Pallig Tokesen

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Pallig Tokesen[1] (died 1002) was a Danish chieftain. He was recruited to help Ethelred II[2], and was made Jarl or Ealdorman of Devonshire. He was killed in the St. Brice's Day massacre, along with his wife Gunnhild, daughter of Harald I of Denmark[3].

His father was Asbjorn Tokesen.[4]

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  1. ^ Palling, Palnig, Palne.
  2. ^ [1],[2]; , Barbara Yorke, Wessex in the Early Middle Ages (1995), p. 134.
  3. ^ Denmark
  4. ^ Pedigree: Palling TOKESEN
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