Jarl Brusi Sigurdsson Of Orkney^[1]

Abt 988 - Aft 1030  (42 years)

• Name	Brusi Sigurdsson Of Orkney
  Prefix	Jarl
  Birth	Abt 988	Orkney, Orkney Islands, Scotland
  Gender	Male
  Death	Aft 31 Aug 1030  [2]
  Person ID	I70503	Cecilie Family
  Last Modified	2 Mar 2009

  
  

  Father	Jarl Sigurd Lodvesson Digre Lodveson, Jarl,   b. Abt 960, Orkney, Is., Scotland d. 23 Apr 1014, Clontarf, Dublin, Ireland (Age 54 years)
  Mother	Concubine Unknown, #1,   b. Abt 965, Orkney, Is., Scotland d. Yes, date unknown
  Family ID	F45270	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Ostrida Regenwaldsdottir,   b. Abt 990, Gothland, Sweden d. Yes, date unknown
  Children	1. Jarl Ragnvald II Brusisson Of Orkney,   b. 1011, Orkney, Orkney Islands, Scotland d. Dec 1046, Papa Stronsay, Orkney Islands, Scotland (Age 35 years)
  Family ID	F31014	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	2 Mar 2009

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - Abt 988 - Orkney, Orkney Islands, Scotland  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Notes

  NORSE PREDECESSORS of the EARLS of ORKNEY - subject to King of Norway until after 1379 Brusi, Jarl of one-third of Orkney 1014, a "mild and very peaceable man, wise, eloquent and popular." When Thorfinn invaded Orkney from Caithness in 1018, Brusi induced Einar to allow Thorfinn to have Somerled

  
  

• Sources

  [S1328] Schwennicke, Detlev, ES, (Marburg, Germany: J. A. Stargardt Verlag, 1980-), 2:80 (Reliability: 3). [S1634] Complete Peerage of England Scotland Ireland Great, X:A:9-10 (Reliability: 3).