Paul Thorfinnsson (died 1098) and Erlend Thorfinnsson (died 1098) were brothers who ruled together as Earls of Orkney. Paul and Erlend were the sons of...
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journalist Bragi Þorfinnsson (born 1981), Icelandic chess grandmaster Paul and Erlend Thorfinnsson; Paul (died after 1098) and Erlend (died 1098) ruled...
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1985), Norwegian footballer Paul and Erlend Thorfinnsson (Erlend died 1098), brothers who ruled together as Earls of Orkney Erlend Turf-Einarsson, a Norse...
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Hebrides and the Irish Sea. He was made Earl of Orkney the same year, following the swift removal of the incumbent earls of Orkney, Paul and Erlend Thorfinnsson...
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Magnus II of Norway (section Kingship and death)
death provoked Magnus's expedition, and that the expedition was the occasion on which Paul and Erlend Thorfinnsson, Thorfinn's successors as earls, submitted...
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Harald Hardrada (category Prisoners and detainees of the Byzantine Empire)
the forces from Scotland and Orkney probably remained at Riccall throughout the battle (the earls Paul and Erlend Thorfinnsson are certainly known to have...
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Thorfinn the Mighty (section With Einar and Brusi)
followed as earl by his sons Paul and Erlend. There are numerous problems associated with the chronology of Thorfinn's life and in identifying his relationships...
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Earl of Orkney (redirect from Erlend Turf-Einarsson)
that the battle at Skitten Mire where Ljot Thorfinnsson was mortally wounded took place "between 943 and 945" although this does not square with either...
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Snorri Thorfinnsson (Old Norse and Icelandic: Snorri Þorfinnsson or Snorri Karlsefnisson; most likely born between 1004 and 1013, and died c. 1090) was...
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1035 to 1047, and probably before the death of Harthacanute in 1042. Thorfinn and Ingibiorg had two known sons, Paul and Erlend Thorfinnsson, who jointly...
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Magnus Barefoot (redirect from King Magnus III of Mann and the Isles)
earls Paul and Erlend Thorfinnsson away to Norway as prisoners on a leidang ship, took their sons Haakon Paulsson, Magnus Erlendsson and Erling Erlendsson...
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the Earldom of Orkney, ruled jointly by his possible stepsons, Paul and Erlend Thorfinnsson. The Orkneyinga Saga reports strife with Norway but this may...
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Rögnvald Kali Kolsson (section Family and education)
Caithness to the cousin of Harald Maddadsson, Erlend Haraldsson. Earl Harald subsequently displaced Erlend Haraldsson, who was killed in 1156. In August...
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mother of Paul and Erlend Thorfinnsson, subsequently queen of Scotland Eric Linklater (1899–1974), novelist, playwright, journalist, essayist and poet Margaret...
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In 1098 Magnus Barefoot, King of Norway deposed the Thorfinnsson brothers as Earls of Orkney and set his 8 year old son Sigurd Magnusson up in their place...
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lengri. Magnus was the first son of Erlend Thorfinnsson, Earl of Orkney (who ruled jointly with his brother Paal) and Thora, a daughter of Sumarlidi Ospaksson...
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Thorfinn Torf-Einarsson (section Death and legacy)
Eysteinsson, the first Earl of Orkney. Torf-Einarr had two other sons, Arnkel and Erlend who "fell in a war expedition" at an unspecified location in England along...
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Haakon's father was Paul Thorfinnsson who, along with his brother, Erlend Thorfinnsson, had ruled as a joint earl of Orkney. Paul and Erlend remained on friendly...
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Other than world champion, it is the highest title a chess player can attain and is awarded for life, although FIDE regulations allow for the revocation of...
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ISBN 978-0-14-044383-7. The Saga relates how Magnus Erlendsson, son of Erlend Thorfinnsson, accompanied King Magnus Barelegs of Norway (grandson of Harald Hardrada)...
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