Ranghild Dagsdotter

• Daughter of Dag Ringsson Hedmark

Kings of Norway From Project MedLands

Dag Ringsson, King of Hedemark m ---. The name of Dag's wife is not known.

Dag & his wife had three children

• (i) RÖREK (-1021). Snorre names "two brothers…Hrorek and Ring" as kings in Hedemark, recording that they supported the accession of King Olav Haraldson[116]. King of Hedemark. He was blinded on the orders of Olav II King of Norway.
• (ii) RING Snorre names "two brothers…Hrorek and Ring" as kings in Hedemark, recording that they supported the accession of King Olav Haraldson[118]. King of Hedemark. He was banished on the orders of Olav II King of Norway[119]. m ---. The name of Ring's wife is not known.
• (iii) RAGNHILD The primary source which confirms her parentage and marriage has not yet been identified. m RAUD, from Österdalen.

Ring & his wife had two children:

• (a) DAG Ringsson The primary source which confirms his parentage has not yet been identified. 1030.
• (b) EMUND Ringsson The primary source which confirms his parentage has not yet been identified. An official in Polotzk.

Source - http://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/NORWAY.htm#_Toc360005218

RING DAGSSON (Hringr), by the NORWEGIAN ENCYCLOPEDIA

Ring is mentioned in the sagas as king in Ringsaker at the beginning of the 1000s. Snorre's royal sagas claim that he was the great-grandson of Harald Hårfagre , and thus a relative of both King Olav Tryggvason and King Olav Haraldsson .

The sagas tell that he was part of the association of five little kings around Lake Mjøsa who wanted to fight Olav Haraldsson. Rørek , the leader of the association, is said to have been Ring's brother. Olav Haraldsson and his men, however, surprised the kings at Ring's home, and they were taken prisoner.

Olav Haraldsson left Rørek blind, while Ring was sent out of the country. He is said to have settled in Sweden where he held a high position.

Snorre's royal sagas say that Ring's sister, Ragnhild, is said to have married the Swede Raud, and lived in Østerdalen . They became King Olav's friends, and their sons, Dag and Sigurd, joined Olav's hird.

When Knut the Mighty came to Norway in 1028, King Olav fled to Sweden and sought out Dag , the son of Ring. It is unclear whether Ring was still alive, but a verse composed by Olav's poet Tormod Kolbrunarskald mentions that Ring and Dag were leaders in the battle of Stiklestad in 1030. If this is Ring Dagsson, he must have either fallen in the battle or died shortly after. In that case, contrary to what is said about his brother Rørek, he must have reconciled with King Olav after his exile.

Sources

• Tales of the Iron Bloomery: Ironmaking in Southeastern Norway - Foundation,By Bernt Rundberget - https://books.google.com/books?id=G7hRDQAAQBAJ&pg=PA299&lpg=PA299&d...
• Det Norske geografiske selskabs aarbok, Volumes 10-12,By Norske Geografiske Selskab, Oslo - https://books.google.com/books?id=dPAuAAAAYAAJ&pg=RA2-PA83&lpg=RA2-...
• Side:Norges land og folk - Hedemarkens amt 1.djvu/837 - https://no.m.wikisource.org/wiki/Side:Norges_land_og_folk_-_Hedemar...