Orkney
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Ragnvald Ingesson (late 11th century), only known son and heir of King
Inge I of Sweden
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Ragnvald Knaphövde (early 12th century), King of Sweden
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Rögnvald Kali Kolsson (12th century), Norwegian saint and jarl of part of Orkney
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Ragnall mac Somairle (12th century), Hebridean magnate
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Rögnvaldr Óláfsson (fl. 1164) 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 ...
of the Isle of Man (ruled 1164)
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Rǫgnvaldr Guðrøðarson (died 1229), King of the Isles
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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 ...
of the Isle of Man (ruled 1249)
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