Sigvat LEIROL

Abt 1260 - Abt 1340  (~ 80 years)

• Name	Sigvat LEIROL
  Birth	Abt 1260
  Gender	Male
  Occupation	Knight
  Occupation	Member of State Council
  Death	Abt 1340	Prob Valdres
  Notes	Sigvat or Sigvart Leirol was a knight and had his estate at the Leirol farms. He was a member of the state council under King Håkon V Håkonson and participated in the signing of the peace treaty with Denmark 17 July 1309. He is said to have been buried under the old stave church in Vang that now stands in Risengebirge in Poland. His shield hung in the church, together with another shield, whose owner is unknown, until the church was moved and went together with the old church to Prussia. Sigvat was the district governor in Valdres and had participated in making many important judicial decisions both in Østlandet and Vestlandent. After 1339 his name no longer appears in the records. A legend says that he died in a peasant rebellion in 1340. But another legend says that he fell at Riddar-svaet in Synshagen on the West side of Vangsmjøsa in a fight with knights who lived at that time at Syndrøl.
  Person ID	I321	Ellingboe
  Last Modified	15 Nov 2010

  
  

  Family ID

  F39

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