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Gissur Þorvaldsson

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Summary

Gissur Þorvaldsson was born on 1208[1]. He died on January 12, 1268[2]. He ranks in the top 0.73% of human entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (177 views/month, #7,284 of 1,000,298).[3]

Key Facts

  • Father: Þorvaldur Gissurarson[4]
  • Child: Hallur Gissurarson[5], Ísleifur Gissurarson[6]
  • Country of citizenship: Iceland[7]
  • Sex or gender: male[8]
  • Family: Haukdælir family clan[9]
  • Noble title: jarl[10]
  • Name in native language: Gissur Þorvaldsson[11]

Why It Matters

Gissur Þorvaldsson has Wikipedia articles in 8 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[12] He is known by 12 alternative names across languages and contexts.[13]

FAQs

Who were Gissur Þorvaldsson's parents?

Gissur Þorvaldsson's father was Þorvaldur Gissurarson[4].

Related Entities

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References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [1] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [2] ↑ . Great Norwegian Encyclopedia. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [3] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [12] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [13] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 1d ago · OKA bot bot · 2026-10-17 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wikipedia languages → ['en', 'es', 'fr', 'is', 'it', 'nn', 'no', 'pt', 'ru', 'sv']
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-references:1||1|1 */ Date of death: 12 January 1268, source for date of death from Store norske leksikon ([[Wikidata:Requests for permissions/Bot/OKA bot 2|OKA bot task 2]])"
  2. 10w ago · Printstream · 2026-08-06 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Child → Hallur Gissurarson, Ísleifur Gissurarson
    Aliases → —
    Father → Þorvaldur Gissurarson
    Instance of → human
    + 7 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/45810|batch #45810]]: add missing GNDs"
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