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Family of Leif HRÓÐMARSSON and Helga ARNARDÓTTIR

  • Husband:

  • Leif HRÓÐMARSSON ( -875?)

  • Wife:

  • Helga ARNARDÓTTIR ( - )

  • Marriage:

  • c. 0874

  • Norway ?1

  • Residence (family):

  •  

  • Iceland

  • Resided (family):

  •  

  • Hjorleifshöfði, (near Vík), Iceland

Husband: Leif HRÓÐMARSSON

  • Name:

  • Leif HRÓÐMARSSON

  • Sex:

  • Male

  • Father:

  • Hróðmar HRÓALDSSON ( - )

  • Mother:

  • not KNOWN ( - )

  • Birth:

  • "??"

  • Norway1

  • Residence:

  • 0874

  • Hjorleifshöfði, (near Vík), Iceland1

  •  

  • Hjorleif continued sailing west until he landed at Hjorleifshofdi near Myrdalsjökull in southern Iceland.

  • Death:

  • 0875 (est)

  • Hjorleifshöfði, (near Vík), Iceland

  •  

  • Cause: killed by his Irish slaves

Wife: Helga ARNARDÓTTIR

Note on Husband: Leif HRÓÐMARSSON

The blood brothers went on several raids with the three sons of Earl Atli the Slender. They got along well together until one of the earl's sons, Holmstein, began making advances to Helga. After Holmstein swore to marry either Helga or no one, Leif and Ingólfur killed him. Later they killed his brother, Herstein. They offered legal compensation, blood money, to the earl and his third son, Hastein, but Atli and Hastein demanded all their possessions instead. Rather than be reduced to poverty, Leif and Ingólfur chose to become Earl Atli's outlaws. That meant that either the earl or anyone in his service could kill Leif or Ingólfur anytime with impunity.

Leif raided in Ireland, plundering money, slaves, and a magnificent sword. There after he was called Hjorleif (Sword-Leif). About this time he married Helga. Hjorleif and Ingólfur joined forces in Norway, then sailed again for Iceland around 874.

Sources

1.

Ari the Learned, Landnámabók (The Book of Settlement).