Rǫgnvaldr Guðrøðarson, king of the Isles

Rǫgnvaldr Guðrøðarson

12th and 13th-century king in the British Isles

Rǫgnvaldr Guðrøðarson ruled as King of the Isles from 1187 to 1226. He was the eldest son of Guðrøðr Óláfsson, King of Dublin and the Isles. Although the latter may have intended for his younger son, Óláfr, to succeed to the kingship, the Islesmen chose Rǫgnvaldr, who was likely…