Thorfinn Sigurdsson

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11th-century nobleman Earl of Orkney Norse ruler historical figure

Thorfinn Sigurdsson, also known as Thorfinn the Mighty, was an 11th-century Earl of Orkney and powerful Norse ruler in the Northern Isles of Scotland.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Thorfinn the Mighty	4
Thorfinn Sigurdsson canonical	2

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	11th-century nobleman ⓘ Earl of Orkney ⓘ Norse ruler ⓘ historical figure ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Thorfinn Sigurdsson ⓘ surface form: Thorfinn the Mighty
associatedWith	Norse-Gaelic aristocracy ⓘ Viking Age in Scotland ⓘ
conflict	conflicts with other Norse earls ⓘ wars with Scottish rulers ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	Norway ⓘ
culture	Norse-Scottish ⓘ
describedAs	powerful Norse ruler in the Northern Isles ⓘ
describedIn	Orkneyinga saga ⓘ
ethnicGroup	Norse ⓘ Norse-Gaelic dynasties ⓘ surface form: Norse-Gael
father	Rognvald Eysteinsson ⓘ surface form: Sigurd Hlodvirsson Sigurd the Stout ⓘ
governedDuring	reign of Cnut the Great ⓘ reign of Harald Hardrada ⓘ reign of Magnus the Good ⓘ
historicalRegion	Earldom of Orkney ⓘ
language	Old Norse language ⓘ surface form: Old Norse
mother	daughter of Malcolm II of Scotland ⓘ
notableEvent	consolidation of Orkney earldom ⓘ expeditions in the Irish Sea region ⓘ
notableFor	alliances with Norwegian kings ⓘ expansion of Orkney power in the 11th century ⓘ rule over the Northern Isles of Scotland ⓘ strengthening Norse control over Orkney and Caithness ⓘ
offspring	Paul Thorfinnsson ⓘ surface form: Erlend Thorfinnsson Paul Thorfinnsson ⓘ
placeOfRule	Caithness ⓘ Orkney Islands ⓘ surface form: Orkney Shetland ⓘ parts of mainland Scotland ⓘ
positionHeld	Earl of Orkney ⓘ Jarl ⓘ
region	Northern Isles ⓘ surface form: Northern Isles of Scotland
relative	Malcolm II of Scotland ⓘ
religion	Norse paganism ⓘ
sexOrGender	male ⓘ
spouse	Ingibiorg Finnsdottir ⓘ
successor	Paul Thorfinnsson ⓘ surface form: Erlend Thorfinnsson Paul Thorfinnsson ⓘ
timePeriod	11th century ⓘ
title	Henry Sinclair, Earl of Orkney ⓘ surface form: Jarl of Orkney

Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Ingibiorg Finnsdottir → spouse → Thorfinn Sigurdsson ⓘ

Malcolm II of Scotland → grandchild → Thorfinn Sigurdsson ⓘ

this entity surface form: Thorfinn the Mighty

Earldom of Orkney → notableRuler → Thorfinn Sigurdsson ⓘ

Earl of Orkney → hasTitleHolder → Thorfinn Sigurdsson ⓘ

this entity surface form: Thorfinn the Mighty

Orkneyinga saga → containsCharacter → Thorfinn Sigurdsson ⓘ

this entity surface form: Thorfinn the Mighty

Thorfinn Sigurdsson → alsoKnownAs → Thorfinn Sigurdsson ⓘ

this entity surface form: Thorfinn the Mighty