Earl Thorfinn ("the Black", "the Mighty") Sigurdsson II of Orkney 
Thorfinn, known as "the Black", "the Mighty", was born in 0989 in Orkney, Orkney Islands, Scotland. "the Black", "the Mighty"'s father was Earl Sigurd ("the Fat", "the Stout" "Digri") Hlodversson II of Orkney and his mother is Princess Anleta ("Thora Donada") MacKenneth. His paternal grandparents are Earl Hlodver Thorfinnsson of Orkney and Princess Audna Afrika Kjarvalssdatter; his maternal grandfather was King Kenneth II of Scotland & Alba and his maternal grandmother is Princess Aelgigu of Leinster. He had a brother and two sisters, named Brusi, Aelgifu and Sigurdsdottir. He died at the age of 75 in 1064 in Christ's Kirk, Birdsey, , Scotland.General Notes
Earl of Orkney
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Ancestor Pedigree Chart
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*There are earlier generations for the ancestor(s) indicated. See their page(s) for details (click name)
- b.~ 0830 in Maer, Nord Trondelag, Norway d.ABT 0890/0894 in Orkney, Orkney Islands, Scotland
- b.~ 0852 in Maer, More og Romsdal, Norway d.0910 in Orkney, Orkney Islands, Scotland
- b.0830/0848 in Trondheim, Nord Trondelag, Norway
- b.~ 0890 in Orkney Islands, Scotland d.> 0977
- b.~ 0924 in Orkney Islands, Scotland
- b.~ 0871 in Caithness, Scotland
- b.~ 0898 in Caithness, Scotland
- b.~ 0858 in Dublin, Dublin, Ireland d.0888 in Hvammi, Dala, Iceland
- b.~ 0873 in Hvammi, Dala, Iceland
- b.~ 0847 in Amle, Sogn og Fjordane, Norway
- b.ABT 0930/0960 in Orkney, Orkney Islands, Scotland d.23 Apr 1014 in Battle Of Clontarf, Dublin, Ireland
- b.~ 0860
- b.~ 0900 in Ireland d.0988 in Ireland
- b.~ 0928 in Orkney, Orkney Islands, Scotland
- b.0989 in Orkney, Orkney Islands, Scotland d.1064 in Christ's Kirk, Birdsey, , Scotland
- b.~ 0836 in Scotland d.0877 in Inverdovat, Forgan, Fifeshire, Scotland
- b.~ 0862 in Scotland d.0900 in Forres, Morayshire, Scotland
- b.~ 0897 in Fetteresson, Kincardineshire, Scotland d.0954 in Fordoun, Kincardineshire, Scotland
- b.~ 0932 in Scotland d.0995 in Iona, Argyllshire, Scotland
- b.~ 0968 in Atholl, Perthshire, Scotland
- b.0871 in Caithness, Highland, Scotland d.0925 in Caithness, Highland, Scotland
- b.~ 0936 in Scotland
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"the Black", "the Mighty" and Ingeborg were married in a religious ceremony before 1038. They had two sons named Paul and Bardolph.
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Children
Earl Paul Thorfinnsson of Orkney
Paul was born about 1040 in Orkney, Orkney Islands, Scotland. He died in 1103 in Bergen, Hordaland, Norway.
Lord Bardolph FitzThorfin of Ravensworth
Bardolph was born in 1045 in Brittany, France. He died at the age of 75 in 1120 in Kirby Parish, Ravensworth, Yorkshire, England.
Source/Citation
British Kings and Queens @ p. 447
British Kings and Queens @ p. 447
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