Brestir Sigmundsson

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Brestir Sigmundsson (mostly just Brestir or Brester ; * in Skúvoy ; † 970 in Stóra Dímun , Faroe Islands ) was ruler of half of the Faroe Islands together with his brother Beinir .

Brestir was the son of Sigmund the Elder . He was married to Cæcilia , who bore him Sigmundur , who would later become a missionary to the Faroe Islands. Brestir and his brother were murdered by Havgrímur and Svínoy-Bjarne on their farm on Stóra Dímun in 970 . Afterwards they were buried in Skúvoy , where they lived, according to old Germanic custom .

Brestir and Beinir always appear together in the Faroese saga , their relationship to one another is said to have been particularly close, and their fate had a lasting impact on the history of the Faroe Islands . While they ruled over half of the Faroe Islands, Havgrímur from Hov was the ruler of the other half.

This circumstance not only had an inner Faroese dimension, because they got their part of the Faroe Islands as a fiefdom from the Norwegian ruler Håkon Jarl in Trondheim , while Havgrímur got his part of the Faroe Islands from the rival Harald II Graufell , who ruled over the rest of Norway .

After the quarrel between Einar and Eldjarn in 969 , Brestir and Beinir successfully defended their relative and henchman Einar of the South Islands . In revenge, Havgrímur forged a plot against the two brothers in 970 , which led to the murder of Brestir and Beinir .

According to a recent theory, Brestir and Beinir could have been sons of Ann Naddodsdóttir , who was probably the daughter of the Faroese Viking Naddoddur . According to this theory, Brestir must have been a (Celtic) Christian.

literature

  • Carl Gottlob Friedrich Küchler, Die Faeröer: Studien un Wanderfahrten , G. Müller (Ed.) 1913, p. 18.
  • Volver arriba ↑ Saga Book of the Viking Society for Northern Research, Volume 23, 1990, p. 61.
  • GVC Young: Færøerne. Fra vikingetiden til reformations. København: Rosenkilde og Bakker, 1982
  • Færøyingesagaen, Flatøybok, Saga bok, 2014, Volume 1, p. 257

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personal data
SURNAME Brestir Sigmundsson
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Brester
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Ruler of half of the Faroe Islands
DATE OF BIRTH 9th century or 10th century
PLACE OF BIRTH Skúvoy , Faroe Islands
DATE OF DEATH 970
Place of death on Stóra Dímun , Faroe Islands