Tostig

/ ˈtɒstɪɡ /

noun

1. Tostig1066MEnglishPOLITICS: nobleman died 1066, earl of Northumbria (1055–65), brother of King Harold II. He joined the Norwegian forces that invaded England in 1066 and died at Stamford Bridge

Example Sentences

But 1066 saw the country face invasion not once but twice: first in the north, where King Harold defeated a Norwegian and Flemish army led by his brother Tostig and Harald Hardrada; and then at Hastings.

From The Guardian

Two years afterwards, possibly instigated by the banished Earl Tostig of Northumbria, he attempted the conquest of England, to the sovereignty of which his predecessor had advanced a claim as successor of Harthacnut.

From Project Gutenberg

With this other matters are mingled: Harold's conflict with his disloyal brother Tostig, Earl of Northumberland, who brings in the King of Norway to claim the crown, and who, with his Norwegian backers, is defeated by Harold in battle just before William comes down upon him.

From Project Gutenberg

Tostig was accompanied by Ealdred, who in 1061 went to fetch his pall after he had received the see of York.

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As he and Tostig were on their way home they were robbed by brigands at Sutri.

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