Erik the Red

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Norse explorer Viking historical figure

Erik the Red was a 10th-century Norse explorer best known for leading the first successful European settlement in Greenland.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Norse explorer ⓘ
Viking ⓘ
historical figure ⓘ
appearsIn Saga of Erik the Red ⓘ
Saga of the Greenlanders ⓘ
associatedWith Norse sagas ⓘ
banishmentFrom Iceland ⓘ
Norway ⓘ
birthName Thorvald Eiriksson ⓘ
surface form: Eiríkr Þorvaldsson
causeOfBanishment manslaughter ⓘ
child Freydís Eiríksdóttir ⓘ
Leif Erikson ⓘ
Thorstein Eriksson ⓘ
Thorvald Eiriksson ⓘ
surface form: Thorvald Eriksson
countryOfOrigin Norway ⓘ
culture Viking Age Norse ⓘ
dateOfBirth circa 950 ⓘ
dateOfDeath circa 1003 ⓘ
epithet the Red ⓘ
era 10th century ⓘ
ethnicity Norse ⓘ
explored Greenland ⓘ
father Thorvald Eiriksson ⓘ
surface form: Thorvald Asvaldsson
founded Eastern Settlement, Greenland ⓘ
surface form: Eastern Settlement in Greenland

first permanent Norse settlement in Greenland ⓘ
gender male ⓘ
givenName Erik ⓘ
historicalRegion North Atlantic area ⓘ
surface form: North Atlantic
householdReligionChangeContext Christianization of Greenland through his family ⓘ
knownFor exploration of Greenland ⓘ
leading the first successful European settlement in Greenland ⓘ
language Norse ⓘ
surface form: Old Norse
migratedTo Greenland ⓘ
Iceland ⓘ
name Erik the Red self-link ⓘ
named Greenland ⓘ
nativeName Eirik ⓘ
surface form: Eiríkr rauði
notableRelative Freydís Eiríksdóttir ⓘ
Leif Erikson ⓘ
occupation explorer ⓘ
settler ⓘ
placeOfBirth Jæren region ⓘ
surface form: Jæren

Norway ⓘ
placeOfDeath Greenland ⓘ
reasonForName to attract settlers ⓘ
religion Norse paganism ⓘ
spouse Thjodhild ⓘ

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

Brattahlid → foundedBy → Erik the Red ⓘ
Eastern Settlement → foundedBy → Erik the Red ⓘ
Greenlandic Norse → foundedBy → Erik the Red ⓘ
Erik the Red → name → Erik the Red self-link ⓘ
Brattahlid → namedAfter → Erik the Red ⓘ
Brattahlid → residenceOf → Erik the Red ⓘ