De Brusse / De Brittany Ancestry

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This ancestry is in question until the parentage of Robert de Brus 1st Lord of Skelton and 1st Lord of Annandale, can be verified.

Orkney History

      Ancestry through parents
Thorstein "The Red" Olafsson
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Thurid Eyvindsdatter (Thurid is not yet verified)
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  Duncan (Dungad),
Earl of Caithness
b. ca. 871, Caithness, Scotland
d. 		m. ca. 897, Caithness, Scotland
"Dungad, jarl or earl of Cathanes, whose wife was Groa, daughter of Thorstein Rauda, the Red, son of Olaf Hviti, the White, King of Dublin, by his wife Aud, the Deep-rich or Deeply- wealthy" (Weeks, p. 40).		 Groa Thorsteinsdottir
b. ca. 873, Hvammi, Dala, Iceland
d. 		"[Groa] was the mother of Greiland, whom Earl Thorfinn had to wife, the son of Earl Turf-Einar, the son of Rognwald, Earl of Mere. Their son was Hlodwe, father of Earl Sigurd, father of Earl Thorfinn, and hence is come the house of the Orkney earls.'*[* Origines Islandics, by Gudbrand Vigfusson and F. York Powell, Vol. II, pp. 141-145.] The family to which Groa belonged was one of the most powerful in the islands of Northwestern Europe, and by his marriage to her Thorfinn greatly strengthened himself and his descendants in their hold upon Orkney and Shetland. With the exception of his successor in the earldom, his sons met tragic fates" (Weeks, p. 43).                                                
Sveide of Upland, a viking, 760-800
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Halfden the Aged,
ruler of Upland in 800
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Ivar,
a jarl or earl of Upland in 830 "He made proud boast of his descent from the deified hero Thor. In 850 he married a daughter of Eystein Glumra who was King of Trondheim in 840" (Weeks, pp. 33-34).
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Eystein, or Euslin, named Glumra of Vors
"fled into the kingdom of Norway about 870 to escape Danish tyranny. He married ... second, Ascrida, daughter of Rognvald, son of Olaf or Olaus, an independent king of Norway, who kept his court at Geirstead" (Weeks, p. 34). Ascrida was mother of his son Rognvald.
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Rognvald Eysteinsson, one of the great men of Northland
b. ca. 830, Maer, Nord Trondelag, Norway
"Rognvald married ... second, Groa, daughter of Wrymund, King of Trondheim" (Weeks, p. 37). Groa was mother of his son Einar.
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Einar "Turf" Rognvaldsson,
Earl of Orkney
b. ca. 852, Maer, More og Romsdal, Norway
d. 910, Orkney, Orkney Islands, Scotland
"Einar, surnamed Torf Einar, son of Rognvald and his wife Groa, was the fourth Earl of Orkney" (Weeks, p. 37).
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Thorfinn I Rollo (Brico) "Hausakliffer" Einarsson,
Earl of Orkney
b. ca. 890, Orkney Islands, Scotland
d. after 977

"Thorfinn Hausklifr, the Headcleaver, son of the pre- ceding, was the fifth Earl of Orkney, and the Earl of Shetland in 942.... He died about 963" (Weeks, p. 40).

 m. 914, Orkney Islands, Scotland

"...Greiland, whom Earl Thorfinn had to wife, the son of Earl Turf-Einar, the son of Rognwald, Earl of Mere. Their son was Hlodwe, father of Earl Sigurd, father of Earl Thorfinn, and hence is come the house of the Orkney earls.'*[* Origines Islandics, by Gudbrand Vigfusson and F. York Powell, Vol. II, pp. 141-145.]" (Weeks, p. 43).		 Grelod (Gerlaf / Grelauga) Duncansdatter
"Grelad, Greiland, or Grelota, daughter of Dungad, jarl or earl of Cathanes, whose wife was Groa, daughter of Thorstein Rauda, the Red, son of Olaf Hviti, the White, King of Dublin, by his wife Aud, the Deep-rich or Deeply- wealthy" (Weeks, p. 40).
b. ca. 898, Caithness, Scotland
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Dunghal Macfearghal,
King of Ireland
b. ca. 760, Ossory, Ireland
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Cearbhall (Kjarval/Kiarval) MacDunghal,
King of Ireland
b. 800, Ireland
d. 888, Ireland
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↓		 Descendants through son Ansfred Thorfinsson via his marriage to Helloe, Countess of Beulac
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Hlodwe or Hlodver (Lodver) Thorfinnsson,
Earl of Orkney
b. ca. 924, Orkney, Scotland
d. 980/88
Burial: Hofn, Caithness, Scotland
"Hlodver or Lodver ... was the sixth Earl of Orkney. He died about 980 and was buried at Hofu in Cathanes. He married Audna, daughter of Kiarval, King of Ireland" (Weeks, p. 43). 		m. ca. 959, Orkney, Scotland Audna (Edna/Ethne) Kjarvalssdatter
b. ca. 928, Orkney, Orkney Islands, Scotland
d. 		Ancestry through father King Malcolm II of Scotland                                                                                                                  
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  Sigurd II "Digri" Hlodversson
b. 960, Orkney, Scotland
d. 23 April 1014, Battle of Clontarf, Dublin, Ireland
Burial: burial mound, Hofry, Caithness, Scotland
"Sigurd, surnamed Digree the Corpulent, son of the pre- ceding, was the seventh Earl of Orkney. ... "Engaging in war with the Irish king Brian Boroimhe (Boru), he was killed in the great combat at Clontarf April 23, 1014. This battle, fought at Cluaintarbh, now Clontarf, near Dublin, was the most celebrated of all the conflicts in which the Norsemen were engaged on that side of the North Sea. 'It was there,' says an ancient commentator, 'that the old and new faiths met in the lists face to face for their last struggle'" (Weeks, pp. 44-45). 		m. "Olith, Alice or Thora, daughter of Malcolm II., King of Scotland" (Weeks, p. 48)
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    Brusi (Brusee) Sigurdsson,
Earl of Orkney
b. ca. 987, Orkney Islands, Scotland
d. 1031, Orkney Islands, Scotland
"Brusi, or Brusee, son of Sigurd by his wife Alice, although he was a man of peace for those days of warfare was the center of storms during his life and bequeathed an inheritance of bloodshed to his sons. When his father died four sons, Sumerlid, Brusi, Einar, and Thorfinn were left. As soon as the youngest attained to maturity he demanded from his brothers his share of the earldoms of his father and was supported by his grandfather, King Malcolm" (Weeks, p. 49). 		m. ca. 1010, Orkney, Scotland Ostrida Regenwaldsdatter,
Countess of Orkney
"Ostrida, daughter of Regenwald Wolfson, Earl of Gothland" (Weeks, p. 51)
b. ca. 990, Gothland, Sweden
d. 		            Waldemar,
Duke of Russia
b. ca. 995, Russia
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    "Rognvald ... was early in life held in hostage at the court of King Olaf the Holy, of Norway. He became a general in the army of Olaf and when the king was compelled to flee from Norway Rognvald shared his fortunes. On the battlefield of Stickelstead, where Olaf was slain, he distinguished himself and saved the life of Harald, the brother of the king. Subsequently he was made governor of the Castle of Oldegorburg in Russia by Duke Waldamar. After the death of his father, Rognvald waged ineffectual warfare against his uncle Earl Thorfinn for the recovery of Orkney" (Weeks, p. 51). "Although Rognvald then escaped he was soon after taken prisoner and put to death by Thorkell Fostri, the follower of Thorfinn, who years before had also killed Earl Einar, his father. ... He married, first, Arlogia, daughter of Duke Waldamar; second, Felicia, daughter of Robert, Duke of Normandy, who was father of William the Conqueror" (Weeks, p. 53). Ragnvald (Rognvald) II
b. 1011, Orkney, Scotland
d. December 1046, killed at Papa Stronsay, Orkney Islands, Scotland
Burial: Papa, Westroy, Orkney, Scotland		 m. ca. 1034, Russia Arlogia,
Countess of Orkney
b. ca. 1015, Russia
d. 		                Alan (Alain),
Count of Brittany
b. ca. 1000, Brittany, France
d. 1046		        
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    "Brusi or Robert de Brusee, son of Rognvald, found Orkney little to his liking. Norway, the original home of his ancestors, attracted him more and shortly he attached himself to the fortunes of the house of his maternal grandfather, going over to Normandy where he established the Bruce stock. There he became eminent and powerful in the court, being councillor to Robert I., Duke of Normandy, the father of William the Conqueror. He built the castle of la Brusee or Bruis, now Brix, in Normandy, which became 'the cradle of the royal house of Scotland.' (p. 55) "He married Emma, daughter of Alain, Earl of Brittany" (Weeks, p. 56). Robert De Brusse
b. 1036, Carrick, Argyllshire, Scotland
d. 1080/98		 m. about 1049, Argyllshire, Scotland Emma De Brittany
b. about 1034, Brittany, France
d. about 1094		        
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          "Robert de Brusee, second of the name, ... followed the standard of William, Duke of Normandy, when that prince went to conquer England in 1066" (Weeks, p. 56). "He died about 1094. He married Agnes, daughter of Walderne, Earl of St. Clair. Walderne of Santo Claro came from Normandy with William the Conqueror" (Weeks, p. 57).          
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descendants through son
Adam (Adelm) Brus
via his marriage to
Emma Ramsey		           
Developed in August 2016.