Thori Rognvaldsson, Earl of Møre (Maer)

Abt 872 - ?

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• Name	Thori Rognvaldsson
  Suffix	Earl of Møre (Maer)
  Nickname	"the Silent"
  Born	Abt 872	Maer, Nord-Trondelag, Norway
  Gender	Male
  Died	?
  Notes	Succeeded his father as Jarl av Maera. He was known variously as; Thorri the Silent, Thore Tegjande, and as Thorri av Maera and More. He married, as her first husband, Alof Arbot, (The Fecund), daughter of Harold Fairhair, King of Norway and his wife, Snefrida. Secondly, Alof Arbot married Haakon, Jarl of Hlade, by whom she had Sigurd of Hlade, a half-brother to Thorbard and Berglioth. Thorir was a full-brother to Rolf the Ganger (Rollo or Robert I of Normandy) , who conquered Normandy in 912 and also a half-brother of Peat or Torf Einar, Jarl av the Orkneys. Also, he was a full-brother to Hrollager [possibly half brother -RY] who married Emina, and became ancestor of the Bigod family, and of Ivar, who was killed in a raid on the Hebrides. He was also half-brother to Hallad, fourth Earl of the Orkneys, and of Hrollaur, who settled at Eyiaford, Iceland. Thorir was called "Thorri the Silent" by his brothers Peat Einar and Rolf the Ganger, because he did nothing. He rremained silent after his father was murdered. They felt that as Rognvald's successor as Jarl of More and Maera, he should have avenged Rognvald's death. However, in that his wile was Alof Arbot, a daughter of King Harold Fairhair and a sister of his father's murderers, he remained silent and left the avenging of his father's death to his half-brother, Peat Einar. William J Pye suggests the following descendancy for Thori Jarl of Møre Thori "The Silent" Tegjande Rognvaldsson 870 : Herbert or Thorbert Fitz Thori, (Sieur de la Mare) b. ABT 0899 d ... Walter Fitz Herbert Sieur de la Mare 950 William Fitz Walter Fitz Herbert Sieur de la Mare 980 Norman Fitz William Fitz Walter Sieur de la Mare 1005 William Fitz Norman Sieur de la Mare 1030 Hugh Fitz William de la Mare de Kilpeck 1056 Thomas ap Hugh de la Mare de Kilpeck of Saddlebow I 1082 [1]
  Oldest Known Ancestors	Paternal Line: Egil b. Abt 530 Maternal Line: Ragnhild Hrolfsdottir b. Abt 848
  Person ID	I3198	Roy~Royes | Hougham
  Last Modified	16 Jan 2018

  
  

  Father	Rognvald Eysteinsson, Earl of Møre and the Orcades           b. Abt 837, Maer, Nord-Trondelag, Norway           d. Abt 892, Orkney Islands, Orkney, Scotland  (Age ~ 55 years) ▸ Other Partners: Groa; Emina
  Mother	Ragnhild Hrolfsdottir, Countess of Møre           b. Abt 848, Orkney Islands, Orkney, Scotland           d. Aft 892  (Age ~ 45 years)
  Family ID	F206	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Alof Arbot           d. ?
  Last Modified	28 Mar 2014
  Family ID	F1186	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map		Born - Abt 872 - Maer, Nord-Trondelag, Norway  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Sources

  [S250] Thori Rognvaldsson, William J Pye.