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Sigurd Hlodvirsson (c. 960 – 23 April 1014), popularly known as Sigurd the Stout from the Old Norse Sigurðr digri, [2] was an Earl of Orkney. The main sources for his life are the Norse Sagas , which were first written down some two centuries or more after his death.
Thorfinn was the youngest of the five known sons of Earl Sigurd Hlodvirsson, but the only son of Sigurd's marriage to an unknown daughter of King Malcolm II (Máel Coluim mac Cináeda). His elder half-brothers Einar , Brusi and Sumarlidi survived to adulthood, while another brother called Hundi died young in Norway, a hostage at the court of ...
Hlodvir was the son of the Jarl Thorfinn Torf-Einarsson and Grelod, and he became jarl after the death of his brother, Ljot, who died from wounds suffered at the Battle of Skitten Mire. [ 2 ] Hlodvir married Eðnu, a descendant of Cerball mac Dúnlainge , king of Osraige , with whom he had, and at least two daughters: one who married the ...
Son of Thorfinn Torf-Einarsson On Havard's death c. 980 [f] Hlodvir Thorfinnsson: Son of Thorfinn Torf-Einarsson c. 980: 991 [28] [g] Sigurd Hlodvirsson: Sigurðr digri "the Stout" Son of Hlodvir Thorfinnsson 991 1014 [29] Sumarlidi Sigurdsson: Son of Sigurd Hlodvirsson 1014 with Brusi and Einar to c. 1016 [h] [30] Brusi Sigurdsson: Son of ...
Thorfinn's journey in 1020 is the first occasion on which an earl of Orkney is known to have visited the royal court in Norway [33] and the Icelandic Annals have little to say about Orkney. However, under the year 1021 it is said "Earl Thorfinn and earl Brusi, Sigurd's sons, gave the Orkneys into the power of King Olaf."
An example of a page from the Orkneyinga saga, as it appears in a printed copy of the 14th-century Flateyjarbók.. The Orkneyinga saga (Old Norse: [ˈorknˌœyjeŋɡɑ ˈsɑɣɑ]; also called the History of the Earls of Orkney and Jarls' Saga) is a narrative of the history of the Orkney and Shetland islands and their relationship with other local polities, particularly Norway and Scotland.
Thorfinn Torf-Einarsson [1] also known as Thorfinn Skull-splitter [2] (from the Old Norse Þorfinnr hausakljúfr) [3] was a 10th-century Earl of Orkney. He appears in the Orkneyinga saga and briefly in St Olaf's Saga, as incorporated into the Heimskringla. These stories were first written down in Iceland in the early 13th century and much of ...
Einar Sigurdsson (died 1020), also called Einarr rangmunnr Sigurðarson or Einar Wry-Mouth, was a son of Sigurd Hlodvirsson.He was jointly Earl of Orkney from 1014. His life is recorded in the Orkneyinga Saga.