Noted Relations: Vikings!

VIKING Family ODT

Contents:

wiki:

**K E Y**
=ancestor, =cousin, =cousin-by-marriage, +=family
=Has bookmarks, =Recent changes (as of `2009-09-02`), ¤=Cross reference
	Saint Magnus [1075-1115] – Earl of Orkney VKNG86 6C25 Magnus and his cousin, Haakon, ruled as co-Earls of Orkney for some 9 years. Their followers fell out, however, and the two sides met at the Thing (assembly) on the Orkney Mainland, ready to do battle. Peace was negotiated and the Earls arranged to meet each other on the island of Egilsay, each bringing only two ships. Magnus arrived on 16 April 1115 with his two ships, but then Haakon treacherously turned up with eight ships. Magnus was captured and offered to go into exile or prison, but an assembly of chieftains insisted that one earl must die. Haakon's standard bearer, Ofeigr, refused to execute Magnus, and an angry Haakon made his cook Lifolf kill Magnus by striking him on the head with an axe. It was said that Magnus first prayed for the souls of his executioners. Magnus was first buried on the spot he died. WIKI wiki:

History origins, early history
- Vikings, Normans and Englishmen
- Onomastics (=the study of the origin and formation of proper names)
  - OLD NORSE NAME FORMATION
  - Viking Bynames found in the Landnamabok
People
- Genealogy
- Social Scandinavia in the Viking Age - Google Book Search By Mary Wilhelmine Williams; New York: Macmillan Co. 1920
Places
- Orkneyjar - The Heritage of the Orkney Islands a website dedicated to the preserving, exploring and documenting the ancient history, folklore and traditions of Orkney - a group of islands lying off the northern tip of Scotland, where the North Sea and the Atlantic Ocean meet.
Sagas
Other

Bookmarks:2008-05-21 12:04:16

Services