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Magnus was an illegitimate son of King Olaf Haraldsson (later Saint Olaf) by his English concubine Alfhild, [1] originally a slave of Olaf's queen Astrid Olofsdotter. [2] Born prematurely, the child was weak and unable to breathe for the first few minutes, and he was probably not expected to survive.
Harthacnut (left) meeting the young King Magnus the Good at the Göta älv river in modern-day Sweden. Illustration by Halfdan Egedius. The political agreement between Harthacnut and Magnus the Good included the appointment of the latter as heir to Harthacnut. At the time, the agreement would have only affected the throne of Denmark.
Arnórr travelled as a merchant and often visited the Orkney Islands where he composed poems for the Earls, receiving his byname. For king Magnus the Good, he composed Hrynhenda. He also composed memorial poems for Magnus the Good and Haraldr harðráði. He is considered one of the major skalds of the 11th century.
A depiction of Magnus during the Battle of Lyrskov Heath. The Battle of Lyrskov Heath (or Hede) was fought on September 28, 1043, at Lyrskov, between a Dano-Norwegian army led by Magnus the Good and an army of Wends. It was a great victory for Magnus' forces; the Wendish army was crushed and up to 15,000 were killed. [1]
This was during the reign of Magnus the Good, son of Olaf II, who ruled from 1035 to 1047, and probably before the death of Harthacanute in 1042. [4] Thorfinn and Ingibiorg had two known sons, Paul and Erlend Thorfinnsson, who jointly ruled as earls of Orkney. Both also fought in Harald Hardraade's ill-fated invasion of the Kingdom of England ...
25 October - Magnus the Good dies, ending the personal union with Denmark. Harald Hardrada becomes King of Norway and Sweyn Estridsson becomes King of Denmark. Deaths
The enterprise was a great success and the pretender was hailed as king (Magnus I, Magnus the Good). [25] Cnut the Great died in the same year and his sons lacked his capacity. When the last of them, Harthacnut, died in 1042, Magnus inherited Denmark as well. Anund Jacob's policy of maintaining a Nordic power balance can be seen in the agenda ...
Þjóðólfr Arnórsson (Old Norse: [ˈθjoːðˌoːlvz̠ ˈɑrnˌoːrsˌson]; Modern Icelandic: Þjóðólfur Arnórsson [ˈθjouːðˌoulvʏr ˈa(r)tnˌour̥sˌsɔːn]; Modern Norwegian: Tjodolv Arnorsson) was an 11th-century Icelandic skáld, who spent his career as a court poet to the Norwegian kings Magnus the Good and Harald Hardrada and is thought to have died with the latter at the ...