Paramount chieftain

Not to be confused with Paramount chief.

The rulers of the ancient Norse settlements in Greenland were called paramount chieftains.[1][2] The first chieftain was Erik the Red, the founder of these settlements.[1][2] The seat of the chieftainship was Brattahlid, his family estate.[2]

Norse settlement of Greenland, and along with it the system of paramount chieftainship, began with Erik the Red in 985 or 986.[1] The settlements were abandoned around the 1400s, after declining throughout the 1300s, for disputed reasons.[1]

The first three of the island nation's chieftains were:

  • Erik the Red, or Erik Thorvaldsson, the nation's first chieftain and its first settler, began rule in 985 or 986.[1]
  • Leif Ericson, son of Erik the Red, beginning about 1000, after his father's death.[3]
  • Thorkell Leifsson succeeded his father, Leif, by 1025.[3]

It is unknown whether Leiffson's descendants continued to be the paramount chiefs of Greenland, although it is known that the seat of the paramount chieftainship continued to be at Brattahlid.[2]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e Milligan, Mark (2021-04-27). "The Vikings of Greenland". HeritageDaily - Archaeology News. Retrieved 2025-03-11.
  2. ^ a b c d "Leif Eriksson". The Canadian Encyclopedia. 12 October 2018. Archived from the original on 13 April 2021. Retrieved 6 March 2023.
  3. ^ a b Groeneveld, Emma. "Leif Erikson". World History Encyclopedia. Retrieved 2025-03-11.
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