Everything about Gissur Orvaldsson totally explained
Gissur Thorvaldsson (
1208 –
January 12 1268) (
Icelandic:
Gissur Þorvaldsson) was a medieval
Icelandic chieftain or
goði of the
Haukdælir family clan, and great-grandson of
Jón Loftsson.
Gissur played a major role in the civil war which is now known as
Sturlungaöld, or the
Age of the Sturlungs: he fought alongside
Kolbeinn the Young against the forces of
Sturla Sighvatsson of the
Sturlungar clan in the
Battle of Örlygsstaðir in 1238 and led the force of men who murdered saga-writer
Snorri Sturluson in 1241, at the behest of
Haakon IV, King of Norway. In 1258, he was made Earl of Iceland (
Icelandic:
jarl) for his loyal service to the king. He held this title till his death.
Gissur worked actively to promote the
Old Covenant (
Icelandic:
Gamli sáttmáli), an agreement which brought
Iceland under the sovereignty of the Norwegian crown in 1264. The covenant is hence sometimes known as Gissur's Covenant, or
Gissurarsáttmáli.
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