According to these Sagas, and the earliest Norman accounts, Hrolf Nefja, (1), had at least one son Malahjulc, (2); and a daughter, Hild or Ragnhild The daughter married Rognvald Maera-Jarl, who, in return for assistance rendered by him to Harald (or Harold) Fair Hair, in the conquest of Norway, was made chief ruler over not only the two Maeras; but also Ramsdal. They had three sons and a daughter. The second son, Gongu Hrolf (Walking Rolt), became early a great Viking leader, especially in the East. Returning from one of his expeditions soon after Harald's conquest, he committed acts of depredation in Vikin. King Harald, who was then in Vikin, was very angry when he heard of this, for he had strictly forbidden robbery within his land. He therefore announced at a Thing that he made Hrolf an outlaw from Norway. When Hrolt's mother Hild heard this she went on behalf of her family to the King to ask for pardon for Hrolf; but the King was so angry that her prayers were of no avail. Hence Hrolf, accompanied by his uncle Malahjulc, as Councillor, and a numerous following of disaffected Hersirs sailed for the Hebrides; whence they made conquests, ultimately gaining from Valland (now France), about 912 A. D., the great Jarls' realm, known soon after as Normandi.
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