Thorfinn Sigurdsson
- Born: Cir 1009
- Marriage (1): Ingibjorg FINNSDOTTIR
- Died: Cir 1064 aged about 55
General Notes:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thorfinn_Sigurdsson Thorfinn Sigurdsson (1009?\endash c. 1064?), called Thorfinn the Mighty,[1] was Earl of Orkney. One of five brothers (with Brusi, Sumarlidi and Einar) , and Hvelp sons of Earl Sigurd Hlodvirsson by his marriage to the daughter of Malcolm II of Scotland. Thorfinn was the youngest of the five known sons of Earl Sigurd Hlodvirsson, but the only son of Sigurd's marriage to a daughter of Máel Coluim mac Cináeda. His elder half-brothers Einar, Brusi and Sumarlidi survived to adulthood, while a brother called Hundi ("the Dog") or 'Hvelp ("the Whelp") died in Norway, a hostage at the court of King Olaf Trygvasson
The Heimskringla of Icelandic historian Snorri Sturluson, and the anonymous compiler of the Orkneyinga Saga, write that Thorfinn was the most powerful of all the earls of Orkney. He is said to have been earl for seventy-five years and ruler of nine earldoms in Scotland, of the Hebrides, and of part of Ireland. A sizable part of the account in the Orkneyinga Saga concerns his wars with a "King of Scots" named Karl Hundason whose identity is very uncertain.
Thorfinn married Ingibjorg FINNSDOTTIR. (Ingibjorg FINNSDOTTIR was born circa 1015 and died before 1069.)
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