Jarl Palig VIKING

   Other names for Palig were Pallig and VIKING Chief.

   General Notes:

Jarl, Viking Chief.

Kings and Queensof Great Britain, Genealogical Chart, Anne Taute and Romilly Squire, Taute, 1990: "Gunhild, Daughter of Harald II, Mar Jarl Palig, Killed 1002."

A History of the English Speaking People Winston S Churchill Vol I The Birth of Britain Dodd Mead& Co 1956 p133
"...[Ethelred] planned the slaughter of all Danes in the south of England, whether in his pay or living peaceably on the land. This atrocious design was executed in 1002 on St Brice's Day. Among the victims was Gunnhild, the wife of Pallig, one of the chief Vikings, and sister of Sweyn, King of Denmark. Sweyn swore implacable revenge, and for two years executed it upon the wretched islanders..."

   Marriage Information:

Palig married Princess Gunhild Haraldsdatter DENMARK, daughter of King Harold Blatand DENMARK, I and Queen Gyrithe Olafsdotter DENMARK. (Princess Gunhild Haraldsdatter DENMARK was born about 949 in , , Denmark and died on 13 Nov 1002.)