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Kolbeinn Tumason Kolbeinn Tumason (Old Norse: ; Modern Icelandic: ; 1173–1208) was a member of the Ásbirningar family clan, and was one of the most powerful chieftains in Iceland around the turn of the 13th century. His power was probably at its height around 12 ...

(born

1173 Year 1173 ( MCLXXIII) was a common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. Events By place Europe * January 5 – Bolesław IV (the Curly), High Duke of Poland, dies after a 27-year ...

), Icelandic, dies following the

Battle of Víðines The Battle of Víðines () of 1208 was a conflict that took place between secular and clerical forces in early 13th century Iceland. The Catholic bishop Guðmundur Arason had defended the exclusive judicial powers of the Roman Catholic Church ov ...

, composing ''

Heyr himna smiður "" (literally "Hear, smith of the heavens") is a medieval Icelandic hymn written by chieftain and poet Kolbeinn Tumason in the 13th-century. The music that accompanies the text was composed by Þorkell Sigurbjörnsson (1938–2013), more than 70 ...

'' (''Hear, Heavenly Creator'') on his deathbed *

Guiot de Provins Guiot de Provins, also spelled Guyot (died after 1208), was a French poet and trouvère from the town of Provins in the Champagne area. A declining number of scholars identify him with Kyot the Provençal, the alleged writer of the source materia ...

died sometime after 1208 (born ''unknown''), French poet and Trouvère 13th-century poetry Poetry {{poetry-year-stub