Erik the Red

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

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Label Occurrences
Erik the Red canonical 34
Erik the Red family 1

Statements (47)

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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Input
Subject: Erik the Red
Description of subject: Erik the Red was a 10th-century Norse explorer best known for leading the first successful European settlement in Greenland.

Referenced by (35)

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

Greenlandic Norse foundedBy Erik the Red
Brattahlid foundedBy Erik the Red
Brattahlid namedAfter Erik the Red
Brattahlid residenceOf Erik the Red
Erik the Red name Erik the Red self-link
Eastern Settlement foundedBy Erik the Red
Leif Erikson father Erik the Red
Leif Erikson relative Erik the Red
Thjodhild’s church associatedWith Erik the Red
Qassiarsuk associatedWithPerson Erik the Red
Tunulliarfik Fjord associatedWith Erik the Red
Thorvald Eiriksson father Erik the Red
Thorvald Eiriksson relative Erik the Red
Saga of Erik the Red mainSubject Erik the Red
the Red appliedTo Erik the Red
Thjodhild spouse Erik the Red
Thorstein Eriksson father Erik the Red
Thorstein Eriksson notableFamily Erik the Red
this entity surface form: Erik the Red family
Thorstein Eriksson notableRelative Erik the Red
Brattahlíð foundedBy Erik the Red
Brattahlíð associatedWith Erik the Red
Brattahlíð farm of Erik the Red foundedBy Erik the Red
subject surface form: Brattahlíð
Brattahlíð farm of Erik the Red namedAfter Erik the Red
subject surface form: Brattahlíð
Brattahlíð farm of Erik the Red significantPerson Erik the Red
subject surface form: Brattahlíð
Freydís Eiríksdóttir father Erik the Red
Norse Greenlanders foundedBy Erik the Red