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Ketill Bjornsson, King of the Isles, Scotland

Ketill Bjornsson, King of the Isles, Scotland

Male 810 - 880  (70 years)


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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  Ketill Bjornsson, King of the Isles, Scotland was born in 810 in Sogn og Fjordane, Norway; died in 880 in Scotland.

    Family/Spouse: Yngvild Ketilsdatter. Yngvild (daughter of Ketil, of Wether and Mrs Ketil of Wether) was born in 810 in Ramsdal, Sogn og Fjordane, Norway; died in 880 in Isle of Man, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, India. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 2. Aud the Deep-Minded Ketilsdottlr  Descendancy chart to this point was born about 834 in Telemark, Norway; died in 900 in Hvammstangi, Vestur-Húnavatnssýsla, Northwestern Region, Iceland; was buried in 900 in Iceland.
    2. 3. Jorunn (Manvitsbrekka) KETILSDATTER  Descendancy chart to this point was born about 846 in Of, Raumsdal, Telemark, Norway; died in DECEASED.
    3. 4. Helgi Bjolan  Descendancy chart to this point was born about 848 in Telemark, Norway; died in Eyjafjarðar, Iceland.
    4. 5. Thorunn Hyrna Ketilsdottir  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 849 in Norway; died in 900 in Eyjafjarðar, Iceland.
    5. 6. Biorn, the Easterner  Descendancy chart to this point was born about 850 in Of, Raumsdal, Telemark, Norway; died in DECEASED.


Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Aud the Deep-Minded Ketilsdottlr Descendancy chart to this point (1.Ketill1) was born about 834 in Telemark, Norway; died in 900 in Hvammstangi, Vestur-Húnavatnssýsla, Northwestern Region, Iceland; was buried in 900 in Iceland.

    Aud married Olaf " the white" Ingjeldsson about 760. Olaf (son of Gothfrith 'the White', (Petty King of Ireland) and Mrs. Ingiald, son of King Sigtrygg II "Silkbeard" Olafsson, of Dublin and Queen Slani ingen Briain, son of Ingiald,, son of Helgi and Mrs. Ingiald, son of Helgi Fridleifsson and Thora Sigurdsdottir, Princess of Denmark, son of Ingiald Helgisson and Mrs. Ingiald, son of Gothfrith Of Dublin) was born about 838 in Ireland; was christened in 840 in Ireland; died in 871; was buried in Ireland. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 7. King Thorstein of Alba  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 852 in Dublin, Ireland; died in 888 in Dalasýsla, Western Region, Iceland.
    2. 8. Jocunda Olafsdatter  Descendancy chart to this point was born about 859 in Dublin Castle, County Dublin, Ireland; died between 6 Jan 919 and 5 Jan 920 in Dornoch, Sutherland, Scotland, United Kingdom; was buried in Ekkjalsbakki, Dornoch, Sutherland, Scotland.
    3. 9. Donoch  Descendancy chart to this point died in DECEASED.

  2. 3.  Jorunn (Manvitsbrekka) KETILSDATTER Descendancy chart to this point (1.Ketill1) was born about 846 in Of, Raumsdal, Telemark, Norway; died in DECEASED.

  3. 4.  Helgi Bjolan Descendancy chart to this point (1.Ketill1) was born about 848 in Telemark, Norway; died in Eyjafjarðar, Iceland.

    Helgi married Thorny Ingolfsdatter about 889 in Iceland. Thorny was born in 870 in Reykjavík, Gullbringusýsla, Southern Peninsula, Iceland; died in Reykjavík, Gullbringusýsla, Southern Peninsula, Iceland. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Family/Spouse: Applecross Princess of House of Tarah. Applecross was born about 855 in Ireland, Orkney, Scotland, United Kingdom; died in DECEASED. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  4. 5.  Thorunn Hyrna Ketilsdottir Descendancy chart to this point (1.Ketill1) was born in 849 in Norway; died in 900 in Eyjafjarðar, Iceland.

    Family/Spouse: Helgi Eyvindsson. Helgi was born in 846 in Iceland; died on 20 May 908 in Iceland. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Family/Spouse: Konung Oleg Helgi Novgorod. Konung was born in 852 in Kyyiv, Kiev, Ukraine; died in 912 in Kyyiv, Ukraine. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  5. 6.  Biorn, the Easterner Descendancy chart to this point (1.Ketill1) was born about 850 in Of, Raumsdal, Telemark, Norway; died in DECEASED.

    Biorn married Gjaflaug Kjallaksdottir about 869 in Raunsdal, Telemark, Norway. Gjaflaug was born in 848 in Bjarnarhöfn, , Snæfellsnes-og Hnappadalssýsla, Iceland; died in 893 in Bjarnarhöfn, , Snæfellsnes-og Hnappadalssýsla, Iceland. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Family/Spouse: Gjaflaug Kjallaksdottir. Gjaflaug was born in 854 in Iceland; died in DECEASED. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]



Generation: 3

  1. 7.  King Thorstein of Alba Descendancy chart to this point (2.Aud2, 1.Ketill1) was born in 852 in Dublin, Ireland; died in 888 in Dalasýsla, Western Region, Iceland.

    Family/Spouse: Thorida Eyrindsdottir. Thorida (daughter of Eyvindur Austmann Bjarnarson and Rafertach Kjarvalsdóttir) was born in 847 in Sogn og Fjordane, Norway; died in 888 in Hvammur, Dalasýsla, Western Region, Iceland. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 10. Ósk Þorsteinsdóttir  Descendancy chart to this point was born about 870; died in DECEASED.
    2. 11. Ólafur "feilan" Þorsteinsson  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 870 in Hvammstangi, Vestur-Húnavatnssýsla, Northwestern Region, Iceland; died about 911 in Iceland.
    3. 12. Olof Thornsteinsdottir  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 870 in Hvammstangi, Vestur-Húnavatnssýsla, Northwestern Region, Iceland; died in DECEASED.
    4. 13. Osk THORSTEINSDOTTIR  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 870 in Hvammstangi, Vestur-Húnavatnssýsla, Northwestern Region, Iceland; died in Iceland.
    5. 14. Thorhildur Thorsteinsdottir  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 872 in Hvammstangi, Vestur-Húnavatnssýsla, Northwestern Region, Iceland; died about 930 in Hvammstangi, Vestur-Húnavatnssýsla, Northwestern Region, Iceland; was buried about 930 in Iceland.
    6. 15. Groa Thorsteindottir  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 873 in Dalasýsla, Western Region, Iceland; died in 924 in Dalasýsla, Western Region, Iceland.
    7. 16. Vigdis THORSTEINSDOTTIR  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 878 in Hvammstangi, Vestur-Húnavatnssýsla, Northwestern Region, Iceland; died in DECEASED.
    8. 17. Thorhild Thorsteinsson  Descendancy chart to this point was born about 883 in of Skard, Iceland; died about 904 in Iceland.

  2. 8.  Jocunda Olafsdatter Descendancy chart to this point (2.Aud2, 1.Ketill1) was born about 859 in Dublin Castle, County Dublin, Ireland; died between 6 Jan 919 and 5 Jan 920 in Dornoch, Sutherland, Scotland, United Kingdom; was buried in Ekkjalsbakki, Dornoch, Sutherland, Scotland.

    Jocunda married Sigurd I "the Powerful" I "the Mighty" Eysteinsson, Jarl of Orkney, Jarl of Orkney about 880 in Dublin, Leinster, Ireland. Sigurd was born in 832 in Vestfold, Norway; died in 874 in Orkney Islands, Orkney, Scotland, United Kingdom; was buried in 874 in Dornoch, Sutherland, Scotland, United Kingdom. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Jocunda married Earl Einar Rollo Sigurdsson about 950 in Sc. Einar was born in 832 in Sunnmøre, Møre og Romsdal, Norway; died in 874 in Orkney Islands, Orkney, Scotland, United Kingdom; was buried in 874 in Dornoch, Sutherland, Scotland, United Kingdom. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Family/Spouse: Sigurd I Mighty. Sigurd was born in 800 in Maer, Maer, Norway; died in 830 in Islands, 5307, Ireland. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Family/Spouse: Sigurd. Sigurd was born about 840 in Denmark; died in DECEASED. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  3. 9.  Donoch Descendancy chart to this point (2.Aud2, 1.Ketill1) died in DECEASED.

    Family/Spouse: Druella. Druella died in DECEASED. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]



Generation: 4

  1. 10.  Ósk Þorsteinsdóttir Descendancy chart to this point (7.Thorstein3, 2.Aud2, 1.Ketill1) was born about 870; died in DECEASED.

    Family/Spouse: Godi Hallsteinn Thorolfsson. Hallsteinn was born in 870 in Breiðabólsstaður, Vestur-Húnavatnssýsla, Northwestern Region, Iceland; died in Helgafell, Snæfellsnessýsla, Western Region, Iceland. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Family/Spouse: LANDNAMSMADUR Thorolfur mostrarskegg Ornolfsson. Thorolfur was born in 842 in Indre Musken, Nordland, Norway; died in 918 in Þórshöfn, Norður-Þingeyjarsýsla, Northeastern Region, Iceland. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 11.  Ólafur "feilan" Þorsteinsson Descendancy chart to this point (7.Thorstein3, 2.Aud2, 1.Ketill1) was born in 870 in Hvammstangi, Vestur-Húnavatnssýsla, Northwestern Region, Iceland; died about 911 in Iceland.

    Ólafur married Alfdis Konalsdottir about 911 in Of, , , Iceland. Alfdis was born in 876 in Iceland; died in DECEASED. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  3. 12.  Olof Thornsteinsdottir Descendancy chart to this point (7.Thorstein3, 2.Aud2, 1.Ketill1) was born in 870 in Hvammstangi, Vestur-Húnavatnssýsla, Northwestern Region, Iceland; died in DECEASED.

  4. 13.  Osk THORSTEINSDOTTIR Descendancy chart to this point (7.Thorstein3, 2.Aud2, 1.Ketill1) was born in 870 in Hvammstangi, Vestur-Húnavatnssýsla, Northwestern Region, Iceland; died in Iceland.

  5. 14.  Thorhildur Thorsteinsdottir Descendancy chart to this point (7.Thorstein3, 2.Aud2, 1.Ketill1) was born in 872 in Hvammstangi, Vestur-Húnavatnssýsla, Northwestern Region, Iceland; died about 930 in Hvammstangi, Vestur-Húnavatnssýsla, Northwestern Region, Iceland; was buried about 930 in Iceland.

    Thorhildur married Dala Kollur Grímsson in 899 in Höskuldsstaðir, Austur-Húnavatnssýsla, Northwestern Region, Iceland. Kollur was born in 872 in Sogn og Fjordane, Norway; died in 919 in Höskuldsstaðir, Austur-Húnavatnssýsla, Northwestern Region, Iceland. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Thorhildur married Eystein Alfsson about 904 in Iceland. Eystein was born about 867 in Dalasýsla, Western Region, Iceland; died in DECEASED. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Thorhildur married Herjolfur Eyvindsson about 919 in Iceland. Herjolfur was born in <872> in Dalasýsla, Western Region, Iceland; died in DECEASED. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  6. 15.  Groa Thorsteindottir Descendancy chart to this point (7.Thorstein3, 2.Aud2, 1.Ketill1) was born in 873 in Dalasýsla, Western Region, Iceland; died in 924 in Dalasýsla, Western Region, Iceland.

    Family/Spouse: Duncan Caithness Donachadh. Duncan (son of Crinan Thane DeMormaer) was born about 871 in Perthshire, Scotland, United Kingdom; died on 14 Aug 1040 in Caithness, Scotland, United Kingdom. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 18. Grelod Duncansdatter  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 898 in Caithness, Scotland, United Kingdom; died in 924 in Orkney, Scotland, United Kingdom.

  7. 16.  Vigdis THORSTEINSDOTTIR Descendancy chart to this point (7.Thorstein3, 2.Aud2, 1.Ketill1) was born in 878 in Hvammstangi, Vestur-Húnavatnssýsla, Northwestern Region, Iceland; died in DECEASED.

  8. 17.  Thorhild Thorsteinsson Descendancy chart to this point (7.Thorstein3, 2.Aud2, 1.Ketill1) was born about 883 in of Skard, Iceland; died about 904 in Iceland.

    Thorhild married Eystein Alfsson about 904 in Of, , , Iceland. Eystein was born about 867 in Dalasýsla, Western Region, Iceland; died in DECEASED. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]




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