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Hlodvir Thorfinnsson (Old Norse: Hlǫðvir Þorfinnsson; c. 945–988), was a Viking leader who served as Jarl of Orkney, overseeing the Northern Isles from about 980 to 987. He is mentioned in the Orkneyinga saga , as well as in the sagas of Óláfr Tryggvason and St. Olaf .
8. Hlodvir: 17. Grelod: 4. Sigurd the Stout: 18. Cerball mac Dúnlainge: 9. Eithne: 2. Thorfinn the Mighty: 20. Kenneth II of Scotland: 10. Malcolm II of Scotland: 5. Olith: 1. Paul and Erlend Thorfinnsson: 24. Arnmod earl: 12. Arne Arnmodsson: 6. Finn Arnesson: 26. Thorstein Gallows: 13. Tora Thorsteinsdotter: 3. Ingibiorg Finnsdottir: 28 ...
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May 3, 2021 · Father of Unknown Hlodversdatter, Svanlaug of Orkney (UNKNOWN) Hebriderna, Sigurd Digre Lodvesson, Hvarflad Hlodversdatter and Gerleota (Hlodversdatter) Hlodversdottir. Died about 0990 at about age 54 in Hofn, Caithness, Scotland.
Earl of Orkney, historically Jarl of Orkney, is a title of nobility encompassing the archipelagoes of Orkney and Shetland, which comprise the Northern Isles of Scotland. Originally founded by Norse invaders, the status of the rulers of the Northern Isles as Norwegian vassals was formalised in 1195. Although the Old Norse term jarl is ...
When Hlodvir Thorfinsson was born in 0924, in Orkney Islands, Orkney, Scotland, his father, Thorfinn Earl of Orkney Einarrsson, was 34 and his mother, Grelod gerlafgrelauga dunconsdotter,Jarlson, was 26. He married Audna Ethne Edna Ingen Kjarvalsdottir about 0959, in Orkney, Scotland. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 5 daughters.
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- Audna Ethne Edna Ingen Kjarvalsdottir
Ragnhild Eriksdotter (died c. 984) was the daughter of Eric Bloodaxe and his wife, Gunnhild. According to the Orkneyinga Saga, she was an ambitious and scheming woman who sought power through the men of the family of Thorfinn Torf-Einarsson, who was Earl of Orkney. The period after Thorfinn's death was one of dynastic strife.
Thorfinn Torf-Einarsson also known as Thorfinn Skull-splitter (from the Old Norse Þorfinnr hausakljúfr) 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 the ...
