Jöns Gerekesson
- The last name is a patronymic, not a family name; this person is properly referred to by the given name Jöns.
Jöns Gerekesson | |
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Roman Catholic | |
| Archdiocese | Skálholt |
| In office | 1408–1421 (Uppsala) 1426–1433 (Skálholt) |
| Predecessor | Henrik Karlsson (Uppsala) Árni Ólafsson (Skálholt) |
| Successor | Johan Håkansson (Uppsala) Jón Vilhjálmsson Craxton (Skálholt) |
| Personal details | |
| Born | |
| Died | 18 August 1433 Iceland |
| Nationality | Dane |
| Parents | Gereke Jensen Lodehat |
Jöns Gerekesson (as Archbishop Latinized to Johannes Gerechini, Old Norse/Icelandic form Jón Gerreksson) (ca 1380-1433) was a controversial Archbishop of Uppsala, Sweden 1408–1421, and of Iceland 1426–1433 until he was murdered by being tied to a rock and drowned.[1]
Biography
It is not known when Jöns Gerekesson was born. His uncle,
He took a young woman from
Another act that played a role in the killing was vengeance for the shooting of Ívar Vigfússon hólmur [6] during the burning of Kirkjuból farm. The burning was itself an act of vengeance on Ívar's sister Margrét Vigfúsdóttir (ca1406 – 1486) who had refused to marry the bishop's illegitimate son Mangús. This so enraged Magnús that he set out with his men to try and burn her alive in her farmhouse at Kirkjuból.[5] However Margrét escaped and promised to marry whoever avenged her brother. Although Þorvarðr had acted to avenge violence done to himself by the bishop's retainers, he had also avenged Ívar even if it was by killing Mangús' father the Bishop rather than Magnús himself who had fled the country. Margrét considered the killing a sufficient act of vengeance, honoured her promise and married Þorvarðr.
It is worth noting that Ívar and Margrét's father was Vigfús Ívarsson Hólm who for many years had been the representative (hirðstjóri) of the Danish king in the region.[5] Jöns had thus made bitter enemies of several high ranking Icelanders for no immediately discernible reason other than a desire to use his office to enrich himself as quickly as possible. Using secular or ecclesiastical offices for self enrichment was not in itself an unusual thing to do at the time and certainly not an offence that warranted killing Jöns any more than his transgressions in Sweden had been. Had Jöns not gone out of his way to humiliate and mistreat powerful local chieftains he would probably be remembered simply as a corrupt bishop.
See also
- List of Skálholt bishops
References
- ^ "Johannes Gerechini". Store norske leksikon. 19 February 2019. Retrieved November 1, 2019.
- ^ Troels Dahlerup. "Peder Jensen Lodehat". Den Store Danske, Gyldendal. Retrieved November 1, 2019.
- ^ Denibe, Heinrich, ed. (1894). Auctarium Chartularii Universitatis Parisiensis Vol. 1. Paris: Delalain. p. 813.
- ^ Daae, Ludvig, ed. (1885). Matrikler over Nordiske Studerende ved fremmede Universiteter. Oslo: J. Chr. Gundersens Bogtrykkeri. p. 10.
- ^ a b c "Kirkjubólsbrennan". Minjar í hættu af náttúruvöldum. 22 September 2013. Retrieved 11 November 2018.
- ^ Storm, Gustav. Islandske annaler indtil 1578. Vol. 21. Grøndahl & søns bogtrykkeri, 1888, p. 370.
other sources
- Kyrkohistoriskt Personlexikon, by Carl Henrik Martling
- Nordisk familjebok (in Swedish)
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