Gissur Thorvaldsson (1208 – 12 January 1268; Modern Icelandic: Gissur Þorvaldsson [ˈcɪsːˌʏːr ˈθɔrˌval(t)sˌsɔːn]; Old Norse: Gizurr Þorvaldsson [ˈɡit͡sˌurː...

grandson of Gissur Teitsson Gissur Þorvaldsson (1208–1268), Icelandic chieftain Gissur Einarsson (c. 1512 – 1548), Icelandic bishop Gissur Petersson (born...

a patronymic. The name refers to: Einar Thorvaldsson (1902–1967), Icelandic chess master Gissur Þorvaldsson (1208–1268), Icelandic chieftain, goði of...

the King of Norway: Gissur Þorvaldsson (for getting farmers to agree to pay taxes to the King), Hrafn Oddsson (for pressuring Gissur into supporting the...

attempted coup. Gissur Þorvaldsson, also a vassal of the Norwegian king, received instructions to assassinate Snorri. In 1241, Gissur went with many men...

Sturla Sighvatsson on the one hand, and Kolbeinn ungi and Gissur Þorvaldsson (later Earl Gissur) on the other. Sighvatur had nearly 500 men but there is...

Iceland and Norway. It is also known as Gissurarsáttmáli, named after Gissur Þorvaldsson, the Icelandic chieftain who worked to promote it. The name "Old Covenant"...

Kolbeinsson later on. Gissur Þorvaldsson later acquired Reynistaður, which was said to have become the jarl's residence because Gissur had received the title...

chieftain or goði of the Ásbirningar family clan. He fought with Gissur Þorvaldsson against the Sturlungs in the Icelandic civil war during the Age of...

is known to have ever held the title of Jarl in Iceland. This was Gissur Þorvaldsson, who was made Jarl of Iceland in 1258 by King Haakon IV of Norway...

The second one is believed to be the one that was given to Earl Gissur Þorvaldsson by the King of Norway, Hákon Hákonarson, in 1258. It was patterned...

agreement in 1262, which the Icelanders called Gissur conciliation, after the Earl Gissur Þorvaldsson. Here it says that the King will leave the peace...

battle), were killed at the Battle of Örlygsstaðir in Iceland against Gissur Þorvaldsson and Kolbein the Young, chiefs whom they had provoked. Snorri, Órækja...

beiskr [ˈɑːrne ˈbɛiskz̠]) was an Icelander. He was a follower of Gissur Þorvaldsson who undertook the task of killing Snorri Sturluson. Íslendinga saga...

Gamli sáttmáli ("Old Covenant") did they oppose the influence of Gissur Þorvaldsson, Earl of Iceland. The Oddverjar traced their roots to the first Icelandic...

participants in the Age of the Sturlungs civil war. In the 13th century, Gissur Þorvaldsson, leader of the Haukdælir, was made Jarl of Iceland by the King of...

(d. 1248) Coloman of Galicia, Hungarian prince of Halych (d. 1241) Gissur Þorvaldsson, Icelandic chieftain (or goði) (d. 1268) Kolbeinn ungi Arnórsson,...

the Age of the Sturlungs. The powerful Icelandic goði (chieftain) Gissur Þorvaldsson had returned from Norway with the Norwegian King's favour, and had...

stóð brúðkaup. "Hver var Gissur jarl Þorvaldsson og hvaða hlutverki gegndi hann á Sturlungaöld?" [Who was Jarl Gissur Þorvaldsson and what role did he have...

However, Sturla and his father Sighvatr Sturluson were defeated by Gissur Þorvaldsson, the chief of the Haukdælir, and Kolbeinn the young, chief of the...

Byzantine nobles, under future Emperor Michael VIII (Palaiologos). Gissur Þorvaldsson, Icelandic chieftain (or goði), is made Earl of Iceland for his loyal...

(d. 1248) Coloman of Galicia, Hungarian prince of Halych (d. 1241) Gissur Þorvaldsson, Icelandic chieftain (or goði) (d. 1268) Kolbeinn ungi Arnórsson,...

for the last time in a document of 1479.[citation needed] In 1262, Gissur Þorvaldsson († 1268) was given the title Earl of Iceland, indicating and imposing...

Sturla Sighvatsson, are defeated by Kolbeinn ungi Arnórsson and Gissur Þorvaldsson, for control of Iceland (known as the Age of the Sturlungs). September...

Date Victim(s) Assassin(s) Notes 1241 Snorri Sturluson, historian and politician Gissur Þorvaldsson...

Sturla Sighvatsson, are defeated by Kolbeinn ungi Arnórsson and Gissur Þorvaldsson, for control of Iceland (known as the Age of the Sturlungs). September...

Sturlungs, the Flugumýri Arson was an unsuccessful attempt on the life of Gissur Þorvaldsson by his Icelandic enemies. This account is quite similar to what is...

September 23 – Snorri Sturluson, Icelandic saga writer, is murdered by Gissur Þorvaldsson, an emissary of King Haakon IV of Norway. October 25 – Pope Celestine...

September 23 – Snorri Sturluson, Icelandic saga writer, is murdered by Gissur Þorvaldsson, an emissary of King Haakon IV of Norway. October 25 – Pope Celestine...

Byzantine nobles, under future Emperor Michael VIII (Palaiologos). Gissur Þorvaldsson, Icelandic chieftain (or goði), is made Earl of Iceland for his loyal...