Erling Wry-neck

Norway (perhaps the area of Bergen, 49.3414, 4.8706)

1151, 1153

Erling Wry-neck served as one of Earl Rognvald's captains on the expedition to the Holy Land. Along the way, he masterminded two successful attacks: one upon a Galician castle, the other upon a dromond passing them in the Mediterranean.

Earl Rognvald of Orkney, Bishop William of Orkney, Eindridi the Young, Jon Petersson, Armod, Aslak Erlendsson, Guthorm Mjolukoll, Magnus Havardsson, Svein Hroaldsson, Oddi the Little, Sigmund Fish-Hook, Thorbjorn the Black

Orkneyinga Saga: The History of the Earls of Orkney, trans. Hermann Pálsson and Paul Edwards (London: Penguin, 1981), 175. Orkneyinga Saga, ed. Finnbogi Guðmundsson (Reykjavík: Hið Íslenzka Fornritafélag, 1965), 208–37.