Thorir Rögnvaldarson
Thorir Rögnvaldarson (also Tore Teiande, nicknamed "the Silent", 872 - 940) was a ninth-century Viking warlord son of Rognvald Eysteinsson, Jarl of Møre, Norway and brother of Rollo, the first Viking warlord to initiate a lineage that would govern the Duchy of Normandy, and Ivar Rögnvaldsson. His half-brother Torf-Einarr was the Jarl of Orkney. In 892, Thorir assumed his role as jarl of Møre after the death of his father. Two sons of King Harald Fairhair, Halfdan Long-Leg and Gudrod the Bright, killed Thorir's father by attacking him in his own house and setting  him on fire. Gudrød took possession of the lands of Rögnvald while Hálfdan sailed west towards Orkney to overthrow Torf-Einarr. King Harald, apparently horrified by the actions of his sons, dispossessed Gudrød and restored Rögnvald's possessions to Thorir, assuming his role as Møre's jarl after the death of his father. Issue. Thorir married Ålov, daughter of Harald I of Norway and they had a daughter: Thorir had two illegitimate children by mistress: He is also charged with the paternity of: