• Harald Gille (Old Norse: Haraldr Gilli / Haraldr Gillikristr, c. 1102 − 14 December 1136), also known as Harald IV, was king of Norway from 1130 until...
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    who have borne the name are Harald Fairhair, Harald Greycloak, Harald Bluetooth, Harald Hardrada, and Harald Gille. Harald Bluetooth is usually not given...
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  • the Saint Olaf dynasty, and was again replaced by the Gille branch, whose founder Harald Gille claimed to be a descendant of the Hardrada line. Sometimes...
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  • Irish Gaelic Gilla Críst, i.e. servant of Christ. King Harald IV of Norway started the Gille (or Gylle dynasty), a putative cadet branch of the Hardrada...
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    son, Magnus, heir-apparent. However, in the late 1120s a man called Harald Gille arrived in Norway from Ireland, claiming to be a son of King Sigurd's...
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    uncle Harald Gille. After four years of uneasy peace, Magnus began to openly prepare for war on Harald. On August 9, 1134, he defeated Harald in the...
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  • Inge Haraldsson (category House of Gille)
    epithet does not appear in medieval sources. Inge was the only son of King Harald Gille by his wife, Ingiríðr Ragnvaldsdóttir. At the time, however, legitimate...
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  • after married King Harald Gille of Norway. By him, Ingrid had a son who later became King Inge Haraldsson of Norway. When King Harald was murdered in 1136...
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  • Sigurd II (category House of Gille)
    called Sigurd Munn, was king of Norway from 1136 to 1155. He was son of Harald IV Gille, king of Norway and his mistress Thora Guttormsdotter (Þóra Guthormsdóttir)...
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  • Sigurdsson Blinde), became king of Norway jointly with his uncle Harald Gille. Harald Gille had four sons, Inge, Eystein, Sigurd and Magnus Haraldsson, all...
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  • reigning together with three of his brothers. He was a son of King Harald Gille by an unknown concubine. Magnus was born sometime after 1130, when his...
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  • of Norway, also known as Magnus Haraldsson Magnus Haraldsson (son of Harald Gille) (c. 1135 – c. 1145), King of Norway Magnus Haraldsson (bishop of Skara)...
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  • Harald Hardråde. Harald IV of Norway (died 1136), also known as Harald Gille. Harald V of Norway (born February 21, 1937), present King of Norway. This...
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  • was not recognized by King Harald Gille. In 1136, Sigurd arranged for Harald Gille to be killed in his sleep. As soon as Harald was dead, Sigurd had the...
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  • Bluetooth (935–985/986) Harald Fairhair (c. 850–c. 933) Harald Greycloak (died 970) Harald Hardrada (1015–1066) Harald Gille (reigned 1130–1136) Mstislav...
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  • Harald Greycloak (c. 935–970) Harald Hardrada (1015–1066) Harald Gille (c. 1102–1136) Harald V of Norway (born 1937) Harald I Olafsson (died 1248), King...
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    Haraldsson were sons of the previous king Harald Gille, who had been killed by Sigurd Slembe in 1136. The sons of Harald Gille emerged victorious from the battle...
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    outlawed by Harald. After Harald's death Slembe allied himself with Magnus the Blind, but they were defeated by chieftains loyal to Harald Gille's family in...
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  • Arstad. "Gilchrist Harald 4 Gille, Konge". Norsk biografisk leksikon. Retrieved 1 April 2016. "Saga of Magnus the Blind and of Harald Gille". Heimskringla...
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    Retrieved 6 November 2012. Arstad, Knut Peter Lyche. "eg. Gilchrist Harald 4 Gille". Norsk biografisk leksikon (in Norwegian). Retrieved 6 November 2012...
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    Ragnvaldsdóttir and king Harald Gille (making him the only legitimate son of Gille), Inge had been named king of Norway after Gille was killed by Sigurd Slembe...
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    Civil War. It was fought between the co-kings Magnus Sigurdsson and Harald Gille at the farm Fyrileiv in Ranrike (now Färlev in Stågenäs lordship in Bohuslen)...
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    Scottish mythological figure whose name means Dark Servant Ghillie suit Harald Gille John Brown Ghillies, Scotland's Little Known Highlanders.[permanent dead...
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    Fairhair dynasty (category Harald Fairhair)
    Steinvegg Erling Stonewall : 1204–1207, rival king Gille dynasty: Harald IV of Norway Harald Gille : 1130–1136 Sigurd II of Norway Sigurd Munn : 1136–1155...
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  • co-kings Magnus Sigurdsson and Harald Gille. In Bergen, Magnus was captured and mutilated by Harald's men, and Harald was now sole king of Norway. It...
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  • Norway. Monarchs - Magnus IV Sigurdsson and Harald Gille 7 January – In a naval battle in Bergen, Harald Gille defeated King Magnus. Magnus was captured...
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  • 1115), mistress of Sigurd the Crusader Bjaðǫk, 12th century mistress of Harald Gille, mother of Eystein II of Norway Inga of Varteig (1183/5-1234/5), mistress...
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    royal blood or not. After all, Norway had seen other claimants, since Harald Gille, whose paternity was equally questionable. The fact that Sigurd Munn's...
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    Norway's most important places for the proclamation of kings. In 1130, Harald Gille called together a meeting at the Haugating, where he was declared King...
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    was married to Brigida Haraldsdotter, the daughter of Norwegian King Harald Gille. She had formerly been married to the Danish pretender Magnus Henriksson...
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