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Thorvald Ásvaldsson (Old Norse: Þórvaldr Ásvaldsson [ˈθoːrˌwɑldz̠ ˈɑːsˌwɑldsˌson]; Modern Icelandic: Þorvaldur Ásvaldsson [ˈθɔrˌvaltʏr ˈausˌval(t)sˌsɔːn]; fl. 10th century; died before 980) was the father of the first Norse settler of Greenland, Erik the Red, and grandfather of Leif Erikson, who visited ...
Thorvald Asvaldsson (nórdico antiguo: Þōrvaldr Āsvaldsson) fue un caudillo vikingo de Noruega, padre del colonizador de Groenlandia, Erik el Rojo, [1] y abuelo del explorador de Vinland, Leif Erikson, el hombre que llegó a las costas de Norteamérica siglos antes de la expedición de Cristóbal Colón.
Thorvald Asvaldsson ( nórdico antiguo: Þōrvaldr Āsvaldsson) fue un caudillo vikingo de Noruega, padre del colonizador de Groenlandia, Erik el Rojo, y abuelo del explorador de Vinland, Leif Erikson, el hombre que llegó a las costas de Norteamérica siglos antes de la expedición de Cristóbal Colón.
19 de mar. de 2018 · http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%9Eorvaldr_%C3%81svaldsson. Thorvald Asvaldsson (Old Norse: Þórvaldr Ásvaldsson) was the father of the colonizer of Greenland, Erik the Red, and grandfather of Leif Ericson, who visited North America centuries before Christopher Columbus.
- Who Was Erik The Red?
- Early Life
- A Life of Conflict
- Sailing to Greenland
- Establishing Continuous Settlements
- Death
As a child, Erik the Red left his native Norway for western Iceland with his father. When Erik was exiled from Iceland circa 980, he decided to explore the land to the west (Greenland). He sailed in 982 but was unable to approach the coast because of drift ice. The party rounded the tip of Greenland and settled in an area near Julianehåb. Erik retu...
Most of what is known about Erik Thorvaldsson, or Erik the Red, comes from Nordic and Icelandic sagas. He is believed to have been born in 950 in Rogaland on the southwestern tip of Norway. At age 10, Erik’s father, Thorvald Asvaldsson, was exiled for manslaughter, a method of conflict resolution that would become something of a family custom. Asva...
Life was good for the family until about 980 when several of Erik’s thralls (servants) accidentally triggered a landslide that crushed his neighbor Valthjof’s house. A kinsman of Valthjof, Eyiolf the Foul, killed Erik’s thralls. In retaliation, Erik killed Eydjiolf and Holmgang-Hrafn, a sometime “enforcer” for the clan. Eyiolf’s kinsmen then demand...
Having had enough, Erik the Red decided to leave Iceland altogether. He had heard of a large landmass due west of Iceland, discovered nearly 100 years earlier by Norwegian sailor Gunnbjörn Ulfsson. The journey covered approximately 900 nautical miles of open ocean, but the danger was mitigated by the Viking ships’ advanced design and Erik’s superio...
In 985, Erik the Red’s exile sentence had expired and he returned to Iceland. He convinced several hundred people that Greenland held great promise and set out with 25 ships and more than 400 people. Several ships had to turn back or were lost, but 14 arrived, and soon the pilgrims established two colonies, the Eastern Settlement (or Eystribyggð) a...
Legend states that Erik died soon after the turn of the millennium, possibly due to complications from injuries sustained after falling off a horse.
Thorvald Ásvaldsson (Old Norse: Þórvaldr Ásvaldsson [ˈθoːrˌwɑldz̠ ˈɑːsˌwɑldsˌson]; Modern Icelandic: Þorvaldur Ásvaldsson [ˈθɔrˌvaltʏr ˈausˌval (t)sˌsɔːn]; fl. 10th century; died before 980) was the father of the first Norse settler of Greenland, Erik the Red, and grandfather of Leif Erikson, who visited North ...
Thorvald Asvaldsson (father) Erik Thorvaldsson [a] ( c. 950 – c. 1003 ), known as Erik the Red, was a Norse explorer, described in medieval and Icelandic saga sources as having founded the first European settlement in Greenland. Erik most likely earned the epithet "the Red" due to the color of his hair and beard.
