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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.
Rognvald Eysteinsson (fl. 865) was the founding Jarl (or Earl) of Møre in Norway, and a close relative and ally of Harald Fairhair, the earliest known King of Norway. In the Norse language he is known as Rǫgnvaldr Eysteinsson ( Mǿrajarl ) and in modern Norwegian as Ragnvald Mørejarl .
Eysteinsson is a Scandinavian surname. Notable people with the surname include: Notable people with the surname include: Halfdan Eysteinsson, the subject of Hálfdanar saga Eysteinssonar , a legendary saga from early 14th century Iceland
Sigurd is the son of Halfdan and formerly the second husband of Gudrid. He seeks to prove himself worthy as an heir in his father's eyes, but Thorfinn's influence before and during the Baltic Sea War drives him to become a better man and let Gudrid be with the man she truly loves, while he settles down with his childhood friend, Hallgerd.
Drawing of the Ramsund carving from c. 1030, illustrating the Völsunga saga on a rock in Sweden.At (1), Sigurd sits in front of the fire preparing the dragon's heart. The Völsunga saga (often referred to in English as the Volsunga Saga or Saga of the Völsungs) is a legendary saga, a late 13th-century prose rendition in Old Norse of the origin and decline of the Völsung clan (including the ...
[32] King Olaf was a "skilled practitioner" of divide and rule and the competing claims of Brusi and Thorfinn enabled him to take full advantage. [32] 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 ...
Stemma of the manuscripts of Hálfdanar saga Eysteinssonar, after Franz Rolf Schröder.Dotted lines represent relationships on which Schröder was unclear. Hálfdanar saga Eysteinssonar is a legendary saga from early 14th century Iceland about Halfdan Eysteinsson.
Sigurd or Sigur (Pronounced the same) is a Scandinavian male name used in Norway, Denmark, Sweden, and Iceland derived from the Old Norse Sigurðr (from sigr "victory" and varðr "guardian"). [1] Other forms of this name are Sigvard and Siward . [ 2 ]