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Harald Hardrada's alleged descent from Harald Fairhair is not mentioned and played no part during Harald Hardrada's own time, which seems odd considering that it would have provided significant legitimacy in connection with his claim to the Norwegian throne.
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However, most modern scholars believe that the ancestors attributed to Harald Hardrada's father, along with other parts of the Fairhair genealogy, are inventions reflecting the political and social expectations of the time of the authors ( around two centuries after Harald Hardrada's lifetime ) rather than historical reality.
After Harald Hardrada's death, Sweyn married his widow Tora Torbergsdatter.
Given that Vikings on a raid tried to avoid pitched battles, it's possible that mail was primarily worn more for invasion scenarios such as the Great Heathen Army of the mid-9th century in England or Harald Hardrada's invasion of Northumbria in 1066.
There may be as many as 6 dynasties altogether subsumed under the title of Fairhair dynasty: Harald Fairhair's, Olav Tryggvason's, St. Olav's, Harald Hardrada's, Magnus Erlingsson's and Sverre's.
Harald and alleged
The alleged relationship was acknowledged by Sigurd on condition that Harald did not claim any share in the government of the kingdom during his lifetime or that of his son Magnus.
Harald now ruled the country until 1136, when he was murdered by Sigurd Slembedjakn, another alleged illegitimate son of Magnus Barefoot.
Olav I is historically known to have claimed male-line descent from Harald I, as grandson of Harald's alleged son Olav in Vika.
And Olav II is known to also have claimed male-line descent from Harald I, as great-grandson of Harald I's alleged son Bjørn in Vestfold.
Much later legends ( sagas authored under the patronage of royal courts of Harald III's descendants ) claim Harald III's father also to have descended from Harald I ( through Harald Fairhair's alleged son Sigurd Hrise ).
Thus, Harald IV started the ' Gille ' or ' Gylle dynasty ' ( the " Irish branch "), a putative branch of the alleged ancient dynasty.
From this point on, all potential kings – however dubious their alleged relation to the ancient king – would claim to be descended from Harald Fairhair.
Harald and descent
Kings of Norway until King Olav IV, who died in 1387, claimed descent from Harald Fairhair.
Included also is material on the Danish Skjöldung lineagage and the Yngling lineage as ancestors of Harald Fairhair, including the purported line of descent from Adam to Harald.
There could have been other lines of descent from King Harald I than the three embellished by Heimskringla.
Harald III is historically attested to have referred only to his kinship with his maternal half-brother, King Olav II of Norway, whose father in turn, as previously mentioned, is claimed to have descended from Harald I ( even that descent is subject to some doubt ).
Based on historical sources, this claimed descent from Harald I is of much later origin than the claims of descent of Olav I and Olav II, which apparently were known to their contemporaries, not made only a century or so later as seems to be the case with Harald III.
Harald and from
It was initially established by a public consisting largely of recent immigrants from Norway who had fled the unification of that country under King Harald Fairhair.
According to this many men did indeed flee from Harald Hårfagre.
In a stanza from Ynglingatal recorded in chapter 72 of the Heimskringla book Saga of Harald Sigurdsson, " given to Hel " is again used as a phrase to referring to death.
Heimskringla is a collection of sagas about the Norwegian kings, beginning with the saga of the legendary Swedish dynasty of the Ynglings, followed by accounts of historical Norwegian rulers from Harald Fairhair of the 9th century up to the death of the pretender Eystein Meyla in 1177.
In 1066, King Harald Hardråde of Norway invaded England, only to be defeated by Harold Godwinson, who in turn was defeated by William of Normandy, descendant of the Viking Rollo, who had accepted Normandy as a fief from the Frankish King.
Mieszko decided on the alliance with Sweden probably in order to help protect his possessions in Pomerania from the Danish King Harald I and his son Sweyn.
The Icelandic Commonwealth was established in 930 AD by refugees from Norway who had fled the unification of that country under King Harald Fairhair.
Rognvald Eysteinsson received Orkney and Shetland from Harald as an earldom as reparation for the death of his son in battle in Scotland, and then passed the earldom on to his brother Sigurd the Mighty.
FC Köln from 1972 to 1987 was also nicknamed Toni by the players of the team, to avoid misunderstandings between him and the defender Harald Konopka.
In 875, King Harald Fairhair led a fleet from Norway to Scotland.
* Harald Fairhair, remembered in the medieval sagas and thus commonly revered in popular histories as the first king of all Norway, who conquered and ruled the whole extent of medieval Norway from 870 – 930.
Although it was from him that the medieval Norwegian dynasty descended, his historical importance has been obscured by the treatment of Harald Fairhair and St Olaf ( Olaf Haraldsson ) in medieval writings.
Drivers Arturo Merzario, Lunger, Guy Edwards and Harald Ertl arrived at the scene a few moments later, but before they were able to pull Lauda from his car, he suffered severe burns to his head and inhaled hot toxic gases that damaged his lungs and blood.
The biography of Harald Bluetooth is summed up by this runic inscription from the Jelling stones:
The mound itself was from c. 500 BCE, but Harald had it built higher over his father's grave, and added a second mound to the south.
Queen Margrethe II can trace her lineage back to the Viking kings Gorm the Old and Harald Bluetooth from this time, making the Danish Royal Family the oldest in the world.
Between c. 960 and the early 980s, Harald Bluetooth appears to have established a kingdom in the lands of the Danes which stretched from Jutland to Skåne.
Many Norwegian chieftains who were wealthy and respected posed a threat to Harald ; therefore, they were subjected to much harassment from Harald, prompting them to vacate the land.
While the various sagas name anywhere from 11 to 20 sons of Harald in various contexts, the contemporary skaldic poem Hákonarmál says that Harald's son Haakon only would meet " eight brothers " when arriving to Valhalla.
In any event, Olaf was ousted from the kingship a second time by the Northumbrians, this time in favour of Eric son of Harald, according to MS E of the Chronicle.
Harald I of Norway | Haraldur the Fair-haired receives the kingdom of Norway from his father
The traditional explanation for the exodus from Norway is that people were fleeing the harsh rule of the Norwegian king Haraldur Hárfagri ( Harald the Fair-haired ), whom medieval literary sources credit with the unification of some parts of modern Norway during this period.
When Edward the Confessor ascended the throne of a united Dano-Saxon England, a Norse army was raised from every Norwegian colony in the British Isles and attacked Edward's England in support of Magnus ', and after his death, his brother Harald Hardråde's, claim to the English throne.
Harald and Fairhair
Viking raids began on Scottish shores towards the end of the 8th century and the Hebrides came under Norse control and settlement during the ensuing decades, especially following the success of Harald Fairhair at the Battle of Hafrsfjord in 872.
* Dragon Harald Fairhair ( ship )
Another possible contributing factor is that Harald I of Norway (" Harald Fairhair ") had united Norway around this time, and the bulk of the Vikings were displaced warriors who had been driven out of his kingdom and who had nowhere to go.
According to Sagas, Iceland was settled by Norwegians fleeing the oppressive rule of Harald Fairhair ( late 9th century ).
* Harald Fairhair, king of Norway, united Norway in 872 and remained its ruler until 933.
* Harald Fairhair was victorious at the battle of Hafrsfjord, and Norway was unified into one kingdom.
* Haakon the Good, son of Harald Fairhair, once again reunites the Norwegian lands.
* Harald Fairhair, King of Norway
* Battle of Hafrsfjord: Harald Fairhair becomes the first king of Norway.
* Harald Fairhair subdues the rovers on Orkney and Shetland and adds them to his kingdom.
Harald Fairhair ( 865 – 933 ) was hailed as the king here, as was his son, Haakon I – called ' the Good '.
This Hrolf fell foul of the Norwegian king Harald Fairhair, and became a Jarl in Normandy.
King Harald Fairhair is the king who is credited by later tradition as having unified Norway into one kingdom.
In red is the kingdom inherited by Harald Fairhair .</ center >
Harald Fairhair or Harald Finehair ( Old Norse: Haraldr hárfagri, Norwegian: Harald Hårfagre ), ( c. 850 – c. 932 ), son of Halfdan the Black, was the first king ( 872 – 930 ) of Norway.
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