Back to the beginning. My Great Uncle Kristjan Oliver Einarson wrote out a few branches in 1954 in Icelandic, upon visiting Iceland. This list was painstakingly rewritten by Emily Enns and passed on to Roy. Most were nothing except 1st names and their attribute,
such as Fair Hair. These were the opposite as King FairHair was said not to cut his hair and would have been a long tangled mess. It was the name "Hveitbeinn" which Roy translated into White Bone. This was the key to unlocking everything. Looking under the Swede Family list, Roy found Olaf HvitBein.
Then listing all the Kings of Norway, the names started to match the list.
Looking up Hvit and Bein in Norwegian online dictionary, it means White Bone which this story connects to his name. and possible Uncle Chris added an extra N or many other possibilities.
BINGO! the names started to click
Halfdan Olafsson (704 - 750)

Halfdan Whitebone
Added by richardchapin1 on 1 Mar 2007

Halfdan was fostered in the Soley Isles by Solva, his uncle. He was called Halfdan Whitebone. He was king in the Soleys after King Solvi. He married Asa, daughter of Eystein the Ill-advised, king in Heid. This Eystein conquered the Eynafylki in Trondheim, and gave them his hound for king, who was named Sorr; Sorshaug is named after him. Halfdan and Asa had two sons, Eystein and Gudrod. Halfdan Whitebone took Raumariki and much of Heidmark. He died in Thotni, and was taken to Heidmark and buried there. Gudrod, Halfdan's son, was king in Heidmark after his father. His son was Helgi, father of Ingjald, father of Olaf the White, who married Unn the Deep-Minded, daughter of Ketil Faltnose. Their son was Thorsteinn the Red, who was an earl in Scotland and fell there. Eystein, son of Halfdan Whitebone, was king in Raumariki. He married the daughter of Eirik Agnarsson, who was king in Vestfold. Eirik had no son. Agnarr, Eirik's father, was son of King Sigtrygg of Vindli. King Eystein fell overboard, and drowned in the boatyard in the sound. His son was named Halfdan, and he took the kingdom after him. He surrounded himself with powerful men and great warriors, giving out gold to his henchmen as other men gave silver, but he was hesitant to provide his men with food. He was called Halfdan the Mild but Miserly with Meat. He married Lifa, daughter of Dag, king of Vestmar. He died in Vestfold, and was buried there. Their son was named Gudrod, and he took the kingdom after his father. He was called Gudrod the Generous. He married Asa, daughter of King Harald Redbeard, who was king of Agder. They had two sons. One was named Halfdan, the other Olaf. Gudrod the Generous was killed at Geirstad in Vestfold, where was killed with a halberd, and he died on his ship in Stiflusund, in the evening. Asa, his wife, had egged on a man to kill him, because King Gudrod had killed King Harald, her father, and Gyrd, his son. King Gudrod had also married the daughter of Alfarin of Alfheim and had received half Vingulmark with her, as a dowry. Their son was Olaf. He was full-grown when his father fell, and he took the kingdom after his father. He was the best of all men, and strongest and most handsome to be seen. He was called Olaf, the Elf of Geirstad

Regarding 1954 Translated document. Will have to convert original text, as many letters dropped out. The 1st line explains what Uncle Chris wrote down, it was Old Norse. beinn = bone
NOTE: (Old Norse: H·lfdan hvÌtbeinn) , Sentence 1

Halfdan Hvitbeinn by richardchapin1 on 5 Mar 2007

Halfdan Hvitbeinn (Old Norse: Hálfdan hvítbeinn) was the son of Olof Trätälja of the House of Yngling according to Heimskringla. He lived around A.D. 710. His father was sacrificed to Odin by the Swedish settlers in Värmland because of a famine.. Some Swedes, however, realised that the famine was brought by overpopulation and not by the fact that the king had been neglecting his religious duties. Consequently, they resolved to cross the Ed Forest and settle in Norway and happened to end up in Soleyar where they killed king Sˆlve and took Halfdan prisoner. The Swedish expatriates elected Halfdan king as he was the son of their old king, Olof. Halfdan subjugated all of Soleyar and took his army into Romerike and subjugated that province as well. Halfdan was to become a great king, who married ≈sa, the daughter of king Eystein, the ruler of Oppland and Hedmark. They had two sons, ÷ystein Halfdansson and Gudrˆd. Halfdan conquered a large part of Hedemark, Toten, Hadeland and a part of Vestfold. When his brother Ingjald Olofsson died, he inherited Wermelandia. Halfdan died of old age in Toten and was transported to Vestfold where he was buried under a mound in Skiringssal.

NOTE: Grandparents Generations are in reference to Roy unless otherwise noted.

NOT RELATED
Greta Garbo
Swedish


30's Swedish actress. Daughter of Lovisa Johansson.
Discovered in Sweden, Greta Garbo moved to America with a contract to act for MGM Studios. Greta acted in such movies as "Mata Hari" and "Anna Karenina". She retired from acting in 1941 at the age of 36.
She is said to be related to Þóra Magnúsdóttir (see below).

06/28/10, RE: Relation to Greta Garbo
"Inge and the Norwegian king Magnus Barefoot were at war, but they signed a peace agreement at Kungahälla[1][2] in 1101 together with Eric Evergood of Denmark.[2] At this meeting he gave his daughter Margareta as wife to king Magnus.[2] In Snorri's Magnus Barefoot's Saga, a part of the Heimskringla, there is a description of the appearance of Inge:“ King Inge was the largest and stoutest, and, from his age, of the most dignified appearance. King Magnus appeared the most gallant and brisk, and King Eirik the most handsome. But they were all handsome men; stout, gallant, and ready in speech.[5]"
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inge_the_Elder
Ancestry.com shows Margaret Firthpoll as Magnus wife related who supposedly married Magnus
"At this meeting he [Inge] gave his daughter Margareta as wife to king Magnus."
The original tree from Ancestry.com shows Margaret Firthpoll. Verify Firthpoll. Should be daughter of Inge Stenkilsson, brother is Halsten Stenkilsson, or Margareta Stenkildottir.
This might be here...Margareta Fredkulla Ingesdotter
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Margaret_Fredkulla

Except Magnus died within 2 years and they had no children
Ergo Margareta is my GGF's wife and no relationship to us regarding Greta Garbo.

01/13/2011 - above makes no sense. If Magnus was a GGF, Margareta is a GM.
In my db is Þóra Magnúsdóttir, daughter of Magnus III "The Bare-Footed" OLAFSSON. Her mother is listed as Unknown. I have little doubt the relation to Pora as I cite Halfdan Helgason as the Source. He himself would say it may be wrong. He and the others that compiled his database are very conservative in what they add and after a few thousand references, I have come to trust in what he lists.
TRUST BUT VERIFY
Meaning the lineage to Pora is very strong.

Íslendingabók, Libellus Islandorum or The Book of Icelanders which lists Pora, writing historians consider it the most reliable extant source on early Icelandic history.

Here is the clue to verify NO RELATIONSHIP
"she [Margareta] was made widow after two years of marriage, and soon left Norway. The marriage was childless".
Pora is NOT Margaret's child, ergo, no relation.

Great Great Grandparents
William Stuart Taylor & Isabella Slimmons/Slemin,
English (1st Generation), Scottish and Irish (1st Generation)


William Stuart Taylor, b. 09 Aug 1830, possibly born in Arundel Castle, raised in West Indies; Barbados. Father of our Great Grandmother, Caroline TAYLOR Christopherson .
Brother of John Taylor, friend to the Icelanders in New Iceland - M.H.S. web page.
Possible connection to the Howards and the Duke of Norfolk. Research pending.

Isabella Slimmons was William's 1st wife, b. 1835, of Irish Descent. Her father John was born in Ireland (census). Mother of Caroline nee Taylor Christopherson.
View the Slimmons Research and Developement page

Wife No. 2 was Eliza J. McNEIL, b. 1833 NY, Res. Peterboro.
Eliza's parents; Alex McNEIL & Susan MORROW. Eliza's sister died in Michigan.

Wife No. 3 was Sigridur Thorarinson, d. 1910.
William Taylor's daughter, Isabella TAYLOR Badger, married Thomas Badger.

View Williams own page.

Photo: Back-Caroline Taylor Christopherson, her father,
William Stuart Taylor, Jane Taylor Hearn

Front-Susanna Taylor married Halldór Eggertsson Briem, Anna Taylor Ballard, married George Ballard (children: Oscar, Jacob Ballard and Emma)

Without out a doubt, he IS related to us through the Einarson branch.
Roy's 9th GGF
NEW: He is a GGF on Christopherson side as well.
Arngrimur Jonsson
ICELANDIC

Arngrimur Jonsson the Learned, wrote a description of a journey to Iceland, Islandia, sive Populorum & mirabilium qu=E6 in ea = Insula reperiuntur accvratior descriptio (Iceland, or an accurate description = of the people and wonders which are to be found on that island) which was = first published in Holland in 1607. It became very well known and greatly influenced foreigners' beliefs about Iceland for centuries to come. It included many lies about the country and its people which greatly = enraged the Icelander Arngrimur Jonsson the Learned. It is not certain, = however, that Blefken ever travelled to Iceland or Greenland. It is more likely = that he pieced together information gained from existing works on Iceland, = mixing this with ideas from his own fanciful imagination.=20 Arngrimur Jonsson the Learned (1568-1648) fought long and hard to = convince foreign scholars of the absurdity of their beliefs about Iceland and = her people. He felt his country's honour was unfairly under attack from = their slander and lies regarding its people and their way of life, and wrote = five books in Iceland's defence. One of them is Anatome Blefkeniana (Blefken dissected), and was published in Iceland in 1612. Nowadays, Anatome Blefkeniana, is best known for the cartoon at the end of it in which = Blefken appears in the likeness of a monkey. ArngrÌmur JÛnsson the Learned (Icelandic: ArngrÌmur JÛnsson lÊr?i) was a scholar who lived in Iceland from 1568 until 1648. He is pictured on the now obsolete Icelandic 10 krÛnur banknote. See Icelandic krÛna. In 1593 he published a defense of Iceland (in Latin) in which he criticized the works of numerous authors who had written about the people and the country of Iceland. His main target was a poem by Gories Peerse, a merchant who had written an entertaining and somewhat slanderous poem about Icelandic geography and ethnography. ArngrÌmur also, however, criticized substantial works such as the Cosmographie of German scholar Sebastian M¸nster. His critique, Brevis commentarius de Islandia, was reprinted in 1598 in Richard Hakluyt's Principal Navigations of the English Nation. This defense of Iceland and subsequent works were important for introducing European scholars to the ancient literature of Iceland and the richness of the manuscripts present there. It also played a formative role in the development of European nationalism, participating in the ethnographic insult and counterinsult by which European countries came to distinguish themselves in print. In his historical writings ArngrÌmur had access to texts no longer extant, most importantly a large fragment of Skjˆldunga saga which was later lost completely. His works on legendary Danish and Swedish kings are the most important evidence for the contents of the lost saga. Works ''Brevis commentarius de Islandia ''CrymogÊa ''Supplementum HistoriÊ NorvegicÊ ''Rerum Danicarum fragmenta ''Ad catalogum regum SveciÊ annotanda ''Anatome Blefkeniana ''Epistola pro patria defensoria ''Apotribe virulentÊ et atrocis calumniÊ ''Athanasia (in memory of Gu?brandur fiorl·ksson) ''Specimen IslandiÊ historicum ''Gronlandia
SOURCE

11th Great Grandfather (Gudbrandsdottir Side)
Árni "stóri" Magnússon ,
ICELANDIC


Árni Magnússon (1663-1730) was an Icelander; he was professor at the University of Copenhagen, which at that time was the university of Denmark, Norway and Iceland. Throughout his life he was a passionate student of Icelandic history, and as a collector of manuscripts he was unique in his time. His collection of manuscripts was by far the largest collection of medieval Icelandic manuscripts then in existence. It eventually became the property of the Arnamagnæan Foundation, which was associated with the University of Copenhagen. The transfer of Árni Magnússon's manuscript collection from Denmark to Iceland, which began in 1971, was concluded in June 1997. That part of the Arnamagnæan collection which is considered to be part of Iceland's cultural heritage, according to the Danish legislation passed in 1961, are housed in the Stofnun Árna Magnússonar á Íslandi, while the other part of the collection remains in the custody of Det arnamagnæanske Institut in Copenhagen.

13th Great Grandfather (GGF of almost all Icelanders) (Einarsson side)
Jón Arason
ICELANDIC

Jón Arason, (1484 in Gryta - November 7, 1550) was an Icelandic Roman Catholic bishop and poet. He became a priest about 1504, and having attracted the notice of Gottskálk Nikulásson, bishop of Hólar, was sent by that prelate on two missions to Norway.
In 1522 he succeeded Gottskálk in the see of Hólar, but he was soon driven out by the other Icelandic bishop, Ögmundur of Skálholt. That bishop later proved to be the other to go against Lutheranism, but being old and blind by that time his opposition proved effectively meaningless.

By this point Jón Arason had become known for his great talents if somewhat erratic faith. He fathered numerous children who fought for his causes figuratively and later literally. This despite being the age when Catholic bishops were to be celibate, but Iceland was distant enough from Rome to develop its own peculiarities. After a brief exile in Norway he became involved in a dispute with his sovereign, Christian III, king of Denmark, because he refused to further the progress of Lutheranism in the island. Although initially he took a defensive rather than an offensive position on the matter this changed radically in 1548. At that point he and Ögmundur joined their forces to attack the Lutherans. Being old and blind at this stage Ögmundur's contribution didn't last and he quickly faced exile to Denmark. As for Jón his continuing resistance came from a kind of primitive nationalism and simple ambition as much as religion. He resented the Danes changing the religious landscape of Iceland and felt their culture would be less disrupted by staying Catholic. Hence he took encouragement from a letter from Pope Paul III to continue his efforts against the Lutherans. For the Pope this seems to have been a generalized opposition to the spread of Protestantism not necessarily support for the peculiarities of his life or Icelandic culture. Still the encouragement helped strengthen the opposition against the Lutherans into a kind of Civil war. His zeal toward that cause knew no bounds as he fought for what he deemed to be a Catholic, Icelandic, and personal struggle against the Danes. In this struggle he had the help of his illegitimate children who fought with him in various battles. However his attempt to capture his greatest adversary, Daði Gudmundsson, at the Battle of Sauðafell led to himself being taken prisoner and handed over to the king's bailiff. Legend states that on hearing this one of his feistier daughters rallied her forces to save him, but even if this is so her efforts proved unsuccessful. In 1550 the bishop of Hólar and two of his sons (Are and Bjorn) were captured and beheaded. The king's bailiff, named Christian Skriver, would later be killed by fishermen who favored Jón's cause.

Memorial at the place of execution of Jon Arason, in Skalholt, south Iceland
Jón Arason was the last Roman Catholic bishop in Iceland. He is celebrated as a poet and as kind of folk hero who fought against Danish imperialism. The writer Gunnar Gunnarsson wrote a novel about his life. Some critics in Iceland and elsewhere indicate his cause might have revolved most around protecting his own power. He was also the man who introduced printing into the island.
As legend will have it, he is also responsible for one of the most enduring sayings in the Icelandic language. As he was about to be beheaded, a priest called Sveinn was by his side to offer him comfort. Sveinn told Jón: "Líf er eftir þetta, herra!" ("There is a life after this one, Sire!") Jón turned to Sveinn and said: "Veit ég það, Sveinki!" ("That I know, little Sveinn!") Ever since "veit ég það, Sveinki" has been a part of the Icelandic treasure of sayings, in this case meaning that something totally obvious has been stated.
SOURCE: Wikipedia

11th Great Grandfather
(Christopherson, side)
Jon Sigmundsson
ICELANDIC

Reference: Copyright © 2009-10 by Sanderson Beck

"The Black Death came to Iceland in 1402, and in two years nearly two-thirds of the population was wiped out."

Gottskalk Nikolasson became Bishop of Holar. Gottskalk wanted to gain property for himself and family, so he ordered Jon to appear before him. Gottskalk tried to levy fines against Jon Sigmundsson (our 11th Great Grandfather) after he refused. Jon was a Lögmaður (attorney, solicitor, barrister). This was after 1495. The accused, Jon cleared himself of some of the charges and was banned. His wife had to appear before Gottskalk. She paid 300. Gottskalk brought Jon before him again and fined him.

Jon on appeal to the King and Archbishop went to Bishop Stephan Jonsson of Skalholt. The Bishop sided with Gottskalk and Jon paid 200 and promised to obey the rules. Jon was wounded with a knife at Holar, then both Bishops banned him for failure to appear.

This time Jon went to the king who ordered the Govenor of Iceland to return his estates and gave Jon a Letter of Protection.

Get this, Gottskalk bribed the Govenor and had Jon PUSHED off the side of a bridge. Luckily for us, he was saved. The Chieftains banned together against the Bishops, but the Icelanders were under the Bishop's influence. Jon Sigmundsson died in poverty in the year 1520 as well as Gottskalk .


Jon lineage went to the Sigvaldsons and now to the christophersons, before I joined the two people known as Jon.

14th Great Grandfather
ICELANDIC

(Christopherson, Einarson, ___ branches)

Björn Þorleifsson, Björn "ríki" Þorleifsson, or Bjorn Thorleifsson
b. 1408 - d. 1467
Hirðstjóri In Iceland, the king appointed a hirðstjóri, or director of the court, who was the supreme lay ... hirðstjóri also bore the title “captain of Iceland,” 1

Skard
Location: 60 km north of Budardalur, Road 60, turn left into road 590
Skard is a farm and church site on Skardströnd. Many of the Icelandic Saga heroes come from here. Amongst them were Bjorn Thorleifsson, governor, and his wife, Olof-the-Rich Loftsdottir. On the death of her husband by Englishmen in 1467, she is quoted as declaring: „shed no tears for farmer Björn, but gather men to avenge him...“ This has become a famous quote in Iceland.

Björn, the greatest chief in Iceland, 15 century, killed along with seven men in their battle against England. Björns body was then cut down into pieces. Björn had been knighted by the Danish king ten years earlier (1457), so his murder made Anglo-Danish relations deteriorate further...2

...MERCHANTS, PIRATES, ALIENS AND LAWYERS 261
dig up the ground, and carry on fishery as if it were their own property'. Occasionally the English landed on the island in full martial array with trumpets blaring and banners whip- ping the air. Danish officials accused them of murder and pillage and rapine, even charged them with kidnapping or buying children and it appears that they did carry off a few. But the officers of the King of Denmark were not popular with the natives, and when a party of Englishmen captured and bore away the Danish governor, a chronicle representing the views of the Icelanders recorded tersely, Tew were sorry at that'. When a Danish governor, Bjorn Thorleifsson, arrived with a strong escort at Rif in 1467, he found English merchant- men and fishers carrying on a lively business. Before he could make any attempt to enforce his king's prohibitions, the Eng- lish fell upon him and his men like a thunder-clap, and 'Bjorn the Mighty was smitten to death', his house sacked, and his son held for ransom. But when Bjorn's wife heard what had happened, she announced, "There shall be no weeping but rather gather men!' Donning a shirt of mafl and thrusting a woman's dress over it for seemliness she and her warriors 'came with craft upon the English and slew a great company of them, except the cook, who got his life very narrowly for that he had before helped their son*. This bold lady then sailed for Norway to report to the king; he is said to have found her 'a woman pleasant to behold'....
3

As in other Nordic countries, the use of heraldry started with seals in the 13th century. The earliest known use of the seal in Iceland was that of Hrafn Sveinbjarnarson, who died in 1213.[1] This gold signet ring, bearing a raven (Hrafn in Icelandic), was an early example of canting arms. The ring was a gift from Bjarni Kolbeinsson, Bishop of Orkney.

Personal coats of arms were rare in medieval Iceland,[1] and these had a distinctive character in comparison to other heraldic traditions, reflective of Iceland's distinctive flora and fauna. After Iceland became part of the Kingdom of Norway in 1262, some Icelandic nobles were granted arms by the king of Norway.[2] Records indicate that two Icelandic knights, Haukur Erlendsson from around the year 1300, and Loftur the rich Guttormsson from around 1400, each bore noble arms featuring a falcon.[2] Three extant letters from the 15th century granted noble arms to Icelanders: in 1450 Torfi Arason was granted the arms, Azure, a bear argent, with a demi-bear argent on the crest; in 1457 Björn Þorleifsson was granted the arms, Azure, a bear argent, with a bear argent on the crest; in 1488 Eggert Eggertsson, a Norwegian whose descendants became Iceland's governors for a while, was granted the arms, Azure, a demi-unicorn argent, with a demi-unicorn argent on the crest.[2] Nobility was abolished in Iceland in 1660, and no one in Iceland today has any rightful claim to an ancient family coat of arms.[2]

11th Great Grandfather
Daniel Rantzau
Denmark/Germany

(1529 - November 11, 1569),
11th GGF through Sigvaldason branch, was a Danish-German general who was known for his leadership in the Northern Seven Years' War. I am still researching his extensive lineage.
Many thanks to cousin Kristjan and Gigja for this branch.
Relationship Chart

Meet my 22nd Great Grandmother,
Pauline Einarson Christopherson 's 21st Great Grandmother
Þóra Magnúsdóttir
ICELANDIC

Daughter of Magnus III of Norway, Descendant of Harald the Fairhair, King of all of Norway

Þóra Magnúsdóttir , was born in 1100 in Norway, a daughter of King Magnús berfættur or Barefoot Ólafsson, King of Norway (1073-1103) alias Magnus III of Norway a direct descendant of Harald Fairhair the first Norwegian King. The Fairhair dynasty is traditionally regarded as the first royal dynasty of the united Norway, a branch of the Ynglings.

Þóra Magnúsdóttir (born 1100 in Norway) married an Icelander and moved to Iceland. Her husband was a powerful Icelandic chieftain Loftur Sæmundsson son of Sæmundur fróði Sigfússon. Their son was Jón Loftsson. A direct descendant of Loftur and Þóra was Þuríður Sturludóttir (born 1228) who married Hrafn Oddsson (born 1225) a direct descendant of Sakallagrímur Kveldúlfsson (Skalla-Grímr) father of skald and viking Egill SkallagrÌmsson. In their son JÛn korpur Hrafnsson (born 1255) the two warring clans of Haraldur hárfagri and Skallagímur Kveldúlfsson were genetically united in Iceland.

Oddi, in the fields of the Rangá, is a major historic site. It first became famous around the middle of the 11th Century, when a church was built there, and thus is one of the oldest church sites in Iceland. It was a scholar, political and cultural center for centuries. In the year 1078, Sæmundur the Learned became priest of Oddi. Saemundur the Learned was a chieftain and the first important person to reside at Oddi. Saemundur is believed to have brought some Latin books from Paris, where he studied at the 'Black College', the forerunner of the present Sorbonnne. In one of the folktales about Saemundur the Learned and the Devil, Saemundur hits the devil on the head with a book which contained King David's Psalms, after he'd sat on the Devil's back across the Atlantic, on his way from France to Iceland. Although this may be more myth than reality, one thing is certain, that there must have been a fairly good collection of books in Latin at Oddi which Saemundur had other people write on skin for him and also various study books in Latin. Sæmundur established a school at Oddi, which is believed to have stood for two centuries.
Among other eminent Icelanders who studied at the Oddi school was Snorri Sturluson, the father of Icelandic historiography. Snorri Sturluson (1179 - 1241) was a poet and historian, born in Oddi, Iceland. Snorri acquired a deep knowledge of Icelandic tradition and a European breadth of outlook. His main works were the Prose Edda, a handbook on poetics, and Heimskringla, a series of sagas of the Norwegian kings down to 1177. Snorri also retold old Norse myths within stories of his own creation. His genius was his ability to present historical facts with the immediacy of drama. In 1215 he was elected law-speaker, or president of the Icelandic high court. He became involved in a plan for the king of Norway Haakon IV to rule Iceland, but when the plan failed he fled to Norway. After his return to Iceland against the wish of Haakon, the king took revenge and had him murdered. Some other known famous men of Oddi include Eyjolfur Saemundsson, Loftur Saemundsson and Jon Loftsson.

LINEAGE

Haraldur hárfagri Hálfdánarson (Harald Fairhair) (850): Descendent of the Ynglings - King over Norway

Sigurður hrísi Haraldsson (880)

Hálfdán Sigurðsson (930)

Sigurður sýr Hálfdánarson (970)

Haraldur harðráði Sigurðsson (Harald Hardråde) (1046-1066): King over Norway

Ólafur kyrri Haraldsson (Olaf Kyrre) (1066-1093): King over Norway

Magnús berfættur Ólafsson (Magnus Barefoot) (1073-1103): King over Norway

Þóra Magnúsdóttir (1100)

Jón Loftsson (1124-1197)

Sæmundur Jónsson (1154-1222)

Sólveig Sæmundsdóttir (1200-1244)

Þuríður Sturludóttir (1228-1288)

Jón korpur Hrafnsson (1255)
Full Relationship Charts Christopherson, Stoneson, Einarson, Sigvaldson

No pictures of Thora

Þóra's father
Magnus III of Norway

Hruni Farm, site where Þorvaldur Gissurarson lived

Viðey Monestary founded by Þorvaldur Gissurarson

The first national coat of arms of Iceland.
This design of twelve alternating silver and blue stripes may have
been the emblem bestowed upon Gissur Þorvaldsson by
King Hákon IV of Norway in Bergen in 1258,
when he made him Earl of Iceland

A drawing of Guðmundur from a medieval manuscript

A statue of bishop Guðmundur near Hólar

Roy's 20th Great Grand Uncle-In-Law
AUG 2010 Snorri's Father is our 19th GGF. Many step mothers.
Snorri Sturluson
ICELANDIC

Snorri Sturluson (1178 – September 23, 1241) was an Icelandic historian, poet and politician, Wrote many Sagas. Family helped lose Iceland's Independence due to in-fighting. Were related but through a marriage. More than enough resources on him.
http://www.christopherson.net/genealogy/pdf/PFF_0010_snorri sturluson.pdf
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sturlungar_family_clan

24th Great Grandfather
(Christopherson, I. Einarsdottir, Einarson, Sigvaldson, Branch)
Brúsi Sigurðsson
Orkney, Orkney Islands, Scotland
Earl of Orkney


Brúsi Sigurðsson, great grandson of our 21st GGF, Magnus III "The Bare-Footed" OLAFSSON, slain in battle on 24 Aug 1103.
Once source doubts relations with Vikings and descrepancies with names. This will require the most research of all family ties.

Brúsi Sigurðsson BRUCE (BRUS, BRUSI, BRUSEE)
The first Bruce to go to Normandy, had left Orkney, where his forbears had been earls, or jarls, since the fifth generation from their earliest known ancestor Sveide, of Upland, a Viking, circa 760, who ruled until he died, and thereafter his descendants for three generations lived in Denmark and Norway, one Sigurd, becoming the first Earl of Orkney. For six more generations, these hardy men fought by land and sea, when another Sigurd, the seventh Earl, married for his second wife Olith or Thora, daughter of Malcolm II, king of Scotland, and his grandson married as his second wife, Felicia, daughter of Robert Duke of Normandy, her brother being William the Conqueror. Their second son was named Brusi, or Robert de Brusee who first went to Norway, but before long attached himself to the service of his maternal grandfather, and settled in Normandy, where he became eminent and powerful in that Court; being Councillor to Robert I, Duke of Normandy, the grandfather referred to, built the Castle of “la Brusee or Bruis”, now Brix, which became “the Crade of the royal house of Scotland,” and married Emma, daughter of Alain, Earl of Brittany. Again after six generations the three last having been barons of Annandale, and all but two named Robert, came,...
SOURCE 1: An interesting account is found in Florence Van Rensselaer, The Livingston Family in America and Its Scottish Origins, New York, 1949, pages 30 and 31:
Source 2

25th GREAT GRANDMOTHER
Donalda or Donada 'Anleta' / 'Thora' (ingen Maíl Coluim meic Cináeda),
mother of Brúsi Sigurðsson
Princess Of SCOTLAND


Donalda was born Abt 986, Atholl, Perthshire, Scotland. Died November 25, 1034 Scotland.
A.K.A. Anleta (Thora Donada) and Donalda MACKENNETH,
Married Finlaech (Findlaech) Mormaer and and Sigurd II "Digri" HLODVERSSON

26th GREAT GRANDFATHER
Donalda's father was Malcolm II (Melkolf) MACKENNETH,
KING OF SCOTLAND Abt. 958 AD at Glamus Castle, Angus, Angushire, Scotland
Interesting book at Amazon might be Macbeth the King, Donalda's other son, MacBeth , formally known as Mac Bethad mac Findlaích, King of Scots (1005 - 1057) [1]
Cool videos on Scotland

Brian Boru, Bet. 926 AD–941 AD (GUDRUN STONESON CHRISTOPHERSON BRANCH)
was the husband of mother-in-law of great grandson of great grandfather of son of 19th great grandmother, Gudny Bodvardottir of Roy. Yes, very convoluted.
High King of Ireland, Emperor of the Irish.
The Battle of Clontarf
Relationship Chart to Boru (Bruce)

Scandinavian accounts of the Norse settlement in Scotland and the outlying islands is contradictory. Sources such as Egils saga Skallagrimssonar suggest that the original Viking settlers were fleeing the persecutions of King Harald hárfagri Hálfdanarson ("Harald Fairhair"):

Once he'd gained full control of the provinces that had just come into his hands, Harald kept a sharp eye on the landed men and rich farmers, and anyone else he might expect trouble from. He gave them a choice of three things. They could swear loyalty, or they could leave the coutry, but if they chose the third, they could resign themselves to the most savage terms, perhaps even death. There were cases where Harald people's arms and legs hacked off. In every province, Harald took over both farming land and estates, whether they were inhabited or not, even the sea and the lakes. Every farmer and every forester had to become his tenant, every salt-maker and every hunter on land or sea had to pay taxes to him. Many a man went on the run from this tyranny and many a wilderness became inhabited, both east in Jamtaland and Halsingland and west, in the Hebrides, as well as the parts around Dublin in ireland, Normandy in France, Caithness in Scotland, Orkney, Shetland and the Faroes. And that's when Iceland was discovered. (Egils saga Skallagrimssonar, Chapter 4)

Archaeology and other sources show, however, that the original settlement of the Vikings in parts of Scotland and the North Atlantic islands in many cases began earlier, and was a part of the often violent conquest and settlement of the Vikings outside of their Scandinavian homeland.

Source: Viking Answer Lady

Scottish Princess by HolidayIts
Maybe Donalda lookied like this. Guess Roy needs
to start creating his own artwork of his ancestors.

Malcolm II of Scotland

Gudridur and Snorri

Þorfinnur "karlsefni" Þórðarson

Translation by Kormakur Hognason

25th GREAT GRANDPARENT
Örlygur Böðvarsson
NORWEGIAN

Born Abt. 856 AD

Örlygur Böðvarsson was an Icelandic pioneer settler who lived at Hornstrandir.

Örlygur was the son Böðvar Vígsterksson, he left Norway as Harald Fairhair [the first king of Norway] solidified his reign over the country. Örlygur´s wife was Signý Óblauðsdóttir, Óblauður was the son of Ótryggur. Signý was the sister of Högni the white and therefore related to Geirmundur Hellskin Geirmundur was the son of Hjör Hálfsson and Ljúfvina Bjarmadóttir. Hjör was King of Rogaland and Geirmundur became king of Rogaland after his father, but he lost his kingdom to Harald Fairhair. Geirmundur then went to Iceland.] Örlygur and Signý stayed with Geirmundur during the first winter after their arrival in Iceland but the following Spring Geirmundur gave Örlygur a farm at Aðalvík and some land area in that region, Örlygur later aquired all of the Jökulfjords.

Ketill gufa was the son of Örlygur and Signý, he married Ýr the daughter of Geirmundur Hellskin.

Kormakur corrected the translation and added the English nickname for Geirmundur Hellskin i.e. his skin was as dark as hell. His twin brother Hámundur had the same nickname; Hellskin. Both were considered unusually dark skinned at birth.

Research pending...

ORIGINAL TEXT
Örlygur Böðvarsson var íslenskur landnámsmaður sem settist að á Hornströndum.

Örlygur var sonur Böðvars Vígsterkssonar og fór frá Noregi fyrir ofríki Haraldar hárfagra. Kona hans var Signý Óblauðsdóttir Ótryggssonar, systir Högna hins hvíta og því skyld Geirmundi heljarskinni. Þau voru hjá Geirmundi fyrsta veturinn eftir komu sína til landsins en um vorið gaf Geirmundur Örlygi bú í Aðalvík og lönd þar í kring og hann eignaðist síðan alla Jökulfirði.

Örlygur Böðvarsson was an Icelandic pioneer settler who lived at Hornstrandir.

There are so many infamous family members it's hard to pick just one.
Here is one of Roy's favorites.

29th GREAT GRANDPARENT
Ingólfr Arnarson
NORWEGIAN


(Christopherson Branch, 25th GGF to Einar Einarson, Gudrun Aradottir, wife of Earnest Sigvaldson, is related couple marriages. possible Roy just not have the descendants listed.)
Ingólfr Arnarson (modern Icelandic Ingólfur Arnarson),
NORWEGIAN

Ingólfur Arnarson, first Icelandic settler of Iceland, There were others at the island, like the Irish monks, Ingólfur settled it and brought many relatives and countrymen to Iceland, landing in the South East and relocating to the harbor which is now the Capital. If the branches correct, Roy is a direct male descendant of Ingólfr.

Thanks to the sagas, the story of Reykjavik can be traced back over 12 centuries. The Book of Settlers recalls the colourful tale of the city's first resident, Ingolfur Arnason. The Norwegian farmer sought new opportunities after a trypical Viking feud left him persona non grata in Norway (he'd lost his estate to the family of a man he killed). He consulted the earlier reports of Floki on the possibilities in Iceland. Findings conditions agreeable enough, Ingolfur sailed back to Norway and consulted an oracle, which confirmed that his destiny did in fact lie in Iceland. And so in 874 AD, Ingolfur set off with his family and that of his brother-in-law Hjorleif (Leif the Sword), nortorious for his merciless ransacking of Ireland. When Ingolfur caught sight of Iceland, he threw his two "high-seat pillars (chair back) into the sea, making an oath to the Norse gods that he would settle wherever they came to rest. Then he landed his own ship at a cape in southeast Iceland - still known as Ingolfshofdi and commanded his two trusty slaves Vifill and Karli to walk westward along the coast of Iceland until they located the omen. Three years later, the exhausted hikers found the two carved pillars washed ashore inside a small bay Ingolfur named the bay Reykjavik or 'smokey bay' for the plumes of steam that floated up out of the ground. He most likely accepted the geothermal activity as a plus, attributing the gods' forsight and direction though one of his slaves disagreed. After three years of trekking through some of Iceland's more breathtaking landscapes, Karli wondered aloud as to why they should end up in such a forsaken spot as this. he ran away with an Irish slave woman and settled near Olfusa River in the southwest. Ingolfur let it go, then granted Vifill his freedom to do the same.

From Wikipedia, The title of this article is an Icelandic name; the last name is a patronymic or matronymic, not a family name; this person is properly referred to by the given name Gissur. Gissur Ísleifsson served in the diocese of Skálholt Gissur Ísleifsson (1042—1118) was an Icelandic clergyman, who, in 1082, became the second Catholic bishop of Iceland in the aftermath of the adoption of Christianity by the island's inhabitants 82 years earlier in the year 1000. Following in the footsteps of his father, Ísleifur Gissurarson, Iceland's first bishop, who established the initial episcopal see at the family homestead in Skálholt and served from 1056 until his death in 1080, Gissur Ísleifsson continued his mission at Skálholt for the next 36 years, with his own death coming in the year of his 76th birthday. Thus began Reykjavik (2)


33rd GREAT GRANDPARENT
Hróðmundur Gripsson
NORWEGIAN


Hróðmundur Gripsson great grandson was Ingolfur Arnason who settled half of Iceland and also our Great grandfather in a direct male lineage through Roy's grandfather; Kjartan Christopherson. Hróðmundur Gripsson was probably born in Norway. His son, Björnólfur Hróðmundsson lived at Þelamörk / Telemark (county of Norway). Hróðmundur was born about 740 AD. Crazy huh. His grandson Örn Björnólfsson was a Ruler/Military Leader at DalsFjord? in Norway (Hersir í Dalsfirði í Noregi.) NOTE: ..."HERSIR" we have left untranslated because we know no English term whereby to render it properly...in Norway the title of hersir pointed especially to the secular character of the ruler of men in a defined herath... Soffia and Gudbrandur Einarson are related to Hróðmundur Gripsson. So Ingolfur is related to both families as well as Arngrimur Jonsson
source: email from Roy to the family, orig source: see Notes here.

Photo by Brian McMorrow - The Saga Museum

Ingolfur Arnarson's Father's home in Norway

Husband of 25th Great Grand Aunt
Flóki Vilgerðarson
NORWEGIAN

Flóki Vilgerðarson, also known as Hrafna-Flóki (Raven-Flóki),
husband of our 25th Great Grand Aunt. born Abt. 880 AD.
He saw Iceland but did not settle.
His wife, Gró Bjarnardóttir goes back to mythical kings, Ráðbarður Valdarson, b. Abt. 630 AD af Garderige (Rusland).
He was amongst the first Norsemen to find Iceland.
"There was a man by the name Flóki Vilgerðarson. He was a great Viking. He left to find Garðarshólmur" -- Landnámabók
According to the story told in Landnámabók, he took three ravens to help him find his way. Thus, he was nicknamed Raven-Floki (Icelandic: Hrafna-Flóki). Flóki set his ravens free near the Faroe Islands. The first raven flew back on board. The second flew up in the air and then returned to the ship. However, the third flew in front of the ship and they followed its direction to Iceland.

Floki and his two Ravens - Visit The Saga Museum

Not Direct Relation
Emma of Normandy

Great Granddaughter of 26th Great Grandfather
Emma (c. 985 – March 6, 1052 in Winchester, Hampshire), was a daughter of Richard the Fearless, Duke of Normandy, by his second wife Gunnora. She was Queen consort of the Kingdom of England twice, by successive marriages: first as the second wife to Æthelred the Unready of England (1002–1016); and then as a second wife to Cnut the Great of Denmark (1017–1035). Two of her sons, one by each husband, and two stepsons, also by each husband, became kings of England, as did her great-nephew, William the Conqueror, Duke of Normandy.

William the Conqueror
3rd Great Grandson of 27th GREAT GRANDFATHER
NORMAN
The army of Duke William of Normandy had a large number of trained warriors or mercernaries who fought with him for a share of the spoils of war.
It had a strength of 8,400 soldiers consisting of 2,200 cavalry, 1,700 archers and 4,500 infantry (men-at-arms). The archers would first attack the enemy, and would be followed by the infantry and a cavalry charge.

The strength of the English army was 7,500 and consisted entirely of infantry. Of these , about 2,000 were Housecarls, full time professional soldiers who were dedicated to the King of England and would fight to the last man. The rest of the army were 5,500 fyrd, who were part time soldiers drawn from small landholding nobility. [1]

They are making a movie about his battle titled 1066, due after 15 November 2010

Not Direct Relation
Robert I, a.k.a. Robert the Magnificent
Duke of Normandy
2rd Great Grandson of 27th GREAT GRANDFATHER

Not Direct Relation
Richard II Duke of Normandy
Duke of Normandy
Great Grandson of 27th GREAT GRANDFATHER

Not Direct Relation
Richard 1, a.k.a. Richard the Fearless
Duke of Normandy
Grandson of 27th GREAT GRANDFATHER
NORMAN

Richard 1, Duke of Normandy (born 28 August 933, in Fécamp Normandy, France died November 20, 996, in Fécamp) was the Duke of Normandy from 942 to 996; he is considered the first to actually have held that title. He was called Richard the Fearless (French, Sans Peur).
Richard's father was William I of Normandy, ruler of Normandy, and his wife, Sprota. He was still a boy when his father died in 942. His mother was a Breton concubine captured in war and bound to William by a Danish marriage. After William died, Sprota became the wife of Esperleng, a wealthy miller; Rodulf of Ivry was their son and Richard's half-brother.

Son of 26th GREAT GRANDFATHER
William I Longsword (French: Guillaume Longue-Épée, Latin: Willermus Longa Spata, Scandinavian: Vilhjálmr Langaspjót, a.k.a. William the Longswords or William INORMAN

Son of Rollo (see above)
Father of Richard 1, a.k.a. Richard the Fearless
Source1: Wikipedia
Source 2: see Chapter XV Conquest of England by the Normans,
Title: A Popular History of France
Source 3: Military History Companion: William 'the Conqueror'

Nicknames: "William I Longsword", "Guillaume Longue-Épée", "William Langaspjót", "Vilhelm", "Wilhelm Langsværd", "Willem I van Normandië", "Langzwaard", "Espada Longa", "Vilhelm Långsvärd", "Longue Epbee", "Longsword", "Longue /Epaee/" Place of Burial: Rouen Cathedral, Rouen, Seine-Maritime, Haute-Normandie, France Birthdate: July 30, 900 Birthplace: Rouen, Seine-Maritime, Haute-Normandie, France Death: Died December 17, 942 in Island Picquigny, Somme River, Normandy, France Occupation: Duke of Normandy, Leader of the Normans, 2ème duc de Normandie (vers 927-942), 2nd Patrician Of Normandy (927- ); Duke Of Brittany, The Channel Islands, The Contentin And The Averanchin, Count of Normandy, DUKE OF NORMANDY, 'LONGSWORD', Jarl of Normandy
Source

Here is a photo of all the statues. William the Conqueror is on the horse. The other dukes are below him, including Rollo.

26th Great Grandfather
Emily Einarson Enn's 27th GGF
Hrolf Ganger of Normandy
NORWEGIAN VIKING

Hrolf, AKA, Hrolf (Gongu-Hrolfr), Rollon, the Walker, Ganger and Granger Rolf.
Rollo of Normandy, born between 0860 and 870 in <Maer, Nord-Trondelag, (Norway)>, died about 929 in <Rouen>, Normandy, Neustria (France), and was buried in Notre Dame, Rouen, Normandy, (France).

Rollo's daughter, Æsa Hrólfsdóttir, and our 28th GGM.
Rollo's son, William "Longsword". Rollo was Porsteinn's Father-In-Law and Porsteinn was Ingolfur Arnason's son. Rollo's sons relation is the shakiest as there were illegitimate children, but back then that was not uncommon.

Earlier in the century, Norse raids were in smaller parties, making quick hit and run attacks, and then moving on to other targets. By the last quarter of the century, these had evolved into major campaigns, often with wintering in the ‘host’ country. The motivation was looting rather than conquest, and the populations suffered for this. Nantes, Tours, Orleans, Rouen and Paris were all sacked at one time or another, as were countless other cities.

1st Viking ruler and duke of Normandy (although he never used it), he found ed the duchy of Normandy and established the dynasty of William I the Conqueror. The city of Rouen France was named after him. Rollo left Norway about 875 and marauded his way to Rouen. [1]

Normandy was a region in the northern part of France, just across the English channel. The fiefdom of Normandy was created for the Viking leader Rollo (also known as Richard of Normandy). Rollo had besieged Paris but in 911 entered vassalage to the king of the West Franks Charles the Simple through the Treaty of St.-Claire-sur-Epte. In exchange for his homage and fealty, Rollo legally gained the territory he and his Viking allies had previously conquered. The name "Normandy" reflects Rollo's Viking (i.e. "Northman") origins.
The descendants of Rollo and his followers adopted the local Gallo-Romantic language and intermarried with the area’s previous inhabitants and became the Normans – a Norman French-speaking mixture of Scandinavians, Hiberno-Norse, Orcadians and Anglo-Danish and indigenous Gauls.

Rollo's descendant William, Duke of Normandy became king of England in 1066 while retaining the fiefdom of Normandy for himself and his descendants. In 1204, during the reign of King John, mainland Normandy was taken from England by France under Philip II while insular Normandy (the Channel Islands) remained under English control. In 1259, Henry III of England recognized the legality of French possession of mainland Normandy under the Treaty of Paris . His successors, however, often fought to regain control of mainland French Normandy.

Rollo's father was Earl Ragnvald Eysteinsson.

More on the region.

The Vikings had many able chieftains. One of the most famous was Rollo the Walker, so called because he was such a giant that no horse strong enough to carry him could be found, and therefore he always had to walk. However, he did on foot what few could do on horseback.

In 885 seven hundred ships, commanded by Rollo and other Viking chiefs, left the harbors of Norway, sailed to the mouth of the Seine (San), and started up the river to capture the city of Paris.

Rollo and his men stopped on the way at Rouen (rö-on’), which also was on the Seine, but nearer its mouth. The citizens had heard of the giant, and when they saw the river covered by his fleet they were dismayed. However, the bishop of Rouen told them that Rollo could be as noble and generous as he was fierce; and he advised them to open their gates and trust to the mercy of the Viking chief. This was done, and Rollo marched into Rouen and took possession of it. The bishop had given good advice, for Rollo treated the people very kindly.

Soon after capturing Rouen he left the place, sailed up the river to Paris, and joined the other Viking chiefs. And now for six long miles the beautiful Seine was covered with Viking vessels, which carried an army of thirty thousand men.

A noted warrior named Eudes (Ude) was Count of Paris, and he had advised the Parisians to fortify the city. So not long before the arrival of Rollo and his companions, two walls with strong gates had been built round Paris.

It was no easy task for even Vikings to capture a strongly walled city. We are told that Rollo and his men built a high tower and rolled it on wheels up to the walls. At its top was a floor well manned with soldiers. But the people within the city shot hundreds of arrows at the besiegers, and threw down rocks, or poured boiling oil and pitch upon them.

The Vikings thought to starve the Parisians, and for thirteen months they encamped round the city. At length food became very scarce, and Count Eudes determined to go for help. He went out through one of the gates on a dark, stormy night, and rode post-haste to the king. He told him that something must be done to save the people of Paris.

So the king gathered an army and marched to the city. No battle was fought—the Vikings seemed to have been afraid to risk one. They gave up the siege, and Paris was relieved.

Rollo and his men went to the Duchy of Burgundy, where, as now, the finest crops were raised and the best of wines were made....

...Having been a robber himself, Rollo knew what a shocking thing it was to ravage and plunder, and he determined to change his people’s habits. He made strict laws and hanged robbers. His duchy thus became one of the safest parts of Europe.

The Northmen learned the language of the Franks and adopted their religion.

The story of Rollo is especially interesting to us, because Rollo was the forefather of that famous Duke of Normandy who, less than a hundred and fifty years later, conquered England and brought into that country the Norman nobles with their French language and customs.[1]

Through William, Rollo is a direct ancestor and predecessor of the present-day British royal family.

Etch of Grandpa Rollo

Statue of Rollo

Statue at Falaise Square, this being Rollo.

relation____________
Naddoður
son of
b. abt. 830 AD


Naddoddr
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia, (Redirected from Naddod)
Naddoddr (Icelandic: Naddoður, Faroese: Naddoddur) was a Faroese Viking who is credited with the discovery of Iceland. Naddoddur was also one of the first settlers on the Faroe Islands after Grímur Kamban became the first to settle there around 825. Naddoddr was born in Agder, which comprises the two Norwegian counties of Aust-Agder and Vest-Agder .[1]
Landnámabók, a medieval Icelandic manuscript, describes in considerable detail the settlement (Icelandic: landnám) of Iceland by the
Norse in the 9th and 10th century. According to Landnámabók, Iceland was discovered by Naddoddr, who was sailing from Norway to the Faroe Islands, but got lost and drifted to the east coast of Iceland. Naddoddr came upon the shore of a land with a bay and mountains near what is today the Icelandic town of Reyðarfjörður. Although he climbed a mountain to look for smoke rising from fire-places he saw no sign of humans. Naddoddr decided to continue his journey to the Faroe Islands, but as he returned to his boat it started to snow and so he named the land Snowland (Icelandic:Snæland) . The island later became known as Iceland (Icelandic: Ísland) . [2]
Naddoddr is probably the father of Ann Naddodsdóttir from Shetland. It has also been claimed that Naddoddr was the first Nordic man to travel to North America - about 150 years before Leifur Heppni (Leif Eriksson), his great great grandnephew.[3]Source http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naddoddr

Agdur Norway, Southern Norway (Norwegian: Sørlandet) (lit. "southern land") is the name of the geographical region (landsdel) of the Skagerrak coast of southern Norway consisting of the two counties Vest-Agder and Aust-Agder. The total combined area of Vest-Agder and Aust-Agder

29th Great Grandfather
Ketill "Flatnose".
NORWEGIAN

Through Sigurdur Christopherson and through a few marriages in the Sigvaldason side.
Ketill was a Norwegian Hersir (Local Military Commander) of the mid 800s, son of Bjorn (or Bjarni) Buna. In the 850s Ketil was a prominent viking chieftain. He left his son at his estate in Norway, did not pay King FairHair tribute and lost his Estate and left Norway. He conquered the Hebrides and the Isle of Man. It is speculated that Ketil was at least partially Sami in descent. Ruler of the Hebrides. His daughter was Aud the Deepminded Auður "djúpauðga" (Deepminded2) Ívarsdóttir. She is also listed as the daughter of Ivarr Vídfadmi Hálfdanarson, roll the dice, pick a Saga.

The Lineage goes back much further, at this point, no sense going on as they are Mythical.
Lnor-Frey  b. 100 AD, 58th great grandfather (Pagen God if not mistaken) and Tefnalchte, 81st GGF.

38th GGF
Egill "Tunnadólgur" Aunsson, son of
b. abt. 440 AD, Sweden
Ongentheow, (Old Englsh: Ongenþeow, Ongenþio, Ongendþeow; Swedish: Angantyr) (– ca 515) was the name of a semi-legendary Swedish king of the house of Scylfings, who appears in Old English sources. He is generally identified with the Swedish king Egil (also Swedish Egill, Eigil) who appears in Ynglingatal, Historia Norwegiae and in Ynglinga saga.[source] and H.H.

In the Old English epic Beowulf Ongentheow is described as a fearsome warrior and it took two warriors Eofor and Wulf Wonreding to take him down.

The epic tells that the Geats under their new king Hæþcyn captured the Swedish queen, but old king Ongenþeow saved her, at a hill fort called Hrefnesholt, although they lost her gold.[5] Ongentheow killed Hæþcyn,[6] and besieged the Geats at Hrefnesholt.[7] The Geats were, however, rescued by Hygelac, Hæþcyn's brother,[8] who arrived the next day with reinforcements.[9] Having lost the battle, but rescued his queen, Ongenþeow and his warriors returned home.[10]

However, the war was not over. Hygelac, the new king of the Geats, attacked the Swedes.[11] The Geatish warriors Eofor and Wulf fought together against the hoary king Ongenþeow.[12] Wulf hit Ongentheow's head with his sword so that the old king bled over his hair, but the king hit back and wounded Wulf.[13] Then, Eofor retaliated by cutting through the Swedish king's shield and through his helmet,[14] giving Ongentheow a death-blow.[15] Eofor took the Swedish king's helmet, sword and breastplate and carried them to Hygelac.[16] When they came home, Eofor and Wulf were richly awarded,[17] and Eofor was given Hygelac's daughter.[18] Because of this battle, Hygelac is referred to as Ongentheow's slayer.[19]

Ongentheow is also mentioned in passing by the earlier poem Widsith as the king of Sweden

37th GGF
Óttarr "Vendilkráka" Egilsson, son of Egill Aunsson
b. abt. 500 AD, Sweden


Ohthere, Ohtere (the name is sometimes misspelt Ohþere), Óttarr, Óttarr vendilkráka or Ottar Vendelkråka (Vendelcrow) (ca 515 - ca 530[1]) was a semi-legendary king of Sweden who would have lived during the 6th century and belonged to the house of Scylfings. His name has been reconstructed as Proto-Norse *Ōhtaharjaz or *Ōhtuharjaz meaning "feared warrior".

A powerful King and warrior and a son of Ongentheow, Ohthere and his brother Onela conducted successful raids against the Geats and also in Denmark as their father Ongentheow was killed by the Geats to avenge his death which ended the Swedish-Geatish wars. Ohthere pilliaged in their lands and triggered the war off again. In 515 around the time his father was killed in battle by the Geats, Ohthere succeeded his father as the king of Sweden and Ohthere led a large army against the Geats most probably because of what happened to his father, He besieged a Geatish army and nearly killed the Geatish king Hygelac but lost many of his forces in the conflict but did manage to get back to Sweden. Around the 520s Ohthere led a large raid to Denmark and plundered the Danish coast but a Danish army was waiting for him led by two Jarls, Ohthere besieged the Danish army and a battle broke out which was even the Danish were reinforced and Ohthere was defeated and killed in battle his corpse was taken back to Sweden and buried in a mound. [source]

36th GGF
Aðils Óttarsson, son fo Óttarr "Vendilkráka" Egilsson
b. abt. 530 AD, Sweden
Eadgils, Adils, Aðils, Adillus, Aðísl at Uppsölum, Athisl, Athislus or Adhel was a semi-legendary king of Sweden, who is estimated to have lived during the 6th century.[1]

Beowulf and Old Norse sources present him as the son of Ohthere and as belonging to the ruling Yngling (Scylfing) clan. These sources also deal with his war against Onela, which he won with foreign assistance: in Beowulf he gained the throne of Sweden by defeating his uncle Onela with Geatish help, and in two Scandinavian sources (Skáldskaparmál and Skjöldunga saga), he is also helped to defeat Onela in the Battle on the Ice of Lake Vänern, but with Danish help. However, Scandinavian sources mostly deal with his interaction with the legendary Danish king Hrólfr Kraki (Hroðulf), and Eadgils is mostly presented in a negative light as a rich and greedy king. Source

36th GGF
Eysteinn or Östen Aðilsson, son of Aðils Óttarsson
Eysteinn (d. ca 600), Swedish: Östen, was the son of Eadgils and Yrsa of Saxony. He was the father of Ingvar. The Eysteinn tumulus (Östens hög) in Västerås near Östanbro has been linked to King Eysteinn by some popular historians. The term Hög is derived from the Old Norse word haugr meaning mound or barrow.

Snorri Sturluson relates that Eysteinn ruled Sweden at the time when Hrólf Kraki died in Lejre. It was a troubled time when many sea kings ravaged the Swedish shores. One of those kings was named Sölve and he was from Jutland (but according to Historia Norwegiae he was Geatish, see below). At this time Sölve was pillaging in the Baltic Sea and so he arrived in Lofond (probably the island of Lovön or the Lagunda Hundred), where Eysteinn was at a feast. It was night-time and Sölve and his men surrounded the house and set it on fire burning everyone inside to death. Then Sölve arrived at Sigtuna (Old Sigtuna) and ordered the Swedes to accept him as king. The Swedes refused and gathered an army that fought against Sölve and his men, but they lost after eleven days. The Swedes had to accept him as king for a while until they rebelled and killed him.

35th GGF
Ingvar "The Tall" Eysteinsson, son of Eysteinn Aðilsson
b. abt. 590 AD Uppsala, Sweden

Ingvar or Yngvar Harra, Proto-Norse *Ingu-Hariz (d. early 7th century) was the son of Östen and reclaimed the Swedish throne for the House of Yngling after the Swedes had rebelled against Sölvi.

Snorri Sturluson relates in his Ynglinga saga that King Ingvar, Östen's son, was a great warrior who often spent time patrolling the shores of his kingdom fighting Danes and pirates from the east. King Ingvar finally came to a peace agreement with the Danes and could take care of the Estonian pirates.

He consequently started pillaging in Estonia in retribution, and one summer he arrived at a place called Stein (see also Sveigder). The Estonians (sýslu kind) assembled a great army in the interior and attacked King Ingvar in a great battle. The Estonian forces were too powerful and Ingvar fell and the Swedish forces retreated. Ingvar was buried in a mound at a place called Stone or Hill fort (at Steini) on the shores of Estonia (Aðalsýsla).

In 1040 he went as far as Afghanistan in his trip towards east

34th Great Grandfather
Anund or Önundur "Braut-Önundur" Ingvarsson, son of Ingvar Eysteinsson
son of
b. abt. 590 AD
Brøt-Anundr (Old East Norse) or Braut-Önundr (Old West Norse) (meaning trail-blazer Anund or Anund the land-clearer) was a legendary Swedish king of the House of Yngling who reigned in the mid-seventh century. The name would have been Proto-Norse *Anuwinduz meaning "winning ancestor".[1]

In his Ynglinga saga, Snorri Sturluson relates that Anund succeeded his father Ingvar on the Swedish throne, and after his father's wars against Danish Vikings and Estonian pirates, peace reigned over Sweden and there were good harvests. Anund was a popular king who became very rich, not only because of the peace and the good harvests but also because he avenged his father in Estonia. That country was ravaged far and wide and in the autumn Anund returned with great riches.

In those days Sweden was dominated by vast and uninhabited forests, so Anund started making roads and clearing land and vast districts were settled by Swedes. Consequently he was named Bröt-Anund. He made a house for himself in every district and used to stay as a guest in many homes.

One autumn, King Anund was travelling between his halls (see Husbys) and came to a place called Himinheiðr (sky heath) between two mountains. He was surprised by a landslide which killed him.
source

33rd GGF
King Ingjaldur "illráði" (ill-Ruler) Önundarson "Braut"
son of Önundur "Braut-Önundur" Ingvarsson
b. abt. 620 AD

32nd GGF
Olaf "The Wood Cutter" Ingjaldsson (Ólafur "trételgja" Ingjaldsson)
b. Abt. 650 AD, Age at death: possibly 40 years old
Swedish King (Svíakonungur), wife: Sölva Hálfdanardóttir, daughter of Hálfdan "gulltönn" Sölvason.

31st GGF
Hálfdan "hvítbein" Ólafsson, son of Ingjaldur "illráði" Önundarson
King of Uplanders, b. Abt. 680 AD Romerike, Norway

30th GGF
Guðröður "Hunter" Hálfdanarson, A.K.A. Guðröður Hálfdanarson
son of Hálfdan "hvítbein" Ólafsson

29th GGF
Helgi Guðröðarson
son of Guðröður "Hunter" Hálfdanarson
b. Abt. 760 AD, Dublin, Leinster, Ireland

28th GGF
Ingjaldur 'hviti' (Fródason) Helgason,
son of Helgi Guðröðarson
b. Abt. 800 AD
Ingjaldur was a Hiberno-Norse chieftain of the ninth century AD. According to the Landnamabok he was the son of Helgi, the son of Olaf, the son of Gudrod, the son of Halfdan Hvitbeinn; he was thus distantly related to the Yngling kings of Vestfold and later Norway.

A man called Ingjaldur, he was the son of Helgi the Thin (the man who first inhabited the North of Iceland, there is a statue of him and his wife in Aukreyi). He lived at the Pver river in Eyjafjord. he was a former Godi (priest) and a famous cheiftain [...] he was a marrie d man and had two sons Steinolf and Eyjolfur. They were mature and handsome sons [...] Eyjolfur had been 'in Viking' for four summers and people thought him to be a hero and leader, he got a very good reputation and gained a lot of wealth. (note verify Helgi must be Eysterand)

ad fara i viking translated as raiding - more peaceful - as going on an expedition or voyage. See Viga-Glum saga. Source

27th GGF
Olaf the White, Ólafur "hvíti / The White" Ingjaldsson,
son of Ingjaldur "hvíti" Helgason
b. Abt. 830 AD Ireland , was a viking sea-king and Army King of Dublin, Ireland.
Source , Halfdan Helgason

26th GGF
Þorsteinn Ólafsson, a.k.a. Thorstein `the Red' OLAFSSON of DUBLIN
son of Olaf the White
b. Abt. 850 AD, Dublin, Ireland,d. 888 AD, féll á Katanesi
Konungur í Skotlandi (King for Scotland),
Thorstein the Red was a viking chieftain. His mother was Aud the Deep-minded, (Relation Chart) who was the daughter of Ketil Flatnose
After the death of his father, Olaf, Aud and Thorstein went to live in the Hebrides, then under Ketil's rule.[2] Thorstein eventually became a warlord and allied with the Jarl of Orkney, Sigurd Eysteinsson.[3] Together Thorstein and Sigurd waged a series of campaigns in Caithness, Sutherland, Ross, Moray, and a number of other regions, eventually receiving tribute from half of Scotland.[4] However, the Scottish chieftains plotted against Thorstein, and he was killed; the exact nature of his death is unknown but it probably took place around 880 or 890. After Thorstein's death Aud left Caithness, sojourning for a while in Orkney before settling with other members of her clan in Iceland.[5]

Thorstein married Thurid, the daughter of Eyvind the Easterner. Thorstein and Thurid had a son, Olaf Feilan, and a number of daughters, including Groa, Thorgerd, Olof, Osk, Thorhild, and Vigdis.[6] Source , Laxdaela Saga, Halfdan Helgason . The family was related to the Vinland explorers and the Sturlung family.[3]

Not to mention 35 GGFs who were Kings, like
Thortsein "Raudi", the Scottish King
The Swede Family website (this helped crack the case)
See the Reports page for various lineages to the Kings.

Some history covered at this website on Vikings and Ireland.

What I suspect Ketil looked like minus
Double bladed axe.

Eaggils pursuing Hrólfr Kraki on the Fyrisvellir

Eadgil's, The three large royal mounds at Gamla Uppsala.

(Östens hög) (Eysteinn tumulus) at Östanbro, in Västerås kommun

One of many Law Speakers in the family
Þorgeir Þorkelsson
29th GGF (Roy>Pauline>Gudbrandur>Soffia)


The law speaker of the Alþing, Thorgeir Thorkelsson, the goði of Ljósavatn
Then Þórður Gellir complained at the Law Rock how unsatisfactory it was for people to go to strange moots to secure justice for slayings and injuries.... As a result the country was divided into quarters, so that there were three moots in each quarter to which residents could bring lawsuits and lay charges. He was a Lögsögumaður. Only in the northern quarter was it necessary to have four moots... Afterwards, in this manner, the Quarter-Moots were established.
The Book of the Icelanders13 (link)

Fighting between adherents of the rival religions seemed likely until mediators intervened and the matter was submitted to arbitration. The law speaker of the Alþing, Thorgeir Thorkelsson, the goði of Lightwater,(goð=god) (Icelandic: Þorgeir ljósvetningagoði), was acceptable to both sides as mediator, being known as a moderate and reasonable man.

Thorgeir accepted responsibility for deciding whether Iceland should become Christian, with the condition that both parties abide by his decision. When this was agreed, he spent a day and a night resting under a fur blanket, contemplating.

The following day he announced that that Iceland was to become Christian, with the condition that old laws concerning the exposure of infants and the eating of horseflesh would remain, and that private pagan worship be permitted.

Thorgeir, who was himself a pagan priest, took his pagan idols and threw them into a large waterfall, which is now known as Waterfall of the gods (Icelandic: Goðafoss). The problem of changing religions was thus solved, as people abided by Thorgeir's decision and were baptised. Civil war was averted via arbitration. Iceland's peaceful adoption is in many ways remarkable.

I disagree with the last part, as Iceland's reform was anything but peaceful.
Roy

Ljosavatn is a lake, farm and a church site in Pass Ljosavatnsskard near the mouth of Valley Bardardalur. It was an official assembly place for the district and common assembly place until the turn of the 19th century and a primary and secondary school during the period 1908-14. Ljosavatn is best known as the residence of the pagan chieftain Thorgeir Thorkelsson before and after the year 1000. That year, the common parliament for the whole country, Althingi, was to choose between Paganism and Christianity as the state religion. The majority of the people was pagan, but Christians had lived in the country from the beginning and many had been babtized since the Age of Settlement. The armies of both groups stood in the Parliamentary Plains ready to fight for their believes, when wise men succeeded in convincing the assembly to leave the decision up to one of the chieftains and Thorgeir was chosen. He accepted this responsibility on the condition, that there would be no disputes about his decision, and left to deliberate. His decided for Christianity, and most of the people attending were babtized on the spot or on their way home. Thorgeir’s grandfather, Thorkell mani, was among the settlers of the country. He built his farm at Oxara, on the banks of a river by the same name, nowadays the southernmost farm of County Ljosavatn. Big family houses descended from the so-called Ljosvetninga Clan, such as the ones named after the farms Reykjahlid and Skutustadir on Lake Myvatn (home of Sigurdur Kristofersson's family before 1873).

Gathering at the Alþing

Woodcut: Thorgeir Thorkelsson, the heathen priest of Ljosawater,
throws carved images of the ancestral Norse gods into the falls.

Law Speaker reciting laws at the Law Rock.

Law Speaker. Photo by B. McMorrow - The Saga Museum

30th Great Grandfather (related to most Icelanders)
Grímur Kamban
POSSIBLY NORWEGIAN VIKING

1st to re-settle Faroes Islands after Gaelic hermits and monks left. Grímur Kamban was, according to the Færeyinga saga, the first man to set foot in the Faroe Islands. The name was written Grímr in Old Norse and is often referred to as Grim in the English literature.
The saga says, he was a Norwegian Viking escaping the tyranny of the Norse king Haraldur Hárfagri. However, this is an error in this saga, because Harald's age was in the late 9th century, while the first Norse settlers reached the Faroes after 825.
Furthermore, the name Kamban indicates a celtic origin. Thus he could have been a man from Ireland, Western Isles or Isle of Man, where the vikings had already settlements. Another theory says, he could have been an early Christianized Norwegian under the influence of Irish monks there.
"According to the Faereyinga Saga... the first settler in the Faroe Islands was a man named Grímur Kamban - Hann bygdi fyrstr Færeyar, it may have been the land taking of Grímur and his followers that cauysed the anchorites to leave... the nickname Kamban is probably Gaelic and one interpretation is that the word refers to some physical handicap, another that it may point to his prowess as a sportsman. Probably he came as a young man to the Faroe Islands by way of Viking Ireland, and local tradition has it that he settled at Funningur in Eysturoy."[1]
If Gaelic, the first part of Kamban would originate in the Old Gaelic camb crooked (found in the Scots names Campbell Caimbeul Crooked-Mouth and Cameron Camshròn Crooked Nose). The word Kamban itself would there most likely be from cambán (Modern Irish camán, Scots Gaelic caman, Manx camane), roughly translatable as crooked one. The sports reference refers to the use of camb also in the term cambóg, which refers in origin to the the type of stick used in games like hurling, hockey and golf.
It was also Irish monks, who settled in the Faroes from about 625, which is today proved by botanical researches[citation needed]. According to Dicuil, those monks left the islands before 825 after Viking raids. Thus Grímur Kamban is supposed to be the first man, who re-settled the Faroes.
Source: Was Wikipedia

26th GGF (Christopherson Branch)
Roy's 31st GGF (Einarson)
Egill Skallagrímsson
ICELANDIC

Partial myth but he did exist.
Egill Skallagrímsson (910-c.990) was a Viking skald and the great anti-hero of Icelandic literature.
Several accounts tell of him slaughtering as many as 20 or more armed men single-handedly and even dispatching a feared berserker with relative ease. In spite of this, he was considered a healer, and his saga tells of him curing a girl who had been ill for quite some time where all other efforts had proven futile. In some ways he resembled his god Odin: breaking his oaths, killing for trifles, and practicing sorcery.
Source: Wikipedia
Reminds me of a decorated soldier who held off Germans, his name was Audrey Murphy, the most decorated soldier of WWII, except Audrey was serving his country and protecting his men and positions by radio.

Husband of 1st cousin 28x Removed
Eiríkur "rauði" Þorvaldsson
NORWEGIAN

Erik The Red , b. Abt. 945 AD at á Dröngum á Skógarströnd
His wife, Þjóðhildur Jörundardóttir who is our 1st cousin 28 times removed.
Leif, his son is our 2nd cousin 27 times removed, Christopherson side.

Roy's 31st GGM through Sigurdur Christopherson side (Verify).
Þjóðhildr (Thjodhildr), Erik the Red's wife, whom we're related Erik was alson known as Erik Thorvaldsson (or as Eiríkr Þorvaldsson or as Eiríkr rauði (Red) ).
Source: Wikipedia
Leifur Eiríksson (Leif Ericson) did not have any children. That would make Erik the Red who was exhiled to Greenland Roy's 31st GGF.

Eriks Father:
Thorvald Asvaldsson (normalized Old Norse spelling: Þorvaldr Ásvaldsson) was the father of the colonizer of Greenland, Erik the Red (Eiríkr Rauði) and grandfather of Leif Ericson, who visited North America centuries before Christopher Columbus. (See Discovery of America.) His father was Ásvald Úlfsson, son of Úlf Øxna-Þórir, brother of Naddod, discoverer of Iceland.
Thorvald Asvaldsson was born in Norway. He was exiled from Norway c960, during the reign of King Harald Fairhair, because he had committed murder. He fled with his son Erik to northwest Iceland, where he died before 980.
Source: Wikipedia

Researching Rurik the Russian Viking


Have lineage, verified all but one in the list. Rurik connects to the Russian Tsars.
"We cannot choose our relatives, only list them when connected".
Right now Rurik is a 3rd Great Grandfather of wife of 23rd Great Grandfather.