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Eirik was the eldest surviving son of King Magnus the Lawmender of Norway, and his wife, Ingeborg, daughter of King Eric IV of Denmark.In 1273, when he was 5 years old, he was given the title of king, alongside his father, who planned to hold a coronation for Eirik as his subordinate co-ruler in the summer of 1280.
Erik Hakonsson, also known as Eric of Hlathir or Eric of Norway (Old Norse: Eiríkr Hákonarson; 960s – 1020s), was Earl of Lade, Governor of Norway and Earl of Northumbria. He was the son of Earl Hákon Sigurðarson and brother of the legendary Aud Haakonsdottir of Lade .
Eric of Norway may refer to: Eric I of Norway, Eric I Bloodaxe (reigned c.930-934) Eric II of Norway, Eric II Magnusson (reigned 1280–1299) Eric of Pomerania, Eric III of Norway (reigned 1389–1442) Eiríkr Hákonarson, earl who was de facto ruler of Norway 1000-1014
Erik is known as Erik III as King of Norway (1389–1442), Erik VII as King of Denmark (1396–1439) and has been called Erik XIII [b] as King of Sweden (1396–1434, 1436–39). Erik was ultimately deposed from all three kingdoms of the union, but in 1449 he inherited one of the partitions of the Duchy of Pomerania and ruled it as duke until ...
The most common spelling across Fennoscandia and in the Netherlands is Erik. In Norway, another form of the name (which has kept the Old Norse diphthong) Eirik (Norwegian: [ˈæ̂ɪrɪk]) is also commonly used. [8] The modern Icelandic version is Eiríkur (Icelandic: [ˈeiːˌriːkʏr̥]), [9] [10] [11] while the modern Faroese version is Eirikur.
Erik most likely earned the epithet "the Red" due to the color of his hair and beard. [1] [2] According to Icelandic sagas, Erik was born in the Jæren district of Rogaland, Norway, as the son of Thorvald Asvaldsson; to which Thorvald would later be banished from Norway, and would sail west to Iceland with Erik and his family. [3]
Hailed by Variety as “a superb historical drama about the Far-Right’s threatto democracy, the movie “Quisling: The Final Days” helmed by Norway’s top filmmaker Erik Poppe, impressed ...
The Värmlandish chieftain Áki (Swedish Åke jarl) invited both king Harald Fairhair and the Swedish saga-king Erik Eymundsson, but had the Norwegian king stay in the newly constructed and sumptuous one, because he was the youngest one of the kings and the one who had the greatest prospects. The older Swedish king, on the other hand, had to ...