Alv Erlingsson d.e. av Tornberg ^{1 2}

  General Notes:

Levde 1200.

Alv var en mektig opplandsk høvding. Han var lendmand på Tornberg (Tandberg) i Norderhov på Ringerike, Buskerud, og hans far het Erling. Skule Baardsson var hans svoger.

Han var 1220 - 1231 Skules sysselmann på Søndmør, bodde i Borgund by, og nevnes som en av Varbelgernes førere.

Fra 1232 hadde neppe Skule Baardsson en reel maktposisjon som tilsa at han kunne holde tredjedelen av landet. Sagaen regner opp de mektige menn som sto på Skules side under riksmøtet i 1233 i Bergen mellom Skule og kong Håkon, da krav om reduksjon av jarledømmet først ble reist. Kretsen omfattet bl.a. Alv Erlingsson av Tornberg på Ringerike.

I 1239 var Alv blandt Skules ivrigste tilhengere, da denne ville anta kongenavn, og innstevnet da de beste bønder fra hele Trøndelag til Øreting.

Han deltok i hertug Skules oppstand i 1240 og var en av Skules beste høvdinger under kampene med Birkebeinerne som ble slått det året. Da han ikke nevnes senere, døde han antagelig kort tid senere.
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A fairytale or the truth? A fairytale tells us a story about two kings that once ruled at Ringerike, the kings Veine of Vevin and Thane of Thanberg.

Vevin, a.k.a. Veien, Veigvin and Veigini, is known from the Middle Ages to have been the chieftain seat of Filippus Baglerkonge (d. 1217). Filippus became one of the leaders of the Baglers during the civil war (1196-1217) between the Baglers and Birchlegs, though his party lost the war.

Thanberg, a.k.a. Thornberg, Tannberg and Tandberg, is known from the Middle Ages to have been the chieftain seat of lendmann (kind of fief-lord) Alv of Thornberg (d. 1278). He married Ingebjørg Bårdsdtr. of Rein, the daughter of Bård Guttormson of Rein, so must have been an important man.

The farms Vevin and Thanberg are both known to have been chieftain seats once, and burial grounds exist at both farms. Though the gaveyard at Veien is by far the largest of them.

King Veine of Vevin and his men attacked their enemy King Thane of Thanberg once. King Veine though, failed and had to redraw his men, cause King Thane and his men had better luck in this battle. King Veine and his army had to flee and returned to his farm Vevin.

Thane though, who thought he had luck in this battle, sat off after King Veine, to finish him off once and for all. When Thane and his men arrived at Vevin yet a battle took place. However this time King Veine was the stronger, and King Thane and many of his men fell in this battle.

Perhaps it is true after all? The 100,000 m² (10 hectare) large graveyard at Veien most certainly indicate that it can be. As does many of the finds reveled there.

  Noted events in his life were:

• He was a Lendmann på Ringerike.

Alv married Ingeborg Baardsdatter fra Rein, daughter of Baard Guttormsson på Rein and Ragndi Erlingsdatter, in 1221.