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The German power-metal band Rebellion has a song dedicated to Harald Fairhair, from the album Sagas of Iceland. Leaves' Eyes, a symphonic metal band from Germany, wrote the album King of Kings about Harald and his conquests. In the video games Crusader Kings II and Crusader Kings III, Harald Fairhair is a playable character during the 867 start ...
Kingdom of Norway (red) in 1020, with the territory of Finnmark. The Fairhair Dynasty is traditionally regarded as the first royal dynasty of the united kingdom of Norway.It was founded by Harald I of Norway, known as Haraldr hinn hárfagri (Harald Fairhair or Finehair), the first King of Norway (as opposed to "in Norway"), who defeated the last resisting petty kings at the Battle of ...
In the Saga of Harald Hårfagre from Heimskringla by Snorri Sturluson, the consolidation of the rule of Norway by Harald Fairhair was somewhat of a love story.The tale begins with a marriage proposal that resulted in rejection and scorn from Gyda, the daughter of Eirik, king of Hordaland.
Woven into the saga is the story of Snæfrithr Svásadottir, a sami girl who had enchanted the King. According to the story, Harald and Snæfrithr had 4 sons among whom was Halfdan Hålegg. They are discussed in the Orkneyinga saga as controversial and puzzling individuals. [6] Chapter 32 relates Harald's mission to Orkney.
Harald Fairhair was the first king of all Norway, bringing the lands of what had previously been several distinct petty-kingdoms under his control. The foundation of this unified Norwegian kingdom is traditionally dated to 872, when he defeated the last petty kings who resisted him at the Battle of Hafrsfjord , though the consolidation of his ...
Heimskringla is a collection of sagas about Swedish and Norwegian kings, beginning with the saga of the legendary Swedish dynasty of the Ynglings, followed by accounts of historical Norwegian rulers from Harald Fairhair of the 9th century up to the death of the pretender Eystein Meyla in 1177.
Harald 'Fairhair' is usually portrayed as a polygamous and virile king, the number of his sons varying between 16 [22] and 20. [23] While Eric's mother remains anonymous in the synoptic histories ( Ágrip ) and most of the Icelandic sagas, [ 24 ] the Heimskringla ( c . 1230) claims that she was Ragnhildr , daughter of Eric, king of (South ...
Gyda Eiriksdatter by Christian Krohg (1899). Gyda Eiriksdottir of Hordaland (Gyða Eiríksdóttir) was a semi-legendary Norwegian concubine during the Viking Age.She appears in the Saga of Harald Fairhair (Harald Hårfagres saga) in Snorri Sturluson's Heimskringla. [1]