Alv Erlingsson

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Alv Erlingsson († 1290 in Helsingborg ) was a Norwegian feudal man, baron and jarl.

His father was the feudal man and Sýslumaður Erling Alvsson. His mother is unknown.

He was the last of the tenant family from Tanberg (norrøn Þornberg) in Ringerike . His father Erling Alvsson was the nephew of Skule Bårdsson . Both were close confidants of the king. Alv is first mentioned in 1276 when he took part in a Nordic meeting of kings on Göta älv . He took over the position of royal Sýslumaður from Borgar- Syssel (today Østfold ) from his father, at the latest after his father's death in 1283. He had a fortress at the mouth of the Glomma on the island of Isegran. Besides Audun Hugleiksson's castle on Hagranes, this is the only known private castle from this period in Norway. The position as Sýslumaður and the fortress gave him a unique position of power, especially because the location at the mouth of the Glomma was particularly strategic at the time when Norwegian foreign policy turned to the southeast and relations with the Hanseatic League and Denmark were particularly tense Meaning was.

In the winter of 1283/1284, the Wendish-Pomeranian Hanseatic cities threatened to block Norway after King Erik Magnusson's guardianship government had decided in Bergen to restrict trade for Hanseatic merchants in the city. The government was so accommodating to the Hanseatic cities that they sent ships to Norway again in the spring of 1284. These were attacked by pirates whom Alv had equipped. In the same year he was an army in Skagen and in Skanör in Skåne, which at that time belonged to Denmark. Thereupon the Hanseatic cities with Lübeck at the top carried out the blockade of Norway in 1285. While the guardianship government started peace negotiations with Denmark and the Hanseatic cities, Alv plundered Horsens and Kalundborg . In autumn, following a judgment by the Swedish King Magnus Birgersson in Kalmar, a peace between Norway and the Hanseatic League came about against the return of the stolen property by June 24, 1286 and payment of 6,000 marks in silver in damages.

This comparison enabled Norway to adopt an aggressive policy towards Denmark. Alv was also used for this. Between 1285 and 1286 he was appointed jarl . His military support was expected. He also tried to get Iceland to participate in the campaign. In 1286 he went to England on royal commission and there took out a loan of 2,000 marks sterling for the campaign. He was also allowed to recruit knights. Half of the loan was to be repaid at Michaelmas Mass in 1287 and half in 1288. In the event of non-payment, the excommunication should fall on the king and on Alv and his heirs. Riccardus issued a bill of exchange to William Servat in London and Bernardus de Ponte, merchant from Cahors .

The relationship between Alv and King Håkon Magnusson's brother was bad. In 1285 Håkon denied any responsibility for the dispute with the Hanseatic League and thus distanced himself from Alv's raids.

In 1287 Alv made an incomprehensible uprising, attacked Oslo, took Duke Hallkjell Krøkedan's agent prisoner and imprisoned him in Isegran, where he was killed. Alv and his entourage were then declared peaceless. 220 of his followers were killed. Alv fled to a monastery in Sweden. In 1290 he was captured by the Danes and tortured and killed in Helsingborg. In 1292 his brother-in-law, the former chancellor Tore Håkonsson , transferred his body to Tønsberg . His fortune was after corresponding array divided completely.

Individual evidence

This article is essentially taken from the Norsk biografisk leksikon . Other information is shown separately.

  1. ↑ Gottskálks annáll to the year 1276.
  2. ↑ a b It was about the cities of Lübeck, Rostock, Wismar, Stralsund, Greifswald, Riga and the Germans in Visby. Regesta Norvegica Vol. 2 No. 399.
  3. ↑ Skálholts annálar for the year 1285. The Annales vetustissimi and the Flatey -annálar report this for 1286, the Oddveria annáll for 1284.
  4. ↑ He had a letter from King Erik in which he asked for support for a campaign of revenge against Denmark for the murder of his grandfather Erik plovpenning . Regesta Norvegica Vol. 2 No. 419.
  5. ↑ Regesta Norvegica Vol. 2 No. 418. The loan was raised by the trading company Riccardus Guiditionis & Co in Lucca . Diplomatarium Norvegicum Vol. 19 No. 322 (Latin).
  6. ^ Letter from King Edward about permission to knights and other subjects to move to Norway with Alv. Regesta Norvegica Vol. 2 No. 425.
  7. ↑ Diplomatarium Norvegicum Vol. 19 No. 323 (Latin).
  8. ↑ Diplomatarium Norvegicum Vol. 19 No. 325 (Latin).
  9. ^ Lögmanns annáll for the year 1287.
  10. ↑ Annales vetustissimi for the year 1290.
  11. ↑ Gottskálks annáll for the year 1292.
  12. ↑ Diplomatarium Norvegicum Vol. 19 No. 504 (Latin).

literature

  • Knut Helle: Article “Alv Erlingsson” in Norsk biografisk leksikon , accessed on April 24, 2011.
  • Gustav Storm (ed.): Islandske Annaler indtil 1578. Christiania 1888, reprint Oslo 1977.
personal data
SURNAME Alv Erlingsson
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Norwegian feudal man
DATE OF BIRTH 13th Century
DATE OF DEATH 1290
Place of death Helsingborg