Kristiane og Alfred Jensens slægt

NORSE PREDECESSORS of the EARLS of ORKNEY - subject to King of Norwayuntil after 1379
Ragnvald II Brusisson, Jarl of two-thirds at Orkney Autumn 1038, b.1011. He was taken by his father to Norway in the spring of 1021 andleft as a hostage with St. Olaf (1021-1028), attended him into exileat Novgorod, returned with him to Norway, and was defeated with him atthe battle of Stikklestad (29 July 1030); but he escaped to Swedenwith St. Olaf’s half-brother Harald Hardradi, then aged about fifteenand wounded in the battle. Thence in the spring of 1031 they went toNovgorod, where the Grand Duke Yaroslav made Harold, Ragnvald and hisson Eilif, officers in his guard (Landvarnar-madr). Ragnvald, who "hadthe wardership of the land in the summers but was in Holmgard(Novgorod) in the winters," returned to Norway with Magnus the Good(then aged 11), son of St. Olaf, in 1036. As a result of the quarrelwhich ended this alliance, Jarl Ragnvald was killed by Thorfinn’schief minister, Thorkel Fosterer, in Dec. 1046. His wife’s name is notrecorded. He had a son Eilif abovenamed, who does not appear ever tohave claimed a share of Orkney.