Scandinavian Ancestry - A somewhat legendary Viking ancestry
Sources:
- Book of Bruce: Ancestors and Descendants of King Robert of Scotland by Lyman Horace Weeks (1907) for the historical figures below.
- FamilySearch: Family Tree for Thorstein "The Red" Olafsson
Note: Many of these persons are legendary (some purely fictional from mythical sagas) and may or may not represent real persons. Some are historical while some tell the legendary sagas of old. The further back the ancestry goes in these lines, the more in legend it is. Solid lines show verified lines (on this page only).
| Ancestry through parents Gudrod Jagtkonge Halfdansson and Alfhild Alfarinsdatter ↑ | | |
Ancestry through parents Ragnar "Lodbrok" Sigurdsson and Aslaug Sigurdsdatter ↑ | | |
Ella, |King of England b. 758 | ↓ |
Ancestry through parents Hjalldur Vatnarsson and Hervor Helgadatter ↑ | | |
Ancestry through parents Hraerek "Slauvanbauga" Halfdansson and Aud Ivarsdatter ↑ | | Harald "Hilditonn" Hraereksson |b. ca. 655, Denmark d. 735 | ↓ |
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| Olaf Gudrodsson, King of Jutland and Vestfold b. btwn. 760 and 800, Vestfold, Norway d. 840, Norway |
Sigurd "Snake-Eye" Ragnarsson b. ca. 786, Denmark d. |
m. ca. 799, Jutland, Denmark | Heluna (Bleja), Princess in England b. ca. 784, England d. |
Grim Hjaldursson b. ca. 745, Sogn og Fjordane, Norway d. ca. 790 |
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Viking Skaanoyskjelmer b. ca. 770, Sogn og Fjordane, Norway d. |
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Solgi Haraldsson b. ca. 730, Norway d. |
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Helgi Olafsson b. ca. 802, Dublin, Ireland d. |
m. ca. 819, Ireland | Thora Sigurdsdatter b. ca. 806, Jutland, Denmark d. |
Bjorn "Buna" Grimsson b. ca. 770, Sogn og Fjordane, Norway d. 820 |
m. | Velaug Vikingsdatter b. ca. 775, Sogn og Fjordane, Norway d. |
Ketill Wether (Hersir) b. ca. 785, Raumsdal, Telemark, Norway d. |
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Hrolf Solgasson b. ca. 762, Norway d. |
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Hrolf Injaldsson b. ca. 700, Dyfinni, Ireland d. |
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Dunghal Macfearghal, King b. ca. 760, Ossory, Ireland d. |
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| Discrepancy: Weeks writes that the father of Ingiald was "Frode the Gallant whom the Swertlings slew" (p. 41). | | | ? | | ↓ |
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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.
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Ingjald "The White" Helgasson b. ca. 820, Dublin, Ireland d. |
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Cetil Flatneb had to wife Yngwhild, daughter of Cetil Wether, a man of good birth. Their children were five. ... Und (Aud) Deeprich was a daughter of Cetil's whom Anlaf (Olaf) the White had to wife, the son of Ingiald, the son of Frode the Gallant whom the Swertlings slew. ... Then Cetil said that he was now minded to go west over sea (to the British Isles), for he said there was good land there and that those lands were known to him far and wide, because he had harried far and wide there. ... Afterwards Cetil makes ready for his journey out of the country west over the sea. His daughter Und went with him and more of his kin. ... Cetil fixed his abode there and the rest of the company of his kinfolk, save Thorstan, his daughter's son. He took to sea roving at once and harried far and wide over Scotland and gat ever the victory, and afterwards he made peace with the King of Scots and got half of Scotland for himself and became king thereof" (Weeks, pp. 41-42). | Ketill "Flatnefur" ("Flatnose") Björnsson (Cetil Flatneb) b. ca. 812, Raumsdal, Telemark, Norway d. ca. 880, Scotland |
m. ca. 849, Norway | Ingveld Ketilsdatter (Yngwhild) b. ca. 806, Romsdal, Telemark, Norway d. |
Bjarni Hrolfsson b. ca. 794, Amle, Sogn og Fjordane, Norway d. ca. 870 |
m. | Hlif Hrolfsdatter b. ca. 798, Amle, Sogn og Fjordane, Norway d. |
Cearbhall (Kjarval) MacDunghal, King of Ireland b. 800, Ireland d. 888, Ireland |
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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.
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Olaf (Anlaf) "The White" "Hviti" Ingjaldsson, King of Ireland b. ca. 840, Dyflinni, Ireland d. 871, Dublin, Ireland |
m. ca. 857, Dublin, Ireland | Aud (Unn) "Deep Minded" Ketilsdatter, (Und Deeprich) Queen of Iceland b. ca. 834, Raumsdal, Telemark, Norway d. 900, Hvammi, Iceland |
"The story of Aud or Und, the Deeply-rich, who married Olaf Hviti, is told in the Icelandic sagas. She was a conspicuous figure in her time and country, and a queen who exercised a powerful control and widespread influence through- out a long and active life" (Weeks, pp. 40-41). "'Und Deeprich was in Caithness when her son Thorstan fell and when she heard that Thorstan was slain and her father dead she thought that there would be no bettering to be got where she was. And so she had a merchant ship built secretly in the wood and when the ship was finished she fitted out the ship and took much riches in chattels with her. She took aboard with her all the company of her kin that were yet alive. And men thought that it was scarcely ever known that one person, and a woman, should have been able to get away out of such perils with so much chattels and such a following. And it may easily be marked thereby what a paragon she was among women. Und also had with her at that time men of high rank and of great families. ... Und sailed her ship to the Orkneys as soon as she was ready. There she abode for little while. There she gave Groa, daughter of Thorstan the Red, in marriage. ...' [* Origines Islandics, by Gudbrand Vigfusson and F. York Powell, Vol. II, pp. 141-145.]" (Weeks, pp. 42-43). | Eyvind "The Easterling" Austmann Bjarnasson b. ca. 830, Amle, Sogn og Fjordane, Norway d. 900, Iceland |
m. ca. 845, Amle, Sogn Og Fjordane, Norway | Rafertach (Rafarta) MacCearbhall b. 830, Ireland d. |
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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.
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Thorstein "The Red" Olafsson b. ca. 858, Dublin, Ireland d. 888, Hvammi, Dala, Iceland |
m. ca. 868, Dala, Iceland | Thurid Eyvindsdatter (unverified) b. ca. 847, Amle, Sogn og Fjordane, Norway d. |
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| | | | ↓ descendants through daughter Groa Thorsteinsdottir via her marriage to Duncan (Dungad), Earl of Caithness |
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