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Gudolf Of Blakkasteads
Gudolf of Blakkasteads (C. 1180-1226) was a Norwegian captain, steward and later rebel leader and guardian to Sigurd Ribbung. He is mentioned in 1218 as a former captain of the Bagler who transferred his allegiance to king Haakon IV of Norway (along with Arnbjorn Johnson, Simon Kine, and Endrid Bookling. During King Haakon's reassigning of Stewardships after the war Gudolf is mentioned to have previously been a Steward but was not given a new stewardship on account of having a bad reputation with the freemen of the stewardship he had formerly administered. After receiving no honors from the king Gudolf was upset and decided to send his son Eilif Crown along with his henchmen Eric Scrap and John the Talker III to Halland to seek out Sigurd Ribbung. Sigurd was found and Gudolf seems to have taken the boy under his guardianship because he immediately became his head councilor. Following Gudolf's attachment to Sigurd several other chiefs attached themselves to Sigurd. If each chi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sigurd Ribbung
Sigurd Erlingsson Ribbung (old Norse language, Old Norse: ''Sigurðr ribbungr'') (died 1226) was a Norwegian nobleman and pretender to the throne of Norway during the civil war era in Norway. Biography Sigurd Erlingsson's father was Erling Steinvegg, who claimed to be the son of King Magnus V of Norway, Magnus V. His claim was supported by the Bagler, a rebel group fighting the Birkebeiner supported king of Norway, Inge II of Norway, Inge II. The Bagler never achieved control of all of Norway, but established their rule in Viken, Norway, Viken in the area of Oslofjord after 1204. When Erling died in 1207, he left two infant sons, Sigurd and his brother. They were passed over by the Bagler, in favour of Philip Simonsson, who became the new Bagler candidate. When Philip died in 1217, the Bagler and Birkebeiner were reconciled. The Bagler party dissolved, and the under-age Haakon IV of Norway, Haakon IV became king of Norway, with earl, jarl Skule Bårdsson as ''de facto'' ruler. Not ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bagler
The Bagli Party or Bagler (Old Norse: ''Baglarr'', Norwegian Bokmål: ''Bagler'', Norwegian Nynorsk: ''Baglar'') was a faction or party during the Norwegian Civil Wars. The Bagler faction was made up principally of the Norwegian aristocracy, clergy and merchants. It was formed in Skåne, then part of Denmark, in 1196 principally by Bishop Nicholas Arnesson of Oslo and Archbishop Erik Ivarsson (ca. 1130–1213) of Nidaros around the pretender Inge Magnusson (nicknamed the Baglar-King) to depose King Sverre Sigurdsson. It contested with the Birkebeiners, essentially a faction of peasants, led by the pretender King Sverre, for control in a Norwegian civil war during the late 12th century. Sverris saga provided Sverre a royal lineage as putative bastard son of the late king Sigurd II of Norway, which in the Norway of the time provided him a claim to the throne. Historians generally agree with the consensus of his time that he was a pretender/ impostor. The civil wars period of Nor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Haakon IV Of Norway
Haakon IV Haakonsson ( – 16 December 1263; Old Norse: ''Hákon Hákonarson'' ; Norwegian: ''Håkon Håkonsson''), sometimes called Haakon the Old in contrast to his namesake son, was King of Norway from 1217 to 1263. His reign lasted for 46 years, longer than any Norwegian king since Harald Fairhair. Haakon was born into the troubled civil war era in Norway, but his reign eventually managed to put an end to the internal conflicts. At the start of his reign, during his minority, Earl Skule Bårdsson served as regent. As a king of the birkebeiner faction, Haakon defeated the uprising of the final bagler royal pretender, Sigurd Ribbung, in 1227. He put a definitive end to the civil war era when he had Skule Bårdsson killed in 1240, a year after he had himself proclaimed king in opposition to Haakon. Haakon thereafter formally appointed his own son as his co-regent. Under Haakon's rule, medieval Norway is considered to have reached its zenith or golden age. His reputation and for ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Simon Kine
Simon Kine (''Simon Cow'') (~1190-1245) was a liegeman, and steward during the reign of King Haakon IV of Norway. Before the death of Philip Simonsson he was a Bagler. He appears as a captain leading men against the Ribbalds in 1222 AD. along with Thord Draffle, and Thorfin the Bad. Simon Kine was summoned from the bay to a meeting of the Magnates of the land in 1223 AD. At yule of 1223 AD. he did homage to king Haakon and became his liegeman/vassal. When the king sailed to Tønsberg in 1224 Simon Kine with Arnbjorn Johnson and other stewards and liegeman came with him. Later in the same year while Haakon was planning his invasion of Värmland he sent word to Simon, Bard Toughstone, Halvard Downright, and other bay-dwellers to meet him in the marches. Along with Halvard he led six hundred men to the marches as the king had commanded him, quite a significant number of men to command t this time in this region. In 1225 when the ribbungs sent word for peace in exchange for a share ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Endrid Bookling
Endrid Bookling ( – ~1270) was a Norwegian courtier, captain, and steward loyal to Skule Bårdsson. In 1217 he was one of the messengers sent to represent the Baglers in their peace negotiations after the death of their leader Philip Simonsson. Later he paid homage to King Haakon along with fellow Bagler captains such as Arnbjorn Johnson, Simon Kine, and Gudolf of Blakkasteads. He was appointed as joint-steward of Gudbrandsdalen Gudbrandsdalen (; en, Gudbrand Valley) is a valley and traditional district in the Norwegian county of Innlandet (formerly Oppland). The valley is oriented in a north-westerly direction from Lillehammer and the lake of Mjøsa, extending towar ... in 1218 AD. From 1222 to 1223 he was present at a meeting of noblemen and clergy in Bergen. He was one of many from the uplands who advised Skule to press his claim to the throne. References 1180s births 1240s deaths Year of birth uncertain Norwegian civil wars 13th-century Norwegian people [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eilif Crown
''Mother Courage and Her Children'' (german: Mutter Courage und ihre Kinder, links=no) is a play written in 1939 by the German dramatist and poet Bertolt Brecht (1898–1956), with significant contributions from Margarete Steffin. Four theatrical productions were produced in Switzerland and Germany from 1941 to 1952, the last three supervised and/or directed by Brecht, who had returned to East Germany from the United States. Several years after Brecht's death in 1956, the play was adapted as a German film, ''Mutter Courage und ihre Kinder'' (1961), starring Helene Weigel, Brecht's widow and a leading actress. ''Mother Courage'' is considered by some to be the greatest play of the 20th century, and perhaps also the greatest anti-war play of all time. Critic Brett D. Johnson points out, "Although numerous theatrical artists and scholars may share artistic director Oskar Eustis's opinion that Brecht's masterpiece is the greatest play of the twentieth century, productions of ''Mother ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
