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Gyða
Gyða was a legendary noblewoman from the British Isles who, according to Old Norse kings' sagas, selected Óláfr Tryggvason as a husband during his time in England in the 990s. In the sagas According to Oddr Snorrason's ''Óláfs saga Tryggvasonar'' and Snorri Sturluson's Heimskringla, Gyða was the sister of Óláfr kvaran ( Amlaíb Cuarán) of Ireland). She was a wealthy and landed widow. When a nobleman called Alpin/Alvini sought her in marriage, she called an assembly where she instead selected a disguised Óláfr Tryggvason as a husband. After he had defeated Alvini in single combat, they married and he subdued her lands for her before returning to Norway. In this account she was the second wife of Óláfr after Geira, but she disappears from the narrative by the time Óláfr courts Sigríðr the Haughty. Historical difficulties The saga episode is difficult to reconcile with historical chronology. Óláfr Tryggvason was present in the British Isles in the 990s, at whi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amlaíb Cuarán
Amlaíb mac Sitric (d. 980; ), commonly called Amlaíb Cuarán (O.N.: ), was a 10th-century Norse-Gael who was King of Northumbria and Dublin. His byname, ''cuarán'', is usually translated as "sandal". His name appears in a variety of anglicized forms, including Olaf Cuaran, Anlaf Sihtricson and Olaf Sihtricson, particularly in relation to his short-lived rule in York. He was the last of the Uí Ímair to play a major part in the politics of the British Isles. Amlaíb was twice, perhaps three times, ruler of Northumbria and twice ruler of Dublin and its dependencies. His reign over these territories spanned some forty years. He was a renowned warrior and a ruthless pillager of churches, but ended his days in retirement at Iona Abbey. Born when the Uí Ímair ruled over large areas of the British Isles, by his death the kingdom of Dublin was a minor power in Irish politics. At the same time, Dublin became a major centre of trade in Atlantic Europe and mastery over the city and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tryggvi The Pretender
Tryggvi "the Pretender" (Old Norse ''Tryggvi Ólafsson'', Norwegian ''Tryggve Olavsson'') was a Viking chieftain who lived in the early eleventh century, and came from "west across the sea" (probably from the Norse settlements in England and Ireland). His story appears in ''Heimskringla'' by Snorri Sturluson, the saga ''Morkinskinna'', and a saga composed by Oddr Snorrason on Olaf Tryggvason. Invasion of Norway According to ''Heimskringla'', in 1033, during the lordship of Cnut the Great's son Svein over Norway, Tryggvi invaded Norway. He claimed to be the son of Olaf Tryggvason and his wife Gyda.Hollander (2002:534). His enemies scoffed at this claim, asserting that Tryggvi was instead the bastard son of a priest; however, Snorri Sturluson refers to Olaf's relatives in Viken as Tryggvi's "kinsmen;" moreover, the author of ''Morkinskinna'' has Harald Hardrada asserting kinship with the then-deceased Tryggvi, indicating that at least some people believed Tryggvi's claim. When wor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Olaf Tryggvason
Olaf Tryggvason (960s – 9 September 1000) was King of Norway from 995 to 1000. He was the son of Tryggvi Olafsson, king of Viken ( Vingulmark, and Rånrike), and, according to later sagas, the great-grandson of Harald Fairhair, first King of Norway. He is numbered as Olaf I. Olaf was important in the conversion of the Norse to Christianity, but he did so forcibly within his own kingdom. He is said to have built the first Christian church in Norway in 995, and to have founded the city of Trondheim in 997. A statue dedicated to him is located in the city's central plaza. Historical information on Olaf is sparse. He is mentioned in some contemporary English sources, and some skaldic poems. The oldest narrative source mentioning him briefly is Adam of Bremen's '' Gesta Hammaburgensis ecclesiae pontificum'' of ''circa'' 1070. In the 1190s, two Latin versions of ''" Óláfs saga Tryggvasonar"'' were written in Iceland, by Oddr Snorrason and Gunnlaugr Leifsson – these are ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gyda Chooses Olaf Tryggvason
Gyda may refer to: People * Gyda of Sweden (died c. 1048/1049), Swedish princess, wife of King Sweyn II of Denmark * Gyda Christensen (1872–1964), Norwegian actress, dancer, choreographer and managing director of the Nationaltheatret ballet school * Gyda Enger (born 1993), Norwegian ski jumper * Gyda Gram (1851–1906), Norwegian painter * Gyda Hansen (1938–2010), Danish film actress * Gyda Westvold Hansen (born 2002), Norwegian Nordic combined skier * Gyda Ellefsplass Olssen (born 1978), Norwegian sport shooter Places * Gyda ( :ru:Гыда), a village in Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug, Siberia, Russia * Gyda River, Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug * Gyda National Park, Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug * Gyda Peninsula, Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug * Gyda Oil Field, a decommissioned oil field in the North Sea Other uses * Gyda Shipping, former name of Waterfront Shipping Waterfront Shipping is a shipping company that operates six clean product tankers each at about 8 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Olof Skötkonung
Olof Skötkonung (; – 1022), sometimes stylized as Olaf the Swede, was King of Sweden, son of Eric the Victorious and, according to Icelandic sources, Sigrid the Haughty. He succeeded his father in c. 995. He stands at the threshold of recorded history, since he is the first Swedish ruler about whom there is substantial knowledge. He is regarded as the first king known to have ruled both the Swedes and the Geats, and the first king in Sweden to have minted coins. In Sweden, the reign of Olof Skötkonung is considered to mark the transition from the Viking Age to the Middle Ages. He was the first Christian king in central Sweden. Norse beliefs persisted in parts of Sweden until the 12–13th century, with some keeping the tradition into modern times. Olof and the Danish king Sweyn Forkbeard formed an alliance and defeated the Norwegian king Olaf Tryggvason in the Battle of Svolder in 999 or 1000. After the battle, the victorious leaders split Norway into areas of control. H ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Irish People Whose Existence Is Disputed
Irish commonly refers to: * Someone or something of, from, or related to: ** Ireland, an island situated off the north-western coast of continental Europe ***Éire, Irish language name for the island and the sovereign state *** Erse (other), Scots language name for the Irish language or Irish people ** Republic of Ireland, a sovereign state ** Northern Ireland, a constituent unit of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland * Irish language, a Celtic Goidelic language of the Indo-European language family spoken in Ireland * Irish English, set of dialects of the English language native to Ireland * Irish people, people of Irish ethnicity Irish may also refer to: Places * Irish Creek (Kansas), a stream in Kansas * Irish Creek (South Dakota), a stream in South Dakota * Irish Lake, Watonwan County, Minnesota * Irish Sea, the body of water which separates the islands of Ireland and Great Britain People * Irish (surname), a list of people * William Irish, pse ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
European People Whose Existence Is Disputed
European, or Europeans, may refer to: In general * ''European'', an adjective referring to something of, from, or related to Europe ** Ethnic groups in Europe ** Demographics of Europe ** European cuisine, the cuisines of Europe and other Western countries * ''European'', an adjective referring to something of, from, or related to the European Union ** European Union citizenship ** Demographics of the European Union In publishing * ''The European'' (1953 magazine), a far-right cultural and political magazine published 1953–1959 * ''The European'' (newspaper), a British weekly newspaper published 1990–1998 * ''The European'' (2009 magazine), a German magazine first published in September 2009 *''The European Magazine'', a magazine published in London 1782–1826 *''The New European'', a British weekly pop-up newspaper first published in July 2016 Other uses * * Europeans (band), a British post-punk group, from Bristol See also * * * Europe (other) * The Europ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Norway
Norway, officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic countries, Nordic country located on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. The remote Arctic island of Jan Mayen and the archipelago of Svalbard also form part of the Kingdom of Norway. Bouvet Island, located in the Subantarctic, is a Dependencies of Norway, dependency, and not a part of the Kingdom; Norway also Territorial claims in Antarctica, claims the Antarctic territories of Peter I Island and Queen Maud Land. Norway has a population of 5.6 million. Its capital and largest city is Oslo. The country has a total area of . The country shares a long eastern border with Sweden, and is bordered by Finland and Russia to the northeast. Norway has an extensive coastline facing the Skagerrak strait, the North Atlantic Ocean, and the Barents Sea. The unified kingdom of Norway was established in 872 as a merger of Petty kingdoms of Norway, petty kingdoms and has existed continuously for years. From 1537 to 1814, Norway ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kings' Sagas
Kings' sagas (, , ) are Old Norse sagas which principally tell of the lives of semi-legendary and legendary (mythological, fictional) Nordic kings, also known as saga kings. They were composed during the twelfth through the fourteenth centuries, primarily in Iceland, but with some written in Norway. Kings' sagas frequently contain episodic stories known in scholarship as '' þættir'', such as the '' Íslendingaþættir'' (about Icelanders), '' Styrbjarnar þáttr Svíakappa'', '' Hróa þáttr heimska'', and '' Eymundar þáttr hrings'' (about people from elsewhere). List of Kings' sagas Including works in Latin, and in approximate order of composition (though many dates could be off by decades) *A Latin work by Sæmundr fróði, , lost. *The older version of '' Íslendingabók'' by Ari fróði, , lost. *'' Hryggjarstykki'' by Eiríkr Oddsson, , lost. *'' Historia Norvegiæ'', . *''Historia de Antiquitate Regum Norwagiensium '' by Theodoricus monachus, . *'' Skjöldunga sag ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Theodoric The Monk
Theodoric the Monk (; also ''Tjodrik munk''; in Old Norse his name was most likely ''Þórir'') was a 12th-century Norwegian Benedictine monk, perhaps at the Nidarholm Abbey. He may be identical with either Bishop Thorfinn of Hamar, Tore of the Ancient Diocese of Hamar, Diocese of Hamar or Archbishop Tore Gudmundsson, of the Archdiocese of Nidaros who both went under the Latin name ''Theodoricus'' in the Abbey of St. Victor, Paris. Theodoric wrote a brief history of the kings of Norway in Latin, ''Historia de Antiquitate Regum Norwagiensium'' sometime between 1177 and 1188. The work covers Norwegian history from the reign of the 9th century King Haraldr hárfagri up to the death of King Sigurðr Jórsalafari in 1130. His work, which was dedicated to Archbishop Eystein Erlendsson of Nidaros (1161-1188), remains an important source to the oldest parts of Norway's modern-time history. In his work, Theodoricus left out the most recent period of Norwegian history. Theodoric states that ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Geira
Geira (ca. 965 – 985) was a Wends, Wendish princess attested by Old Norse sagas who allegedly ruled over territory near the border of Germania before marrying a young Olaf Tryggvason, Óláfr Tryggvasonr. Family According to Oddr Snorrason's ''Óláfs saga Tryggvasonar'' and Snorri Sturluson's ''Heimskringla,'' she was the daughter of the Wendish king Burislav and the sister of Gunhild of Wenden, Gunnhild, who married Sweyn Forkbeard, Sveinn Forkbeard, and Ástríðr, who married jarl Sigvaldi Strut-Haraldsson. This account of her family presents several problems of chronology. Óláfr Tryggvasonr Both sagas present Geira as sole ruler of her own territory, with a lieutenant named Dixin, at the time of Óláfr Tryggvasonr's arrival in Wendland, which would have been in the 980s. Oddr specifies that she was already widowed by that time. Óláfr overwintered in Wendland, becoming close to Geira and marrying her that winter. Oddr Snorrason has an extended wooing scene wit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sigrid The Haughty
Sigrid the Haughty (; ) is a Scandinavian queen appearing in Norse sagas. Sigrid is named in several late and sometimes contradictory Icelandic sagas composed generations after the events the stories describe, but there is no reliable, historical evidence attesting to the veracity of her depiction in those tales. She is reported by '' Heimskringla'' to have been the wife of Eric the Victorious of Sweden, as being sought after by Olaf Tryggvasson, and then married to Sweyn Forkbeard of Denmark. In other writings, however, author Snorri Sturluson says that Sweyn the Dane was married not to Sigrid but some other woman. It is unclear if the figure of Sigrid was a real person. Some recent scholars identify her with a documented Polish wife of Eric and perhaps Sweyn mentioned by medieval chroniclers and referred to as 'Świętosława' by some modern historians, but the potential husbands attributed to Sigrid lived over a wide date range and other modern scholars believe Sigrid may b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
