{"product_id":"fisaga-gizurar-orvaldssonar-58147-52019","title":"Biography of Gizur Þorvaldsson # 58147","description":"The biography of Gizur Þorvaldsson. Written by Jón Þorkelsson.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Gissur Þorvaldsson (1208 – 1268), often called Jarl Gissur, was an Icelandic chieftain during the Sturlung Age. He was of the Haukdæla clan, the son of Þorvald Gissurarson in Hruni and Þóra the Younger Guðmundsdóttir, his wife. He took the Haukdæla title at a young age, became the chief leader of the Southerners and formed an alliance with Kolbein the Younger, leader of the Ásbirningar in Skagafjörður, against the Sturlungs. They defeated the Sturlungs in the Battle of Örlygsstaðar in 1238 and thereby became the most powerful chieftains in the country, not least after Gissur had Snorri Sturluson killed in 1241 at the request of King Hákon of Norway.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eGizur had become the king's vassal, as had Þórðr kákala Sighvatsson, who was the chief surviving chief of the Sturlung family. After the Battle of Haugsnes in 1246, where Þórðr defeated the Ásbjörning, Gizur and Þórðr went to Norway in the autumn and pleaded their case to the king, who ruled in Þórðr's favor and detained Gizur in Norway. He was sheriff of Þrandheim for the next few years, but did march south to Rome in 1248. Þórðr returned home and was almost sole ruler of Iceland for the next few years, but in 1250 the king called him out again, and now it was he who was detained. Gizur, on the other hand, returned home in 1252 with Þorgils skarði Böðvarsson and was to try to bring the country under the rule of the Norwegian king. He wanted to try to reconcile with his enemies, but they were not all of the same mind, and in the autumn of 1253 they attacked him at Flugumýr in Skagafjörður, where he was then staying, and tried to burn him inside. Gizur escaped the burning of Flugumýr by hiding in a vat of acid, but lost his entire family.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eThe king summoned him back to Norway in 1254 because he thought it was too late to bring Iceland under the crown. Gizur returned home with a title of earl, but nothing happened and it was not until 1262 that the Icelanders went to the Norwegian king and agreed to the Old Treaty, which was sometimes called the Treaty of Gizur. He had several disputes after returning home, especially with Oddaverjann Þórð Andrésson, whom he had killed on 27 September 1264. There Sturlung ends and little is known about the last years of Gizur, who then lived at Stað in Reynisnes (Reynistaður) and died on 12 January 1268. He may have planned to enter a monastery but did not live that long; however, he gave Reynistaður to found a nunnery before his death.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eGissur's first wife, whom he married in 1224 when both were 15-16 years old, was Ingibjörg, daughter of Snorri Sturluson, and they had one son who died young. They divorced. Gissur's second wife, whom he finally married in 1252, was Gróa Álfsdóttir, and they had sons Hall and Ísleif, and Gissur also had a son, Ketilbjörn. Gróa and the three sons all perished in the Flugumýrar fire. After the fire, Gissur took Ingibjörg Gunnarsdóttir from Geitaskarður in Langadalur as his mistress and soon fell in love with her. It is believed that they had one daughter, Þóra.","brand":"Bókin.is","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51123183223112,"sku":"OSC-52019","price":19500.0,"currency_code":"ISK","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0916\/4029\/9848\/files\/58147.jpg?v=1754759026","url":"https:\/\/www.bokin.is\/en\/products\/fisaga-gizurar-orvaldssonar-58147-52019","provider":"bokin.is","version":"1.0","type":"link"}