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Erik the Red

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Also known as Eirik Raude, Eirikr Thorvaldsson, Eiríkur Rauði, Eric the Red

explorer and founder of the first viking settlement in Greenland

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Erik the Red, born in 950 in Jæren, Norway, was a male explorer, conquistador, settler, and warrior. He was the son of Thorvald Asvaldsson and father to Thorvald Eiriksson, Leif Erikson, Thorstein Eiriksson, and Freydís Eiríksdóttir. Erik held Norwegian citizenship and practiced Old Norse religion. His native language was Old Norse, and he was known for his red hair. He was convicted of manslaughter.

Erik died in 1003 at Brattahlíð. He is described in sources such as Appletons' Cyclopædia of American Biography, Nordisk familjebok, and The Nuttall Encyclopædia. His name in Old Norse is Eiríkr Þorvaldsson, also referred to as Eirīkr hinn rauði.

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Origin
United States
Active from
1966
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Encyclopedic overview

Erik Thorvaldsson (c. 950 – c. 1003), known as Erik the Red (Norwegian: Eirik den røde), was a Norse explorer, described in medieval and Icelandic saga sources as having founded the first European settlement in Greenland. He most likely earned the epithet "the Red" due to the color of his hair and beard.

According to Icelandic sagas, Erik was born in the Jæren district of Rogaland, Norway, the son of Thorvald Asvaldsson. When Thorvald was banished from Norway, the family sailed west to Iceland. During Erik's life in Iceland, he married Þjódhild Jorundsdottir and had four children, including Icelandic explorer Leif Erikson. Around the year of 982, Erik was exiled from Iceland for three years, during which time he explored Greenland, eventually culminating in his founding of the first successful European settlement on the island. Erik died there around 1003 CE during a winter epidemic.

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