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Thorgils (Haraldsson) Haraldssonn (abt. 893 - 937)

Thorgils Haraldssonn formerly Haraldsson
Born about in Norwaymap
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Died at about age 44 in Northumbria, Englandmap
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Biography

Thorgils (Thorulf) is the son of Harald Halfdansson and Gyda Eiriksdatter, [1] and brother of Eirik Blodøks Haraldsson. They went to Northumbria together. The brothers Thorolf and Egil were standing southwards along Saxony and Flanders, when they heard that the king of England wanted men, and that there was in his service hope of much gain. So they resolved to take their force thither. And they went on that autumn till they came to king Athelstan. He received them well; he saw plainly that such followers would be a great help. Full soon did the English king decide to ask them to join him, to take pay there, and become defenders of his land. They so agreed between them that they became king Athelstan's men. [2]

In 937, a combined forces of men of Wessex led by Athelstan and Northumbrians led by Eirik and Thorgils defeated the combined armies of Amlaíb mac Gofrith, Norse King of Dublin; Constantine II, King of Scots; and Owen, King of Strathclyde. Egils Saga recounts in great detail Thorgil's part in that battle, and the manner of his death. [3]

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  1. Entered by Gordon Lokken, Mar 29, 2012
  2. Egil's Saga chapter 50 in the 1893 translation into English by W. C. Green from the original Icelandic 'Egils saga Skallagrímssonar'
  3. Egil's Saga chapters 52 - Of the gathering of the host; 53 - Of the fight; 54 - The fall of Thorolf in that battle.



Acknowledgements

  • WikiTree profile Haraldsson-139 created through the import of wikitree.ged on Aug 1, 2011 by Abby Brown.
  • WikiTree profile Haraldsson-164 created through the import of Spencer Family Tree 4 2002.GED on Nov 28, 2011 by Chet Spencer.




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