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Eric Haraldsson ( Old Norse: Eiríkr Haraldsson [ˈɛiˌriːkʀ ˈhɑrˌɑldsˌson], Norwegian: Eirik Haraldsson; fl. c.930−954), nicknamed Bloodaxe ( Old Norse: blóðøx [ˈbloːðˌøks], Norwegian: Blodøks) and Brother-Slayer ( Latin: fratrum interfector ), was a Norwegian king.
Dec 27, 2016 · His father King Harald Fairhair had 20 sons and when he was around 50-years-old he decided to divide the country among his sons and gave them the title of king, but still remained the high king of Norway. Eric killed his brothers in order to secure the succession of the high king of Norway for himself.
On 8 September 1389, he was hailed as King of Norway at the Ting in Trondheim. He may have been crowned King of Norway in Oslo in 1392, but this is disputed. Eric's father Wartislaw died between November 1394 and 23 February 1395. When Wartislaw died, his thrones were all attained by Eric as the heir.
His name was changed, and he was brought up to be the King of a foreign country. In 1389, Erik was accepted as the King of Norway and a few years later, in 1392, ten-year-old Erik was crowned King in the Cathedral of Trondheim. In 1396, he was elected King of Sweden and Denmark as well. 1397 was the peak of King Erik ´s life.
Eric IX [a] ( Swedish: Erik Jedvardsson; Erik den helige; Sankt Erik; d. 18 May 1160 ), also called Eric the Holy, Saint Eric, and Eric the Lawgiver, [1] was a Swedish king in the 12th century, c. 1156–1160. The Roman Martyrology of the Catholic Church names him as a saint memorialized on 18 May. [2] He was the founder of the House of Eric ...
Erik I (died 954, Stainmore, Eng.) was the king of Norway ( c. 930–935) and later king of Northumberland (948, 952–954). On the death of his father, Harald I Fairhair, first king of united Norway, Erik attempted to make himself sole king of Norway, defeating and slaying two of his brothers to whom vassal kingdoms had been assigned by their ...
Jun 22, 2015 · Its name became ‘Scandinavianised’ to Jorvik. The history of Jorvik and the Kingdom of York from AD 870 to AD 954 is complicated and sometimes confusing. For much of the time, Jorvik and the Kingdom of York were ruled by Vikings, but there were periods when the Viking rulers were no more than ‘petty kings’, themselves ruled over by the ...
