Nordalah
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Nordalah was a Frisian earl
who lived around 800. He reigned over an area between the Vlie
and the Medemelacha, a stream that was formerly in Medemblik
in the Zuiderzee area. Probably this was the Wieringen
municipality.
Nordalah's father was Alfbard also known as Abba. He died around 810. He was the father of Gerulf I
His rule was preceded by his father Alfbard, and succeeded by Dirk.
Earl
An earl is a member of the nobility. The title is Anglo-Saxon, akin to the Scandinavian form jarl, and meant "chieftain", particularly a chieftain set to rule a territory in a king's stead. In Scandinavia, it became obsolete in the Middle Ages and was replaced with duke...
who lived around 800. He reigned over an area between the Vlie
Vlie
The Vlie or Vliestroom is the seaway between the Dutch islands of Vlieland, to its southwest, and Terschelling, to its northeast. The Vlie was the estuary of the river IJssel in medieval times...
and the Medemelacha, a stream that was formerly in Medemblik
Medemblik
Medemblik is a municipality and a town in the Netherlands, in the province of North Holland and the region of West-Frisia.- History :...
in the Zuiderzee area. Probably this was the Wieringen
Wieringen
Wieringen is a municipality in the Netherlands, in the province of North Holland. It consists of a former island, also named Wieringen, and there are plans to make Wieringen an island again by widening the Amsteldiepkanaal into a lake called the Wieringerrandmeer.-Population centres :The...
municipality.
Nordalah's father was Alfbard also known as Abba. He died around 810. He was the father of Gerulf I
His rule was preceded by his father Alfbard, and succeeded by Dirk.