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Sigurd Eysteinsson

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Viking warlord, Earl of Orkney

Lived 850 to 890 · aged 40

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Sigurd Eysteinsson, or Sigurd the Mighty, was the second Jarl of Orkney - a title bequeathed to Sigurd by his brother Rognvald Eysteinsson. A son of Eystein Glumra, Sigurd was a leader in the Viking conquest of what is now northern Scotland.

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Map of north-eastern Scotland showing Orkney, Shetland, Caithness and Moray. At his death, Sigurd Eysteinsson controlled the area north of the river Oykel. The probable site of his burial mound, Sigurd's Howe, is shown.

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SiblingRǫgnvaldr Eysteinsson

SiblingSvanhild Øysteinsdotter

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Lived 850 to 890 · aged 40

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