Sigurd Slembe

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Sigurd Slembe is skinned before his execution; Illustration by Wilhelm Wetlesen in the 1899 book edition (by JM Stenersen & Co) of Heimskringla by Snorri Sturluson .

Sigurd Magnusson Slembe , also Sigurd Slembidjakn († November 12, 1139 ), was a Norwegian pretender to the throne during the civil war.

Life

Descriptions of his person are handed down through the royal sagas in the Heimskringla and the Fagrskinna . These are based in part on the now lost work Hryggjarstykki by Eiríkr Oddsson.

The Heimskringla According became Harald Gille , since 1130 King of Norway and since his win over Magnus IV. 13 killed in the December 14, 1136 1135 autocrat, by a crowd of around Sigurd Slembe on the night of the bed. Slembe claimed to be a brother of Harald Gille and was subsequently proclaimed king himself. However, in 1136 Harald Gilles s sons Sigurd Munn and Inge Krogrygg , both still small children, were proclaimed kings.

Slembe allied with Magnus the Blind ; the two wanted to be confirmed as kings. Later, Slembe and Magnus stayed in Denmark . In the summer of 1138, Sigurd Slembe defeated Kolbeinson, a brave courtier of King Inge, in Lister Beintein. Thereupon Sigurd Slembe was chased across the sea by King Inge; for the following winter he hid in a cave by a fjord.

In the late autumn of 1139 Sigurd Slembe arrived in Norway with Magnus the Blind with 30 ships from Denmark. King Inge and King Sigurd pursued the fleet with twenty large ships. The battle at Holmengrå ( Hvaler kommune in Østfold at the far end of the Oslofjord) came out in favor of the two young kings. Magnus and most of Magnus and Sigurd's crews were killed; Sigurd Slembe was captured, tortured, and ultimately killed.

reception

The drama trilogy Sigurd Slembe (German under the same title 1903) by the Norwegian poet and Nobel Prize winner Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson , written in 1862, is dedicated to Slembe's life. The Norwegian composer Johan Svendsen (1840–1911) wrote an overture for orchestra (opus 8) to Björnson's drama in 1871 . It premiered on December 12, 1871 in Leipzig .

See also

The political context around Sigurd Slembe

swell

  • Snorri Sturluson : Heimskringla : “The story of Magnus the Blind and Harald Gilli.” and “The Story of King Ingi”. In: Felix Niedner (ex.) Snorris Königsbuch vol. 3. (Darmstadt 1965) pp. 245-313.

supporting documents

  1. ^ Rudolf Simek , Hermann Pálsson : Lexicon of Old Norse Literature. The medieval literature of Norway and Iceland (= Kröner's pocket edition . Volume 490). 2nd, significantly increased and revised edition. Kröner, Stuttgart 2007, ISBN 978-3-520-49002-5 , p. 197.
  2. ↑ Johan Svendsen at radioswissjazz.ch .
personal data
SURNAME Sigurd Slembe
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Sigurd Slembidjakn
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Norwegian pretender to the throne during the civil war
DATE OF BIRTH 11th century or 12th century
DATE OF DEATH November 12, 1139