The Battle of Clontarf: 23rd April 1014= 23rd April 2014 will be the thousand-year anniversary of the Battle of Clontarf . By David : Blog Post Saturday 1 October 2011 Many Scandinavians decided to settle in the lands they originally raided. They set up coastal cities and towns in Ireland in places like Dublin, Waterford and Limerick. The initial setting up of these kingdoms was done in a warli...
DESCENDANTS of IVAR HVIDE IVAR “Hvide/the White”, son of --- (-[1027]). Snorre names "Ivar the White…a daughter's son of Earl Hakon the Great"[206]. Morkinskinna names “Ívarr hvíti…one of Saint Óláfr´s district chieftains”[207]. m ---. The name of Ivar´s wife is not known. Ivar & his wife had one child: 1. HAAKON Ivarsson (-after 1065). Snorre names Hakon as son of "Ivar the White"[208...
A resource to catalogue and organise profiles for the family of Hunda-Steinar as mentioned in kafli 55 of Landnámabók.=Source texts:==Landnámabókkafli Hunda-Steinar hét jarl á Englandi; hann átti Álöfu, dóttur Ragnars loðbrókar. Þeirra börn voru þau Björn, faðir Auðunar skökuls, og Eiríkur, faðir Sigurðar bjóðaskalla, og Ísgerður, er átti Þórir jarl á Vermalandi.Auðun skökull fór til Íslands og...