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VIKING Family Annex
by Rod Dav4is

Sigurd I "the Mighty" Riki , Jarl of Orkney ¹

Birth:	About. 832 ¹
Death:	874-892 ¹
Sex:	M
Father:	Eystein "the Noisy" Glumra Ivarsson , Jarl of More b. About. 800
Mother:	Ascriba (Aseda) Rognvaldsdottir , Countess Oppland b. 804-812 in Maer, Nord Trondelag, NOR

Reference: VKNG12

Spouses & Children

Children:
Guthorm , Jarl of Orkney

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Notes

Individual:
Sigurd I of Orkney was a successful soldier who conquered most of northern Scotland in the 9th century. Following a fever-pitched victory in A.D. 892 against Maelbrigte of Moray and his army, Sigurd decapitated Maelbrigte and stuck his opponent's head on his saddle as a trophy. As Sigurd rode with his trophy head, his leg kept rubbing against his foe's choppers. The teeth opened a cut on Sigurd's leg that became infected and led to blood poisoning. Sigurd died shortly thereafter.
(http://people.howstuffworks.com/7-strange-ways-to-die1.htm)

Sources

Title: "Stirnet Genealogy"
Author: BARNES-GRAHAM, Peter
Publication: http://www.stirnet.com/HTML/genie/gentop.htm
Call Number: @S2523@
Media: Electronic