Thorfinn the Michty
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Thorfinn Sigurdsson (1009?–c. 1065), forby kent as Thorfinn the Mighty,[6] wis an 11t-century Yerl o Orkney.
| Thorfinn Sigurdsson | |
|---|---|
| Yerl o Orkney | |
| Title held | c. 1016[1] tae c. 1065.[2] Jyntly wi Brusi Sigurdsson an Einar Sigurdsson tae 1020, wi Brusi tae 1031, alane tae 1036, wi Rögnvald Brusason 1036 tae 1046, alane tae c. 1065[2][3] |
| Predecessor | Sigurd Hlodvirsson |
| Successor | Paul an Erlend Thorfinnsson |
| Native name | Þorfinnr inn riki - "Thorfinn the Michty" |
| Born | 1009?[Note 1] |
| Dee'd | c. 1065[3] |
| Nobility | Norse Yerls o Orkney |
| Spouse | Ingibiorg Finnsdottir |
| Issue | |
| Faither | Sigurd Hlodvirsson |
| Mither | A dauchter o Máel Coluim II o Scotland |
Notes
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- Magnusson, Magnus (2000). Scotland:The Story of a Nation. Harper Collins. p. 733. ISBN 9780871137982.
- Muir, Tom (2005) Orkney in the Sagas: The Story of the Earldom of Orkney as told in the Icelandic Sagas. The Orcadian. Kirkwall. ISBN 0954886232.
- Woolf, Alex (2007) From Pictland to Alba, 789–1070. Edinburgh. Edinburgh University Press. ISBN 978-0-7486-1234-5