Thjodhild

E384767

Thjodhild was a Norse woman of the Viking Age, best known as one of the earliest Christian converts in Greenland and for building the first church there.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Thjodhild canonical 5
Þórhildur 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (31)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Norse woman
Viking Age person
historical figure
associatedWith Christianization of Greenland
built first church in Greenland
small church at Brattahlid
child Freydís Eiríksdóttir
Leif Erikson
Thorstein Eriksson
Thorvald Eriksson
linked to: Thorvald Eiriksson
conversionLocation Greenland
convertedTo Christianity
countryOfCitizenship Norse Greenland
culture Norse
ethnicGroup Norse
familyName Eiríksdóttir (patronymic form in saga tradition)
linked to: Guðnadóttir
fictionalizationOf character in Icelandic sagas
historicalRegion Greenland
knownFor Thjodhild’s church
locatedIn Brattahlid
mentionedIn Eiríks saga rauða
Grænlendinga saga
linked to: Grœnlendinga saga
notableFor being one of the earliest Christian converts in Greenland
building the first church in Greenland
placeOfActivity Greenland
religion Christianity
residence Brattahlid
roleInSociety settler in Greenland
sexOrGender female
spouse Erik the Red
timePeriod Viking Age

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Erik the Red spouse Thjodhild
Margrethe II of Denmark givenName Þórhildur
linked to: Thjodhild
Leif Erikson mother Thjodhild
Thjodhild’s church builtBy Thjodhild
Thjodhild’s church namedAfter Thjodhild
Thorvald Eiriksson mother Thjodhild