Tovi the Proud (also Tofi or Tofig, Tofi pruda), fl. 1018–1043, was a rich and powerful 11th-century Danish thegn who held a number of estates in various...
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of Harthacnut's retinue; after the collapse and subsequent death of Harthacnut at the wedding feast of Tovi the Proud in 1042, Thorkell's wife and two...
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Irish chieftain of the O'Neill dynasty of Ulster Simeon of Moscow (1316-1353), Prince of Moscow and Grand Prince of Vladimir Tovi the Proud, a rich and powerful...
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Harthacnut (redirect from Knútr III the Hardy)
Lambeth. The groom was Tovi the Proud, and the bride was Gytha, daughter of Osgod Clapa. Both men had been close to Cnut. According to the Anglo-Saxon...
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North Sea Empire (redirect from Empire of the North Sea)
suddenly in June 1042 "as he stood at his drink" at the wedding feast of Tovi the Proud, one of the Danish thegns of his father's court. At first glance...
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appears in narrative accounts on the occasion of the marriage of his daughter Gytha to his fellow-staller Tovi the Proud. It appears to be at these celebrations...
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Waltham Abbey Church (redirect from Church of the Holy Cross and St Lawrence)
communities in the area. At the beginning of the 11th century, the church and manor of Waltham were held by an Anglo-Danish thegn called Tovi the Proud. A legend...
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1040s in England (category Wikipedia articles incorporating a citation from the ODNB)
soon after dies during the wedding celebrations of Tovi the Proud at Lambeth and is succeeded by his half-brother Edward the Confessor as King. Encomium...
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Before the Conquest it was owned by Tovi the Proud "and he could go where he wished". It would appear this village was destroyed during the Norman Conquest...
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