Pallig
Sign in to savePallig (fl. 1001) was a Danish chieftain who joined the service of King Æthelred the Unready of England but deserted to join a Viking raid. He was said to have been the husband of Gunhilde, the sister of Sweyn Forkbeard, and to have been killed along with her in the St Brice's Day massacre in 1002.
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- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Danish Realm
- Spouse
- Gunhilde
- Child
- Palnatoke
- Father
- Toke Gormsson
- Occupation
- politician
- Noble title
- jarl
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- date of birth
- 0945-01-01
- date of death
- 1002-01-01
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Pallig (fl. 1001) was a Danish chieftain who joined the service of King Æthelred the Unready of England but deserted to join a Viking raid. He was said to have been the husband of Gunhilde, the sister of Sweyn Forkbeard, and to have been killed along with her in the St Brice's Day massacre in 1002.
==Betrayal== According to the 'A' manuscript of the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle, in 1001 a Danish naval force defeated the people of Hampshire. And then they went west from there until they reached Devon; and Pallig came to meet them there with the ships which he could collect, because he had deserted King Æthelred in spite of all the pledges which he had given him. And the king had made great gifts to him, in estates and gold and silver. And they burnt Teignton and also many other good residences which we cannot name, and afterwards peace was made with them.
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