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Christianity. Harald Sigurdsson (Old Norse: Haraldr Sigurðarson; c.1015 – 25 September 1066), also known as Harald III of Norway and given the epithet Hardrada in the sagas, [ 2 ] was King of Norway from 1046 to 1066. He unsuccessfully claimed the Danish throne until 1064 and English throne in 1066.
Olaf was a son of King Harald Hardrada and Tora Torbergsdatter. Olaf joined his father during the invasion of England during 1066. However, he was only 16 years old during the Battle of Stamford Bridge on 25 September 1066. He stayed guarding the ships at Riccall and did not participate in the fighting.
The Battle of Fulford was fought on the outskirts of the village of Fulford, [1] just south of York in England, on 20 September 1066, when King Harald III of Norway, also known as Harald Hardrada, [a] a claimant to the English throne and Tostig Godwinson, [b] his English ally, fought and defeated the Northern Earls Edwin and Morcar.
Harald Fairhair[a] (Old Norse: Haraldr Hárfagri) (c. 850 – c. 932) was a Norwegian king. According to traditions current in Norway and Iceland in the eleventh and twelfth centuries, he reigned from c. 872 to 930 and was the first King of Norway. [1][2] Supposedly, two of his sons, Eric Bloodaxe and Haakon the Good, succeeded Harald to become ...
When King Harald V was born in 1937 at the royal estate of Skaugum, he became the first prince born in Norway in 567 years. He spent the first three years of his life in Norway, but when German ...
Meanwhile in Jomsborg, Freydis is raising her and Harald's son, also called Harald, by herself and is the leader of the settlement. She is impressed with Stígr, a healer who is a new arrival at the settlement, and by his martial arts style skills which he claims to have learned during his travels in India.
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 ...
Harald V. Harald V (Norwegian: Harald den femte, Norwegian pronunciation: [ˈhɑ̂rːɑɫ dɛn ˈfɛ̂mtə]; [2] born 21 February 1937) is King of Norway. He acceded to the throne on 17 January 1991. A member of the House of Glücksburg, Harald was the third child and only son of King Olav V of Norway and Princess Märtha of Sweden.