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| Cnut the Great at a Norwegian beach |
Towards the end of 1028 William the conqueror was born as a bastard son of Arlette, daughter of a local Tanner or undertaker and Duke Robert.
Norway
Cnut landed with 1400 ships at Lista, Norway and where ever he came people recognized his as king. Olav the holy could only gather a small army, which was a hopeless effort against Cnut`s mighty army. Olav the holy had to flee from his kingdom.
Cnut installed his sister Gyda and Earl Erik`s son Haakon Ericsson as his vassal in Norway.
Skjeggen (The Beard) a ship that belonged to Olav the holy was captured by rebels.
Spain
Viking were back in Galicia, this time the vikings leader was Galizu Ulf(The Galician wolf).
The Knytlinga saga tells this "His fathers name was Ulf and was a count of Denmark and a great warrior and found great loot in Galicia, that gave him the nickname."
Cnut landed with 1400 ships at Lista, Norway and where ever he came people recognized his as king. Olav the holy could only gather a small army, which was a hopeless effort against Cnut`s mighty army. Olav the holy had to flee from his kingdom.
Cnut installed his sister Gyda and Earl Erik`s son Haakon Ericsson as his vassal in Norway.
Skjeggen (The Beard) a ship that belonged to Olav the holy was captured by rebels.
Spain
Viking were back in Galicia, this time the vikings leader was Galizu Ulf(The Galician wolf).
The Knytlinga saga tells this "His fathers name was Ulf and was a count of Denmark and a great warrior and found great loot in Galicia, that gave him the nickname."
Russia
Olav the holy had to flee from his kingdom.He fled to Kiev, to seek help from Jaroslav
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