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Aug 3, 2024 · Birthplace: Hlade, Trondheim, Trøndelag, Norway. Death: 1016 (43-45) Sweden. Immediate Family: Son of King Haakon The Mighty Sigurdsson, of Lade and þóra Skagadóttir. Husband of Holmfrid and Princess Holmfrid Eriksdotter, of Sweden.
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4 days ago · Haakon V Magnusson (10 April 1270 – 8 May 1319) ( Old Norse: Hákon Magnússon; Modern Norwegian: Håkon Magnusson) was King of Norway from 1299 until 1319. Biography. Head from the Nidaros Cathedral, considered to possibly represent an older Haakon. [ 2] Burial site of Håkon V in Oslo.
2 days ago · Iceland was more reluctant to give up its independent rule, so the Icelandic saga author Snorri Sturluson was given a royal invitation to the court of King Haakon Haakonsson and was there convinced that Iceland was by right Norwegian.
1 day ago · Another in-law to the Danish royal house, Eiríkr Hákonarson, was the earl of Lade and the co-ruler of Norway with his brother Sweyn Haakonsson – Norway having been under Danish sovereignty since the Battle of Svolder, in 999. Eiríkr's participation in the invasion left his son Hakon to rule Norway, with Sweyn.
Jul 18, 2024 · Canute fomented with bribes the unrest of Norwegian landowners against their king, Olaf II Haraldsson, and was able to drive him out in 1028. He put Norway in charge of Haakon, son of Eric of Hlathir, and, after Haakon’s death, of his concubine Aelfgifu and their son Sweyn.
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Jul 30, 2024 · Olaf IV Haakonsson was the king of Denmark (as Olaf III, 1376–87) and of Norway (1380–87). He was the son of Haakon VI and of Margaret (Margrete), daughter of Valdemar IV, king of Denmark. After Valdemar’s death in 1375, Olaf was elected (1376) king of Denmark and succeeded his father as king of.
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Aug 4, 2024 · After Magnus’ death in 1047, Harald became sole ruler of Norway, and declared himself king of Denmark as well. In Denmark however, Sweyn Estridsson (King Sweyn II of Denmark) had taken the throne. This resulted in almost twenty years of conflict, with numerous short, but violent raids.
