The Sturlungs (Icelandic: Sturlungar [ˈstʏ(r)tluŋkar̥]) were a powerful family clan in 13th century Iceland, in the time of the Icelandic Commonwealth...
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Age of the Sturlungs (category Sturlungar family clan)
Sturlungs began in 1220, when Snorri Sturluson, chieftain of the Sturlungar family clan and one of the great Icelandic saga writers, became a vassal of...
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Snorri Sturluson (category Sturlungar family clan)
transliterated as Hvamm or Hvammr) as a member of the wealthy and powerful Sturlungar clan of the Icelandic Commonwealth, in AD 1179. His parents were Sturla...
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Sturla Sighvatsson (category Sturlungar family clan)
1199 – 21 August 1238) was an Icelandic chieftain or goði of the Sturlungar family clan who played an active role in the armed conflicts in Iceland during...
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1235. Sturla used the power and influence of the Sturlungar family clan to wage war against the other clans in Iceland. The Norwegian king's power of Iceland...
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Óláfr Þórðarson (category Sturlungar family clan)
Óláfr Þórðarson (Old Norse: [ˈoːˌlɑːvz̠ ˈθoːrðɑz̠ˌson]; Modern Icelandic: Ólafur Þórðarson [ˈouːˌlaːvʏr ˈθourðarˌsɔːn]; c. 1205/1210 – 1259) was an Icelandic...
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several Icelandic writing associations. He wrote a book about the Sturlungar family clan, Óvinafagnaður, in which all the most famous Vikings from Iceland...
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Sturla Þórðarson (category Sturlungar family clan)
Sturla Þórðarson (Old Norse pronunciation: Old Norse pronunciation: [ˈsturlɑ ˈθoːrðɑrˌson]; Icelandic pronunciation: [ˈstʏ(r)tla ˈθourðarˌsɔːn]; 29 July...
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Sturla Sighvatsson (1199 – 1238), an Icelandic chieftain of the Sturlungar family clan Sturla Þórðarson (1214 – 1284), an Icelandic writer and skald surname...
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Sturlunga saga (category Sturlungar family clan)
Old Norse. It mostly deals with the story of the Sturlungs, a powerful family clan during the eponymous Age of the Sturlungs period of the Icelandic Commonwealth...
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Halldóra Tumadóttir (category Sturlungar family clan)
political wars and feuds on Iceland during the Age of the Sturlungs. Her marriage in 1215 was a political match which brought peace between her two families....
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Sighvatr Sturluson (category Sturlungar family clan)
1170 – 1238) was a skaldic poet, goði and member of the Icelandic Sturlungar clan. His parents were Sturla Þórðarson of Hvammur and Guðný Böðvarsdóttir...
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historic battle fought by members of the Sturlungar family against the Ásbirningar and the Haukdælir clans in northern Iceland. The battle was part of...
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Kolbeinn the Young against the forces of Sturla Sighvatsson of the Sturlungar clan in the Battle of Örlygsstaðir in 1238 and led the force of men who...
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total, amongst them Brandur Kolbeinsson, chieftain of the Ásbirningar family clan. Defeat in battle led to the end of power for the Ásbirningar. The artist...
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(they were organized in clans in the Icelandic Commonwealth – Icelandic clans: Ásbirningar; Haukdælir; Oddaverjar; Sturlungar; Svínfellingar; Vatnsfirðingar)...
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