Sturla Sighvatsson
Icelandic chieftain or goði
About Sturla Sighvatsson
Lived 1199 – 1238 (aged 38–39). Sturla Sighvatsson was a gothi.
Sturla Sighvatsson (Old Norse: ; Modern Icelandic: ; 1199 – 21 August 1238) was an Icelandic chieftain or goði of the Sturlungar family clan who played an active role in the armed conflicts in Iceland during the Age of the Sturlungs (Icelandic: Sturlungaöld).
Sturla was the son of Sighvatur Sturluson, brother of saga-writer Snorri Sturluson and lived on a farmstead in Sauðafell. Like his uncle, Sturla became a vassal to King Haakon IV of Norway, and fought to extend his influence in Iceland. Sturla was killed in the Battle of Örlygsstaðir.
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Icelandic chieftain or goði (1199–1238)
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Sturla Sighvatsson was born in 1199.
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Sturla Sighvatsson died on 21 August 1238.
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Sturla Sighvatsson was a gothi.
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