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Biography
Einar Herjólfsson
Birth: estimated 1365
Death: 1412
"Brought the Black Death to Iceland. Called Hval-Einar. By the year 1402 in Nýi Annáll it says ...Hval-Einar came out (to Iceland) with his own ship and with it such a leathal pandemic that people dropped dead within 3 nights.... ... Was stabbed to death on ascension day in the graveyard at Skúmsstaðir... according to Lögmannsanáll" (Íslendingabók).[1][2]
Reserch Notes
Estimated date of birth taken from Íslendingabók.[1] (Eysteinsson-236 21:34, 3 November 2021 (UTC))
Sources
↑ 1.01.1 ’Einar Herjólfsson’ (~1365 - 1412). Retrieved from the Icelandic genealogical database Íslendingabók 3 Nov 2021
Hið íslenzka bókmenntafélag (1922-1998). Annálar 1400-1800. Annales Islandici posterium sæculorum, Volume 1, page 9. Hið íslenzka bókmenntafélag, Reykjavík, Iceland.
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