Åskjell Jonsson

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Åskjell Jonsson († 1254 ) was bishop in Stavanger and royal counselor.

His father was probably Jon Gautsson from Ornes in Sogn. The mother is unknown.

There are various assumptions about his gender. In a manuscript of the Hákons saga Hákonarson he is referred to as the brother of the feudal men Arnbjørn Jonsson and Gaut Jonsson, whom the historian PA Munch said were the sons of Jon, who in the Sverris saga in the Flateyjarbók son of Ænes (in Kvinnherad ) has been. From other manuscripts in the Sverres saga , however, it emerges that Ænes is a typo for Ornes (Urnes). But the family evidently belonged to the Ornes family.

Askjell is mentioned for the first time in 1223 as a royal chaplain and counselor in the inner circle of King Håkon Håkon the Elder. Even when he became Bishop of Stavanger in 1226, he continued to assist the king.

Given his family background and two feudal men as brothers, it is obvious that Åskjall became court chaplain and advisor to the king after his ordination . He later became archdeacon in Bergen and in 1225 was appointed King Henry III of England on a diplomatic mission. entrusted. In 1226 he became Bishop of Stavanger. In 1247 he took part in King Håkon's coronation in Bergen.

He also received confirmation of the unique privilege that Magnus Erlingsson had granted to the Church of St. Svithun , namely the entire city of Stavanger with royalty and movable property. With this confirmation, Queen Margaret was the first to be sealed . She had special ties to the diocese of Stavanger, as Cardinal Wilhelm von Modena had granted her and her sons the right of patronage over three royal chapels on the occasion of Håkon's coronation , over which she and the bishop had argued. They were probably part of their morning gift, which the Pope had placed under his protection in 1246. Åskjell made sure that this right was also respected by the Bishop of Bergen and the Archbishop.

During his tenure, many Gothic stone churches were built in the Diocese of Stavanger.

The last time he is mentioned in the sources is the trip with King Håkon to a meeting with the Swedish regent Birger Jarl on Göta älv in the summer of 1253. He died the following year.

literature

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Diplomatarium Norvegicum Vol. 19 No. 172 .
  2. ↑ Diplomatarium Norvegicum Vol. 1 No. 51 . Norges gamle Love vol. 1 p. 448 f.
  3. ↑ Diplomatarium Norvegicum Vol. 1 No. 35 .
  4. ^ The Icelandic annals Annales regii and others for the year 1254 are consistent.
personal data
SURNAME Åskjell Jonsson
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Askell Jonsson
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Bishop of Stavanger
DATE OF BIRTH 12th century or 13th century
DATE OF DEATH 1254
Place of death Stavanger