Hild Rolvsdatter
- Marriage: Rognvald the Viking Earl of More
 General Notes:
Another name for Hild was Ragnhild.
General Notes:
Lived between 845 and 886. Hild (Ragnhild) went to king Harald Hårfagre to beg a favour for her son, Gange-Rolv, when ca. 886 the king declared him an outlaw all over Norway because of his shore raid in Viken, but Gange-Rolv had to leave the country. From Snorre Sturlasson: Harald Hårfagre's Saga: "24. ROLF GANGER DRIVEN INTO BANISHMENT. Earl Ragnvald was King Harald's dearest friend, and the king had the greatest regard for him. He was married to Hild, a daughter of Rolf Nefia, and their sons were Rolf and Thorer. ... Rolf became a great viking, and was of so stout a growth that no horse could carry him, and wheresoever he went he must go on foot; and therefore he was called Rolf Ganger ["Walker"]. He plundered much in the East sea. One summer, as he was coming from the eastward on a viking's expedition to the coast of Viken, he landed there and made a cattle foray. As King Harald happened, just at that time, to be in Viken, he heard of it, and was in a great rage; for he had forbid, by the greatest punishment, the plundering within the bounds of the country. The king assembled a Thing, and had Rolf declared an outlaw over all Norway. When Rolf's mother, Hild heard of it she hastened to the king, and entreated peace for Rolf; but the king was so enraged that her entreaty was of no avail. Then Hild spake these lines: -- "Think'st thou, King Harald, in thy anger, To drive away my brave Rolf Ganger Like a mad wolf, from out the land? Why, Harald, raise thy mighty hand? Why banish Nefia's gallant name-son, The brother of brave udal-men? Why is thy cruelty so fell? Bethink thee, monarch, it is ill With such a wolf at wolf to play, Who, driven to the wild woods away May make the king's best deer his prey." "
Hild married Ragnvald Mørejarl, son of Øystein Glumra and Aseda (Ascrida) Ragnvaldsdottir. (Ragnvald Mørejarl was born circa 830 in Maer, Nord Trondelag, Norway and died circa 892 in Orkney Islands, Scotland.)
Hild married Rognvald the Viking Earl of More, son of Oystein Glumra and Aseda (Ascrida) Ragnvaldsdottir. (Rognvald the Viking Earl of More was born about 830 and died about 892 in Orkney Islands, Scotland.)
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