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| The warriors were well equipped, archeological discoveries of riding equipment reveal that it was artistic decorated, the stirrup to the right had layers of silver and copper. On the left a decorated hilt of sword |
Bernard the Dane put down an uprising in Bessin and Cotentin by disloyal Vikings.
Norway
Erik Bloodaxe was driven out of Norway, by his younger brother Haakon the good became the new king of Norway. Eric Bloodaxe set up to seek new adventures in Northumbria.
There are to the explanation to the nickname Bloodaxe, the Aagrip tells that he got the nickname because he killed his brother, another version because of his activity during viking raids, this was mentioned in the Icelandic Fagrskinna.
Erik Bloodaxe was driven out of Norway, by his younger brother Haakon the good became the new king of Norway. Eric Bloodaxe set up to seek new adventures in Northumbria.
There are to the explanation to the nickname Bloodaxe, the Aagrip tells that he got the nickname because he killed his brother, another version because of his activity during viking raids, this was mentioned in the Icelandic Fagrskinna.
Halfdan Sigurdsson of Hadafylke was born, he was Harald Hardrada’s grandfather, other than that he was supposedly Halfdan Sigurdsson, the alleged son of King Sigurd Hrise of
Norway, Hardrada’s great-grandfather. Both Hrise’s and Halfdan’s lineage cannot be confirmed, only info is from Icelandic sagas mentioning their link to Harald.
Norway, Hardrada’s great-grandfather. Both Hrise’s and Halfdan’s lineage cannot be confirmed, only info is from Icelandic sagas mentioning their link to Harald.
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