Dutton Chronicle--Vikings

The Vikings

Real Viking helmets have
no horns!!! (Margeson)

Dragon Ship
Roskilde longship -- archeology
(graphic from Normandienet)

Generation 1 (Rowe)
Fornjot, King of Finland lived in the Sixth Century
Children: Hler (Aegir); Logi; Kari

Generation 2 (Rowe)
Kari
Children: Frost

Generation 3 (Rowe)
Frost
Children: Snow the Old

Generation 4
Snow the Old (Rowe)
Children: Thorri

Generation 5
Thorri, King of Finland (Rowe)
Children: Norr; Gorr; Goi

Generation 6
Gorr, the Sea King (Rowe)
Children: Heiti; Beiti

Generation 7
Heiti (Rowe)
Children: Sveithi or Sveidi

Generation 8
Sveidi, the Sea King d. abt 789 (Lawson)
Children: Halfden

Generation 9
Halfden, the Old, abt 800 (Lawson)
Children: Ivar

Generation 10
Ivar, Earl of the Uplands (Lawson)
m. ---, daughter of Eystein Glumra, Earl of Trondheim
Children: Eystein

Generation 11 -- (Note: starting a more historical era here.)
Eystein, Earl of Möre (Lawson)
m. Aseda, daughter of Rögnwald of Jutland, s/o Olaf II (840),
s/o Gudron the Magnificent of Vestfold (d. 810), descended
from Olaf I of Vestfold (d. 710) (Lawson)
Children: Rögnvald, Malahuc (Malahue) (Lawson)

Generation 12
Rögnvald, Earl of More m.Hilda, daughter of Rolf Nefia
Children: Rolf (Rollo); Thorer; Eynar, Earl of Orkney (d. 910);
Hrollager of More (Lawson)

Malahuc (Malahue) of More, Rollo's Uncle, fought with Rollo
against the Franks and bravely conquered Normandy (van Houts:94-5)
Children: Richard I de St. Sauveur; Ralph Count of Bayeux (Lawson)

Viking Rule in England
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(I cannot remember the source.
If you know the source, please send email.)

This data has been obtained from Norse sagas; thus, not considered historical fact by historians. This is just one of many "different" lineages that I have seen constructed for Rollo. Sagas are adventure stories transmitted orally from one genration to the next. They were written down between 1100 and 1300. The sagas told of great achievements and blood vengenance, honor and loyalty, war and peace. They also contain much genealogical information (some true and some not provable).
Some people say that these stories are myths, but myths have a religious significance which separates them from legends and myths were usually considered sacred and completely true, e.g., Greek myths. Legends are any improbable or fanciful story handed down from the past. Legendary tales often weave facts and history of a people or nation into them. The word legend has come to mean a story about the life of a holy person. Legends include such stories as St. George and the Dragon, and King Arthur and the Knights of the Roundtable (World Book Encyclopedia). So Scandinavian sagas are more like legends--facts and history intertwined with fantasy.

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		This data has been obtained from Norse sagas; thus, not considered historical fact by historians. This is just one of many "different" lineages that I have seen constructed for Rollo. Sagas are adventure stories transmitted orally from one genration to the next. They were written down between 1100 and 1300. The sagas told of great achievements and blood vengenance, honor and loyalty, war and peace. They also contain much genealogical information (some true and some not provable). Some people say that these stories are myths, but myths have a religious significance which separates them from legends and myths were usually considered sacred and completely true, e.g., Greek myths. Legends are any improbable or fanciful story handed down from the past. Legendary tales often weave facts and history of a people or nation into them. The word legend has come to mean a story about the life of a holy person. Legends include such stories as St. George and the Dragon, and King Arthur and the Knights of the Roundtable (World Book Encyclopedia). So Scandinavian sagas are more like legends--facts and history intertwined with fantasy.
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