Höskuld, the son of Kohl from the Dales (circa 910–965 ), is Icelandic Höwding , one of the central characters of the Sagas of People from the Salmon Valley and Sagas of Nyala , repeatedly mentioned in the genealogies of other heroes of the “tribal sagas” .
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Origin
Heskuld Coll 's father was the managing director of Aud Wise , the widow of the King of Dublin . When the son of Aud Thorstein Red died in Scotland, Aud went to Iceland and here began to distribute land to her companions. Coll took possession of the entire Salmon River Valley and land up to Hawk Valley [1] , and as a wife - Torgerd, granddaughter of Aud. Thanks to this, the son of Coll Heskuld became one of the most powerful and noble people in Iceland. He was a warrior of Hakon Pupil Adalstein and periodically wintered in Norway.
Family
Heskuld was married to Hallfried's daughter Torbjörn from the Lake (according to the Book on the Settlement of Iceland [2] ) or Jorunn to daughter Bjarni (according to the Saga of the People from Salmon Valley [3] ). From this marriage were born:
- Torlake
- Bard
- Hallgerd the Leggy , wife of Torvald, son of Oswyvr, Glum of the son of Oleiva Handles and Gunnar of the son of Hamund
- Torgerd
- Turid.
Heskuld later bought the slave Melkork, who turned out to be the daughter of the Irish king Murkyartan, and she bore him the sons of Olav Pavlin and Helga.
Literature
- Byock, Jesse. Viking Age Iceland . Penguin Books, 2001.
- Forte, Angelo, Richard Oram and Frederik Pedersen. Viking Empires . Cambridge Univ. Press, 2005 ISBN 0-521-82992-5 .
- Ordower, Henry. “Exploring the Literary Function of Law and Litigation in 'Njal's Saga.'” Cardozo Studies in Law and Literature , Vol. 3, No. 1 (Spring - Summer 1991), pp. 41-61.
Notes
- ↑ Book of the Settlement of Iceland II, 39.
- ↑ Book of the Settlement of Iceland II, 38
- ↑ Saga of the people from Salmon Valley XI.