Excerpt from To the Descendants of Thomas Dickinson: Son of Nathaniel and Anna Gull Dickinson, of Wethersfield, Connecticut, and Hadley, Massachusetts HE scandinavian Earls trace their descent from the noblest and most heroic of the ruling dynasties of the North. Ivar, Prince of the Uplands in Norway, was the father of Eystein who'had issue Rogenwald and Mulahule. Rogenwald was a supporter of King Harold Harfagr and assisted him in obtaining the mastery over all the other independent Norwegian chiefs. One of his sons, Rollo, founded the line of Sovereign Dukes of Normandy and was ancestor to William the Conquerer. (burke's Extinct Peerages, Page 492) Nearly eleven centuries ago there appeared at the Court of Halfdan Huilbein, King of Norway, a soldier of fortune, named Ivar. He was said to have been originally a shepherd. One day he was captured by a roving band of Northmen and carried off to sea. After a series of adventures he made his appearance at the Norse King's Court, about the year 700. Being of handsome presence, he became a great favorite with the king who made him General of his army, Prince of the Uplands, and in 725 bestowed upon him in marri age his daughter, Eurittea, the heiress of the realm. Halfdan died in 725, leaving his crown to his grand son, Eystein. Ivar was regent during his son's minority. Eystein reigned until 755 and left Harold Harfagr successor; and another son, Rogenwald. Among other issues Rogenwald left Rolf or Rollo, the most advent urous prince of his age, who overran Normandy in 910. His sixth and youngest son, Walter, received the town and castle of Caen as his inheritance. His great grandson, Walter de Caen, accompanied William the Conquerer to England. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.