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The probable site of his burial mound, Sigurd's Howe, is shown. Sigurd Eysteinsson, or Sigurd the Mighty (reigned c. 875–892 [1]), was the second Jarl of Orkney—a title bequeathed to Sigurd by his brother Rognvald Eysteinsson. A son of Eystein Glumra, Sigurd was a leader in the Viking conquest of what is now northern Scotland.
At his death, Sigurd Eysteinsson controlled the area north of the River Oykel. The probable site of his burial mound, Sigurd's Howe, is shown. Máel Brigte, also known as Máel Brigte the Bucktoothed or Máel Brigte Tusk [1] was a 9th-century Pictish nobleman, most probably a mormaer of Moray.
The Heimskringla states that his brother Sigurd was the first to formally hold the title. [8] [9] Sigurd's son Guthorm ruled for a year and died childless. [10] Rognvald's son Hallad then inherited the title. However, unable to constrain Danish raids on Orkney, he gave up the jarldom and returned to Norway, which "everyone thought was a huge ...
Along with Sigurd's other sons he ruled Orkney and Shetland during the first half of the 11th century and extended his authority over the Kingdom of the Isles. Thorfinn's sons Paul and Erlend succeeded him, fighting at the Battle of Stamford Bridge in 1066. [13] Paul and Erlend quarreled as adults and this dispute carried on to the next generation.
The first sitting earl of Orkney was Sigurd Eysteinsson, brother of Rognvald Mørejarl. After several relations held reigns of less than two years, Torf-Einarr , the youngest of the illegitimate sons of Rognvald Mørejarl , became the fourth earl of Orkney and established the bloodline from which the earls of Orkney would directly descend until ...
At the peak of Norwegian expansion before the civil war (1130–1240), Sigurd I led the Norwegian Crusade (1107–1110). The crusaders won battles in Lisbon and the Balearic Islands. In the Siege of Sidon they fought alongside Baldwin I and Ordelafo Faliero, and the siege resulted in an expansion of the Kingdom of Jerusalem. [2]
Einarr Rognvaldarson (fl. early 890s–c. 910), often referred to by his byname Torf-Einarr (sometimes anglicised as Turf-Einar), was one of the Norse earls of Orkney.The son of the Norse jarl Rognvald Eysteinsson and a concubine, his rise to power is related in sagas which apparently draw on verses of Einarr's own composition for inspiration.
Sigurd Hlodvirsson: Earl of Orkney, who "was powerful enough to defend Caithness against the Scots". [4] Njal's saga describes his Scottish dominions as "Ross and Moray, Sutherland and the Dales", which last location may be a reference to Caithness. [e] Earl Sigurd was killed at the Battle of Clontarf on 23 April 1014. 1014–c.1060 Thorfinn ...