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Harald Sigurdsson ( Old Norse: Haraldr Sigurðarson; c.1015 – 25 September 1066), also known as Harald III of Norway and given the epithet Hardrada ( harðráði; modern Norwegian: Hardråde, roughly translated as "stern counsel" or "hard ruler") in the sagas, [2] was King of Norway from 1046 to 1066. Additionally, he unsuccessfully claimed ...
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Jun 19, 2023 · At the time of the invasion, in 1066, the Norwegian King Harald was 50 years old. As King of Norway, he sailed in 300 longships to the English coast, with somewhere between 12,000 and 18,000 men on his side. On the 18th of September, Harald met with Totsig and his army, after which they started planning their first attack on the self-crowned ...
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Apr 17, 2023 · Harald Hardrada. On 18 September 1066, the last great Viking began his final campaign, the invasion of England. Harald Hardrada’s life and military career reads like something out of Bernard Cornwell’s novels, an adventurer, mercenary, king, conqueror, administrator and hero of the Icelandic sagas, this last audacious attack was a fitting ...
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Aug 15, 2021 · In 1028, Cnut had ousted Harald’s half-brother, King Olaf II, from power and had reasserted his own family’s claims to the Norwegian throne. For Harald then, the invasion of England was an attempt to emulate and surpass the deeds of his family’s great rival and usurp the trappings of their supremacy.
Sep 11, 2023 · At the Battle of Hastings on October 25, 1066, the Anglo-Saxon dominion of England would end with the death of King Harold in battle. Duke William the Bastard would become King William the Conqueror and it might be supposed that he could thank Harald Hardrada for softening up the English forces prior to his arrival.
Sep 16, 2023 · In September 1066, Viking Harald Hardrada (aka King Harald III Sigurdsson of Norway) invaded England to seize the throne from Anglo-Saxon Harold II (Harold Godwinson). The Battle of Stamford Bridge in Yorkshire was decisive.
Feb 3, 2022 · Growing up, Harald admired his half-brother Olaf, who in a few short years had managed to control more of Norway than anyone since Harald Fairhair. Both Olaf and Harald felt that uniting all of Norway was their calling. So, Harald was most distressed when, in 1028, Olaf was deposed by Cnut The Great of Denmark and driven into exile in Kievan Rus.
