 Ca 1050 - Ca 1098 (48 år)
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| Navn |
THORFINNSSON, Erlend |
| Født |
Ca 1050 |
Orkney, Orkney Islands, Scotland  |
| Kjønn |
Mann |
| Navn |
Erland Thorfinnsson |
| Død |
Ca 1098 |
| Gravlagt |
Nidaros (Trondheim), Norway |
| Person ID |
I30160 |
Geelmuyden_etc |
| Sist endret |
7 Jul 2021 |
| Far |
SIGURDSSON, Thorfinn Orkenøyene "the Black" II Jarl of Orkney, f. 989, Orkney , d. Ca 1060, Clontarf (Alder 71 år) |
| Mor |
FINNSDÓTTIR, Ingibjörg, f. Ca 1030, Austrått , d. Ca 1069 (Alder 39 år) |
| Gift |
Ca 1045 |
Atholl, , Perth, Scotland |
| Famile ID |
F16877 |
Gruppeskjema | Familiediagram |
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| Notater |
- {geni:occupation} Earl of Orkney, Jarl av Orkenøyene
{geni:about_me} Possibly a twin, as he and his brother were joint rulers and always mentioned together.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_and_Erlend_Thorfinnsson
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>[http://www.geni.com/people/Erland-Thorfinsson-Jarl-of-Orkney-and-Caithness/6000000003646023907?through=6000000001052011900 ERLEND] Thorfinnsson (-in prison Trondheim [Nidaros] 1098, bur Trondheim). Orkneyinga Saga names “Paul and…Erlend” as the two sons of Jarl [http://www.geni.com/people/Thorfinn-Sigurdsson/6000000001052002306 THORFINN II] and his wife [http://www.geni.com/people/Ingibj%C3%B6rg-Finnsd%C3%B3ttir/6000000001052011900 Ingibjörg] who survived childhood[902]. He succeeded his father in [1065] as Joint Jarl of Orkney, jointly with his brother. Morkinskinna records that Harald III King of Norway sailed to Orkney en route for his invasion of England in 1066 and “recruited the aid of Jarl Thorfinn´s sons Páll and Erlendr”[903]. Orkneyinga Saga records that Magnus "Barelegs" King of Norway “seized the Earls, Paul and Erlend” on his arrival in Orkney, “sent them east to Norway, and made his own son Sigurd overlord of the islands with regents to govern the earldom”, adding in a later passage that Erlend “had died and been buried at Trondheim”[904]. He was deposed and imprisoned in 1098 by [http://www.geni.com/people/Magnus-III-Olavsson-%C2%ABBarefoot%C2%BB-Berrf%C3%B8tt/5381202464070053447 Magnus "Barelegs]" King of Norway, and "died of sickness at Nidaros and is buried there" according to Snorre[905]. [http://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/SCOTTISH%20NOBILITY.htm#_Toc268450047 (Cawley's Medlands)]
>m [http://www.geni.com/people/Thora-Sumarlidsdatter-Sida/6000000006589075249?through=6000000003646023907 THORA], daughter of [http://www.geni.com/people/Sumarlid-Ospaksson-Sida/6000000003646023917?through=6000000006589075249 SOMERLED] Uspaksson & his wife ---. Orkneyinga Saga records that “Earl Erlend Thorfinnson” married “Thora, the daughter of Sumarlidi Ospaksson”, adding that “the mother of this [http://www.geni.com/people/Ospak-Thordisson-Sida/6000000015745571381?through=6000000003646023917 Ospak] was [http://www.geni.com/people/Thordis-Hallsdottir-Sida/6000000015746208028?through=6000000015745571381 Thordis], daughter of Hall of Sida”[906]. She married secondly [http://www.geni.com/people/Sigurd/6000000017405673361 Sigurd of Paplay]. Orkneyinga Saga records that “his mother was married…to a man called Sigurd” when her son Magnus returned to Orkney, adding that she and her second husband had a son“[http://www.geni.com/people/Hakon-Karl/6000000017405867140?through=6000000017405673361 Hakon Karl]…[and] a farm at Paplay”[907]. [http://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/SCOTTISH%20NOBILITY.htm#_Toc268450047 (Cawley's Medlands)]
>Erlend & his wife had four children: [http://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/SCOTTISH%20NOBILITY.htm#_Toc268450047 (Cawley's Medlands)]
>>a) [http://www.geni.com/people/Erling-of-Orkneys/6000000003820968908 ERLING] (-[Ulster [May] 1103]). Orkneyinga Saga names “Erling and Magnus” as the two sons of “Earl Erlend Thorfinnson” and his wife “Thora, the daughter of Sumarlidi Ospaksson”[908]. Jarl of Orkney. Orkneyinga Saga states that “according to some people, Erling, the son of Earl Erlend, was killed in the battle of the Menai Straits, but Snorri Sturluson says that he met his death with King Magnus in Ulster”[909]. [http://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/SCOTTISH%20NOBILITY.htm#_Toc268450047 (Cawley's Medlands)]
>>b) [http://www.geni.com/people/St-Magnus-Erlendsson/6000000008248157090 St MAGNUS] Erlendsson (-murdered Egilsay 16 Apr [1117], bur Christchurch at Birsay, transferred to Kirkwall Cathedral). Orkneyinga Saga names “Erling and Magnus” as the two sons of “Earl Erlend Thorfinnson” and his wife “Thora, the daughter of Sumarlidi Ospaksson”[910]. He was installed as Jarl of ½ Orkney in Spring 1108 by Eistein I Magnusson Joint King of Norway. Orkneyinga Saga records that “Earl Magnus” was killed on the orders of his cousin Hakon “two days after St Tiburtius´ Mass…1091”, after ruling Orkney jointly for seven years, and was buried on “Mainland…at Christ Church”[911]. He was put to death by his cousin Hakon Paulsson Joint Jarl of Orkney, with whom he had quarrelled. Canonised.
>>m ---. Orkneyinga Saga records that “St Magnus Earl of Orkney” married “a girl from the noblest family there in Scotland” but that they lived together for ten years without consummating the marriage[912]. [http://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/SCOTTISH%20NOBILITY.htm#_Toc268450047 (Cawley's Medlands)]
>>c) [http://www.geni.com/people/Gunhild-Erlendottir/6000000001169154976 GUNHILD]. Orkneyinga Saga names “[http://www.geni.com/people/Gunhild-Erlendottir/6000000001169154976 Gunnhild] and [http://www.geni.com/people/Cecilia-Erlendsdatter/6000000008177258360 Cecilia]” as the two daughters of “Earl Erlend Thorfinnson” and his wife “Thora, the daughter of Sumarlidi Ospaksson”[913]. Orkneyinga Saga records that [http://www.geni.com/people/Magnus-III-Olavsson-%C2%ABBarefoot%C2%BB-Berrf%C3%B8tt/5381202464070053447 Magnus "Barelegs"] King of Norway “gave Earl Erlend´s daughter Gunnhild in marriage to [http://www.geni.com/people/Kol-Kali-Lalisson/6000000001169130795?through=6000000001169154976 Kol], son of [http://www.geni.com/people/Kali-S%C3%A6bj%C3%B8rnson/6000000003820968938?through=6000000001169130795 Kali Sæbjarnarson], in compensation for the death of his father”, adding that her dowry was “some property in Orkney including a farm at Paplay” and that the couple “settled down on his estate at Agder”[914].
>>m (Spring 1099) [http://www.geni.com/people/Kol-Kali-Lalisson/6000000001169130795?through=6000000001169154976 KOL] Kalisson, son of [http://www.geni.com/people/Kali-S%C3%A6bj%C3%B8rnson/6000000003820968938?through=6000000001169130795 KALI] of Agdir in Norway & his wife ---. Lenderman in Agder.
>>Kol & his wife had two children: [http://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/SCOTTISH%20NOBILITY.htm#_Toc268450047 (Cawley's Medlands)]
>>>i) [http://www.geni.com/people/Kali-Agder/6000000003820968970?through=6000000001169130795 KALI] [Rognvald] ([1100]-murdered Force, Calder, Caithness 20 Aug 1158, bur St Magnus Cathedral).
>>>m ---. The name of Kali-Rognvald´s wife is not known. Kali-Rognvald & his wife had one child:
>>>>(a) [http://www.geni.com/people/Ingirid-R%C3%B6gnvaldsd%C3%B3ttir/6000000003820968980 INGIGERD]
>>>>m (Sutherland Spring 1156) [http://www.geni.com/people/Eric-Slagbrellir/6000000003820968990?through=6000000003820968980 ERIK] Slagbrellir, son of [http://www.geni.com/people/Edmund-de-VINGULMARK-de-SU%C3%88DE/6000000000571756282?through=6000000003820968990 ERIL Streita] & his wife [http://www.geni.com/people/Au%C3%B0hildr/6000000003828029604?through=6000000003820968990 Audhild] [daughter of Thorliot].
>>>>Erik & his wife had [seven] children:
>>>>>(1) [http://www.geni.com/people/Harald-3-The-Young-of-Orkneys/6000000003820968995?through=6000000003820968990 HARALD] Eriksson "Ungi" ([1156]-killed in battle Wick 1198).
>>>>>(2) [http://www.geni.com/people/Magnus-Slagbrellir/6000000017406048293 MAGNUS] Mangi (-killed in battle near Fimreite on Sognefjord 15 Jun 1184).
>>>>> (3) [http://www.geni.com/people/Rognvald-Slagbrellir/6000000017406263321 ROGNVALD].
>>>>> (4) [http://www.geni.com/people/Ingibiorg-Eiriksdatter/6000000006727958979?through=6000000003820968995 INGEBIORG].
>>>>> (5) [http://www.geni.com/people/Elin-d-ORCADES/6000000000571754300?through=6000000003820968995 ELIN].
>>>>> (6) [http://www.geni.com/people/Ragnhildr/6000000003828029579?through=6000000003820968995 RAGNHILD].
>>>>> (7) [http://www.geni.com/people/daughter-of/6000000005395444860 daughter] .
>>>ii) [http://www.geni.com/people/Ingrid-Fot/6000000001169154985?through=6000000001169130795 INGIGERD].
>>>m [http://www.geni.com/people/Jon-Peterson-Kv%C3%A5le-Aurland/6000000003820973008?through=6000000001169154985 JON Petersson], lenderman in Sogne.
>>d) [http://www.geni.com/people/Cecilia-Erlendsdatter/6000000008177258360 CECILIA]. Orkneyinga Saga names “[http://www.geni.com/people/Gunhild-Erlendottir/6000000001169154976 Gunnhild] and Cecilia” as the two daughters of “Earl Erlend Thorfinnson” and his wife “Thora, the daughter of Sumarlidi Ospaksson”, adding that Cecilia married “[http://www.geni.com/people/Isaac-of-Orkneys/6000000008177322586?through=6000000008177258360 Isaac]” and that they had “two sons [http://www.geni.com/people/Eindride-of-Orkneys/6000000003820968928?through=6000000008177322586 Eindridi] and [http://www.geni.com/people/Koll-of-Orkneys/6000000003820968923?through=6000000008177322586 Kol]”[929].
>>m [http://www.geni.com/people/Isaac-of-Orkneys/6000000008177322586?through=6000000008177258360 ISAAC], son of ---. [http://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/SCOTTISH%20NOBILITY.htm#_Toc268450047 (Cawley's Medlands)]
>>Erlend had one illegitimate child by an unknown mistress:
>>e) [http://www.geni.com/people/Jaddvor-Erlendsdatter/6000000008177322589?through=6000000003646023907 JADDVOR] . Orkneyinga Saga names “Jaddvor” as “natural daughter” of “Earl Erlend Thorfinnson”, adding that she “had ason…[http://www.geni.com/people/Borgar-of-Orkneys/6000000003820968886?through=6000000008177322589 Borgar]”[930]. m ---. [http://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/SCOTTISH%20NOBILITY.htm#_Toc268450047 (Cawley's Medlands)]
REFN: ems-jw
Erlend, Jarl Of Orkney and apparently Jt Earl Of Caithness .[Burke's Peerage]
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EARLDOM Of ORKNEY [NOR] - subject to King Of Norway until a fter1379
Paul I and Erlend II, sons Of Thorfinn II, joint Jarls Of Orkney and Earls Of Caithness, () 1057 or () 1065-1098, wh enthey were deposed and imprisoned by King Magnus Barelegs . "Theywere tall men and fair, and both more after their m other’sside. They were men wise and meek." In the summer o f 1066 KingHarald Hardradi arrived with a fleet from Norway and raised menin Orkney for his invasion Of England. H e started south withone or both Jarls. He or they stayed w ith the ships during thebattle Of Stamford Bridge (25 Sep . 1066) and survived to returnto Orkney with Hardradi’s se cond son, Olaf Kyrri (King OfNorway 1067-1093), their seco nd cousin, who stayed with themfor the winter. The two Jar ls ruled their Earldoms peacefullyin "agreement great an d good", until their sons grew up andcaused much trouble b y their quarrels. In the spring Of 1098King Magnus III Bar elegs (1093-1103), son Of King Olaf IIIKyrri, came wit h a large fleet to Orkney and deposed the twoJarlsin orde r to give Orkney to his son Sigurd (afterwardsKing Sigur d Jorsalafarithe Crusader) (1103/1122-1130), whom hemad e King Of Orkney and the Isles (theNordreys and Sudreys) .They both died in captivity, Paul at Bergen and Erlend a tNidaros. The news Of this was brought to King Magnus Bare legswhen he reached Orkney 1099. Jarl Paul m. a dau, Of Ha konIvarsson (great-grandson through his grandmother Of Jar l Hakonthe Great, ruler Of Norway 976-995), Captain Of th e CoastDefence in Denmark under King Sweyn Estrithsson (ci rca1048-1050) and Jarl Of the Uplands in Norway under Kin g HaraldHardradi (circa 1054-1064), byRagnhild (m. 1050) , da, OfMagnus I the Good, King Of Norway (1036-1047). H e hadissueHakon, afterwards Jarl, and four daughters.
Jarl Erlend m. Thora, dau.Of Somerled Uspaksson, a descend anton the distaff side Of Hrollaug, the brother Of Jarl Tu rf-Einar(see ante, p. 4, note "h"), and had issue Erling , and Magnus,afterwards Jarl, and two daughters. Thoram. , 2ndly, Sigurd OfPaplay. [Complete Peerage, X:Appendix A :14-6]
Deposed by King Magnus Barelegs and died a prisoner.
He was an Earl of Orkney.
Name Suffix: II, Earl Of Orkney
Name Suffix: II, Earl Of Orkney
REFN: ems-jw
Erlend, Jarl Of Orkney and apparently Jt Earl Of Caithness .[Burke's Peerage]
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EARLDOM Of ORKNEY [NOR] - subject to King Of Norway until a fter1379
Paul I and Erlend II, sons Of Thorfinn II, joint Jarls Of Orkney and Earls Of Caithness, () 1057 or () 1065-1098, wh enthey were deposed and imprisoned by King Magnus Barelegs . "Theywere tall men and fair, and both more after their m other’sside. They were men wise and meek." In the summer o f 1066 KingHarald Hardradi arrived with a fleet from Norway and raised menin Orkney for his invasion Of England. H e started south withone or both Jarls. He or they stayed w ith the ships during thebattle Of Stamford Bridge (25 Sep . 1066) and survived to returnto Orkney with Hardradi’s se cond son, OlafKyrri (King OfNorway 1067-1093), their seco nd cousin, who stayed with themfor the winter.The two Jar ls ruled their Earldoms peacefullyin "agreement great an d good", until their sons grew up andcaused much trouble b y their quarrels. In the spring Of 1098King Magnus III Bar elegs (1093-1103), son Of King Olaf IIIKyrri, came wit h a large fleet to Orkney and deposed the twoJarlsin orde r to give Orkney to his son Sigurd (afterwardsKing Sigur d Jorsalafarithe Crusader) (1103/1122-1130), whom hemad e King Of Orkney and the Isles (theNordreys and Sudreys) .They both died in captivity, Paul at Bergen and Erlend a tNidaros. The news Of this was brought to King Magnus Bare legswhen he reached Orkney 1099. Jarl Paul m. a dau, Of Ha konIvarsson (great-grandson through his grandmother Of Jar l Hakonthe Great, ruler Of Norway 976-995), Captain Of th e CoastDefence in Denmark under King Sweyn Estrithsson (ci rca1048-1050) and Jarl Of the Uplands in Norway under Kin g HaraldHardradi (circa 1054-1064), by Ragnhild (m. 1050) , da, OfMagnus I the Good, King Of Norway (1036-1047). H e hadissueHakon, afterwards Jarl, and four daughters.
Jarl Erlend m. Thora, dau.Of Somerled Uspaksson, a descend anton the distaff side Of Hrollaug, the brother Of Jarl Tu rf-Einar(see ante, p. 4, note "h"), and had issue Erling , and Magnus,afterwards Jarl, and two daughters. Thoram. , 2ndly, Sigurd OfPaplay. [Complete Peerage, X:Appendix A :14-6]
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