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Feb 15, 2023 · However, unlike the disastrous King John, Sigurd's brother, and co-regent, Øystein was much more of a successful (and dare we say well-liked) monarch. Like Richard, Sigurd returned after years of campaigning and crusading in the Holy Land, but unlike Richard, Norway was in much better political and financial shape than England would be.
Mar 22, 2016 · Sigurd and the 60 ships “Part of what is so interesting about Sigurd is that we have multiple, concurrent sources about his journey to Jerusalem,” Svenungsen said. Sigurd, who shared the throne with two half-brothers, launched a much larger expedition than Skofte, with a total of 60 ships that sailed from Norway in 1108.
Apr 19, 2021 · representing the Norwegian king Sigurd Magnusson ( c.1090–1130) in Jerusalem and. Constantinople (Figs. 28.1 and 28.2). The tapestries were made in 1900, almost 800. years after the king ’ s ...
Nov 26, 2022 · When King Sigurd saw and heard this, he cast off his clothes, sprang into the water, and swam to the Icelander, seized him, and pressed him under the water, and held him there; and as soon as the Icelander came up the king pressed him down again, and thus the one time after the other.
Nov 8, 2022 · In 1107 Sigurd was the leader of the Norwegian Crusade to support the newly established kingdom of Jerusalem after the First Crusade, the first time a European king was a Crusader leader, hence the nickname Crusader. The Sagas describe that Sigurd assembled a large force of 5000 men and 60 ships. Sigurd and his brother Aidan had disagreements ...
Sigurd Magnusson (1089 [1] – 26 March 1130), also known as Sigurd the Crusader ( Old Norse: Sigurðr Jórsalafari, Norwegian: Sigurd Jorsalfare ), was King of Norway (being Sigurd I) from 1103 to 1130. His rule, together with his half-brother Øystein (until Øystein died in 1123), has been regarded by historians as a golden age for the ...
May 24, 2017 · King Sigurd the Crusader, 1107-13. Norway decided to participate in the Crusade on its own schedule; it was at the outer rim of Christendom, so news arrived there slowly. Pilgrimages appealed to Scandinavians very much, since long voyages were part of their culture. At the time of the Pope’s call, King Magnus Barefoot was too busy conquering ...
