Harald Sigurdsson (Old Norse: Haraldr Sigurðarson; c. 1015 – 25 September 1066), also known as Harald III of Norway and given the epithet Hardrada in...
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Claviceps purpurea fungus). Snorri Sturluson writes briefly in the Saga of Harald Hardrade that Magnus was "an amiable king and bewailed by the people." Magnus's...
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kings is sometimes called the "Hårdråde ætten" to distinguish them from the certain issue of Harald Fairhair. If Hårdråde is accepted as a descendant of...
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at Harald Grenske's place in Vestfold or in Hole. Olaf Haraldsson is one out of four saints in Norwegian history and world known. Harald Hårdråde reigned...
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Åsta Gudbrandsdatter (section Wife of Harald Grenske)
ABC-CLIO, 2004. Credo Reference. Web. 8 Mar. 2016. Krag, Claus. "Harald 3 Hardråde". Norsk biografisk leksikon (in Norwegian). Retrieved 9 March 2016...
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known as Harald Greycloak. Harald III of Norway (1015 – September 25, 1066 in Stamford bridge, England), also known as Harald Hardråde. Harald IV of Norway...
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list of the rulers when the house held the power in Norway: Harald Hardrule Harald Hardråde: 1046–1066 Magnus Haraldsson Magnus II of Norway: 1066–1069...
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Stenkil (section The war with Harald Hardrada)
(Book III, Chapter 15). Den äldre Västgötalagens kungalängd Saga of Harald Hardrade: Part II, at the Medieval & Classical Literature Library. Peter Sawyer...
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Guard was the future king Harald Sigurdsson III of Norway, known as Harald Hardråde ("Hard-ruler"). Having fled his homeland, Harald went first to Gardariki...
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end is marked by the unsuccessful invasion of England attempted by Harald Hårdråde in 1066 and the Norman conquest. The age of settlement began around...
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third of Sweyn's sons to rule. He married Ingegard, the daughter of Harald Hardråde, but did not have any sons. He was succeeded by his brother Eric the...
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Battle of Stamford Bridge (category Harald Hardrada)
Description of battle by Geoff Boxell The Battle of Stamford Bridge Saga of Harald Hardrade The Battle of Stamford Bridge, BBC "In Our Time" 2 June 2011 Old Norse...
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meet the Norwegian army and averted the ravages of the countryside. Harald Hardråde and his army went ashore from a river on the east side of Vänern and...
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he does with Svein and Beorn. There may have also been a daughter - Harald Hardrådes saga, part of Heimskringla by Snorri Sturluson gives an account of...
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explicitly describing him as son of the king's brother Beorn, yet Harald Hardrådes saga, part of Heimskringla, calls the same Åsmund the sister's son...
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dragon was used. Magnus the Good used the same mark as Saint Olav. Harald Hardrade used the raven banner. This flag was flown by various Viking chieftains...
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Trøndelag 2014 By Kommunestyre Oslo Oslo Municipality Oslo 1048 Kjøpstad Harald Hardråde Otta Sel Municipality Innlandet 2000 By Kommunestyre Porsgrunn Porsgrunn...
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ABC-CLIO, 2004. Credo Reference. Web. 8 Mar. 2016. Krag, Claus. "Harald 3 Hardråde". Norsk biografisk leksikon (in Norwegian). Retrieved 9 March 2016...
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Norseng, Per G. "Harald 3 Hardråde". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Retrieved 5 November 2012. Krag, Claus. "Harald 3 Hardråde". Norsk biografisk...
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wall of the building is dominated by Anne Grimdalen's sculpture of Harald Hardråde on horseback. Nic Schiøll's sculpture of St. Hallvard is at the front...
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Nidelven estuary, in today’s Trondheim. Harald Hårfagre (865–933) was taken king here. Under King Harald Hardråde (1015–1066) the unification of Norway...
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Fairhair dynasty (category Harald Fairhair)
(Norwegian: Hårfagreætta) was a family of kings founded by Harald I of Norway (commonly known as "Harald Fairhair", Haraldr inn hárfagri) which united and ruled...
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Medieval and Classical Literature Library Release. Sturlason, Snorre. "Harald Hardrade" in Heimskringla, or the Lives of the Norse Kings. Trans. A.H. Smith...
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Three coins found in Ringerike in 1895 have been dated to the time of Harald Hardråde and are inscribed Olafr a Hamri. At some point, presumably after 1030...
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Munthe and Arne Kavli. Her works can be seen in Oslo City Hall (the Harald Hardråde tapestry) and in museums including the National Museum of Norway. Born...
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but it has since been moved closer to the mainland. In 1066, King Harald Hardråde gathered his naval forces at Utvær as he prepared for an invasion of...
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Thorstein Galge, and mother of Tora Torbergsdatter, second wife of King Harald Hardråde and mother of both King Olav Kyrre and King Magnus II Haraldsson. Aslak...
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been a bishop in Skara and spent time in Norway in the court of king Harald Hårdråde, most probably in the then-capital Trondheim. This would also explain...
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kings. A later sub-king of Ringerike, Sigurd Syr, was the father of Harald Hardråde and the stepfather of Olav King Haraldson, the saint, both kings of...
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three-part series The Last Viking provides a fictional biography of King Harald Hardråde. The Golden Horn (1980) The Road of the Sea Horse (1980) The Sign of...
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