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Ingebjørg Jarlemoder Finnsdotter (abt. 1023 - bef. 1070)

Ingebjørg Jarlemoder (Ingibjǫrg) "Ingibiorg" Finnsdotter [uncertain] aka Finnsdóttir, Finnsdatter
Born about in Austrått, Norgemap [uncertain]
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Daughter of and
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Wife of — married 1038 [location unknown]
Wife of — married 1059 [location unknown]
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Mother of , , and
Died before before about age 47 in Orkney Isles, Norwaymap [uncertain]
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Biografi

Ingebjørg Finnsdotter var dotter av norsk lendmann Finn Arnesson og Bergljot Halvdansdatter (kong Harald Hardrådes brordotter) og vokste opp på Austrått. Hennes søster var Sigrid Finnsdatter (gift med jarl Orm Eilivsson, en dottersønn av ladejarlen Håkon Sigurdsson).

Hun ble først gift i 1038 med Torfinn, jarl av Orknøyene. Orknøyingenes saga sier at "Torfinn var den mektigste av alle jarlene på Orknøyene og han styrte over betydelige områder utover de nordlige øyene, inkluderte på det skotske fastlandet". Torfinn og Ingebjørg fikk sønnene Pål og Erlend og hon ver kalt Jarlemoder.

Torfinn døde en gang rundt 1065. Ingebjørg gifte seg på nytt med den gæliske kongen av Alba (dagens Skottland), Máel Coluim mac Donnchada, mest kjent som Malcolm III av Skottland.

Deres sønn, i følge Orknøyingenes saga, var Donnchad mac Mail Coluim, mer kjent som Duncan II av Skottland. Muligens var også Domnall, sønn av Máel Coluim, også ble født av henne (død i 1085).

Ifølge MedLands skal det være betydelig tvil om hun giftet seg med Malcolm III, og i det hele tatt var mor til noen av sønnene hans.

Biography

”Norwegian: Ingebjørg Finnsdotter," “Old Norse: Ingibjǫrg Finnsdóttir," "Scotland: Ingibiorg," "Jarlemoder, mother of Jarl(s)”

Parents and family

Ingebjørg Finnsdotter was the daughter of Finn Arnesson, [1][2] and his wife, Bergliot Halfdansdottir. Her father, Finn Arnesson, was the Lendmann of Harald Hardråde Sigurdsson, King of Norway, and her mother, Bergliot Halfdansdottir, was his niece. Her mother's sister, Sigrid Finnsdatter, married jarl Orm Eilivsson, grandson of jarl Haakon (Håkon) Sigurdsson.

Before 1035, she married 1st, Thorfinn, Earl of the Orkney Islands. [2]

During their marriage, her husband, Thorfinn, saved her life, when "Rögnvald (possibly Ragnvald Brusesson, son of his brother, Brúsi Sigurdsson)...surprising Thorfinn in a house on the Mainland of Orkney,...set fire to it. Thorfinn broke down part of the wall of the house and leapt out, carrying his wife, Ingebjørg, in his arms, and escaped through the smoke.” [3]

Children of Ingebjørg Finnsdotter and Thorfinn Sigurdsson

  1. Erlend Thorfinsson, Jarl of Orkney and Caithness, b. abt 1035, Orkney Islands, Orkney, Scotland; d. abt, 1098, Trondheim, Sør-Trøndelag, Norway
  2. Paul (Pål) Thorfinnsson, Jarl of Orkney, b. abt 1049, Orkney Islands, Orkney, Scotland; d. 1103, Bergen, Hordaland, Norway

After Thorfinn had died (around 1065), Ingebjørg married 2nd, the Gaelic king of Alba (present-day Scotland), Máel Coluim mac Donnchada, best known as Malcolm III, King of Scots. [1][4][5]

Children of Ingebjørg Finnsdotter and Malcolm III

Death

Ingebjørg Finnsdotter died "17 Feb., year unknown." [1]

Research Notes

  1. According to MedLands, there should be considerable doubt about whether she married Malcolm III, and was the mother of any of his sons, at all. [15]

Sources

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 Richardson, Douglas. Royal Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families. 5 vols., ed. Kimball G. Everingham Salt Lake City: the author (2013), vol. 4, pp. 576-578
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Sturluson, Snorri. Heimskringla: or, The Lives of the Norse Kings. Cambridge: W. Heffer (1932), loc. 10666, https://a.co/5SmNWCK
  3. ↑ Anderson, Joseph; ed., Hjaltalin, Jon A. & Goudie, Gilbert. (Translated from the Icelandic) The Orkneyinga Saga. Edinburgh: Edmonston & Douglas (1873), p. 40, https://a.co/0PvqJfE
  4. ↑ Duncan, A A M. Kingship of the Scots, A.D.842-1292: Succession and Independence. (Edinburgh Classic Editions). Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press (2002), pp. 70, 71. (Kindle), https://a.co/im44yv2
  5. ↑ Anderson, Joseph; ed., Hjaltalin, Jon A. & Goudie, Gilbert. (Translated from the Icelandic) The Orkneyinga Saga. Edinburgh: Edmonston & Douglas (1873), p. 140, citing, "1064. Death of Thorfinn Sigurdson, Earl of Caithness and Orkney. He is succeeded by his sons Paul and Erlend, and his widow, Ingibiorg (according to the Saga) is married to Malcolm Canmore.” https://a.co/84QtrvL
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 Paul, Sir James Balfour. The Scots Peerage. Edinburgh: D. Douglas (1904), vol. 1, pp. 1-3.
  7. ↑ Duncan, Archd. A. M. “The Earliest Scottish Charters.” The Scottish Historical Review 37, no. 124 (1958), p. 120.
  8. ↑ Duncan, A A M. Kingship of the Scots, A.D.842-1292: Kingship of the Scots, A.D.842-1292: Succession and Independence. (Edinburgh Classic Editions). Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press (2002) (Kindle), pp. 90, 91, https://a.co/6q5tSsk
  9. ↑ Anderson, Joseph; ed., Hjaltalin, Jon A. & Goudie, Gilbert. (Translated from the Icelandic) The Orkneyinga Saga. Edinburgh: Edmonston & Douglas (1873), p. 41, https://a.co/bSutE57
  10. ↑ Durham Cathedral Archive: Miscellaneous Charters 1-999, Charter No. 554.
  11. ↑ Lawrie, A.C. Early Scottish Charters Prior to A.D. 1153. Glasgow: J. MacLehose (1905), No. XII, p. 10.
  12. ↑ Annals of Ulster, A.D. 1085: "Domnall, son of Mael Coluim, king of Scots, ended [his] life unhappily."
  13. ↑ Dunbar, Sir Archibald H. Scottish Kings: A Revised Chronology of Scottish History 1005-1625. Edinburgh: D. Douglas (1899), p. 31
  14. ↑ Duncan, A.A.M. Scotland, the Making of the Kingdom. Edinburgh History of Scotland, vol. 1. Edinburgh: Oliver & Boyd (1975), p. 118.
  15. ↑ Cawley, Charles. Medieval Lands: a Prosopography of Medieval European Noble and Royal Families. Hereford, UK: Foundation for Medieval Genealogy (2006), NORWAY, NOBILITY, Chapter 2. DESCENDANTS of FINN ARNESSON, 1. ARNE, b) FIN Arnesson, i) INGIBJÖRG

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Wilkie-2086 Sandra (Wilkie) Ruffle
The name you have for her is incorrect a it includes the byname, "Jarlemoder", that she was given, by a friend/enemy (probably friend in this case).

It would definately not be her name at birth as Jarlemoder means mother of the Earls so would only have been relevant after her 2 sons Erland and Paul became Jarls, on the death of their father in 1064.

I found this weblink very useful to help understand the old Norse naming conventions http://www.vikinganswerlady.com/ONNames.shtml

By exploring that sight further I might also suggest that her name is spelt with an "i" i.e. Ingiborg (this is the spelling used in The Orkneyinga Saga and by the foundation for medieval genealogy). However I'm not aware of any naming rules on Wikitree as to how to name a person if their name changes depending on which 'language' you use i.e. names are different in Old Norse, Icelandic, modern etc,etc

posted by Sandra (Wilkie) Ruffle
Query-182 Adam (Query) McQuery
Removing children that were not found in official records. Paul and Erlend from the First marriage and Donald from the second are the only know kin
posted on Finnsdottir-1 (merged) by Adam (Query) McQuery

Rejected matches › Margaret (Wessex) Queen of Scots (abt.1045-abt.1093)

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