Brestir Sigmundsson

Brestir Sigmundsson (usually only Brestir or Brest; * in Skúvoy; † 970 Stóra Dímun, Faroe Islands ) was together with his brother Beinir ruler of half of the Faroe Islands.

Brestir the son of Sigmund was the elder. He was married to Cæcilia, who bore him Sigmundur, who later became a missionary of the Faroe Islands. Brestir and his brother were murdered on their farm on 970 Stóra Dímun of Havgrímur and Svinoy - Bjarne. After they were buried under the old Germanic custom in Skúvoy where they lived.

Brestir Beinir and dive into the Faroese always together on, their relationship was said to be particularly close, and their fate determined the history of the Faroe sustainable. While they ruled over the one half of the Faroe Islands, Havgrímur was from Hov the ruler of the other half.

This circumstance not only had a innerfäröische dimension because they got their part of the Faroe Islands as a fief from the Norwegian ruler Håkon Jarl in Trondheim, while Havgrímur got his part of the Faroe Islands from competing Harold II gray fur, who ruled over the rest of Norway.

After the dispute between Einar and Eldjarn 969 Brestir and Beinir defended their relatives and Einar follower of the southern islands with success. In revenge forged Havgrímur 970 a conspiracy against the two brothers, which led to the murder of Brestir and Beinir.