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Harald Fairhair [a] (Old Norse: Haraldr Hárfagri; c. 850 – c. 932) was a Norwegian king.According to traditions current in Norway and Iceland in the eleventh and twelfth centuries, he reigned from c. 872 to 930 and was the first King of Norway.
Kingdom of Norway (red) in 1020, with the territory of Finnmark. The Fairhair Dynasty is traditionally regarded as the first royal dynasty of the united kingdom of Norway.It was founded by Harald I of Norway, known as Haraldr hinn hárfagri (Harald Fairhair or Finehair), the first King of Norway (as opposed to "in Norway"), who defeated the last resisting petty kings at the Battle of ...
Besides becoming sole king after his father Harold's death, Eric Bloodaxe was king jointly with his father for three years before the latter's death. After Harald's death, Eric ruled as "overking" of his brothers, who also held status as kings and had control over certain regions. [3] Harald Greycloak also ruled as "overking" of his brothers. [4]
Harald I r. 872–930 lived 849–933: Bjørn Farmann d. 927: Eric I r. 930–934 d. 954: Sigurd Rise 912–937: Olaf Haraldsson Geirstadalf d. 934: Haakon I 920–934–961: Harald Bluetooth r. 961–980 d. 987: Ålov Haraldsdatter b. Ca. 865: Bergljot Torresdatter: KNÝTLINGA: EARLS OF LADE: Gudrød Bjørnsson d. 968: Harald II r. 961–970 ...
King Harald Fairhair is the monarch who is credited by later tradition as having first unified Norway into one kingdom. [2] According to the sagas , he ruled Norway from approximately 872 to 930. Modern historians, including Claus Krag , assume that his rule may have been limited to the coastal areas of western and southern Norway.
Norway’s King Harald has had a temporary pacemaker fitted at a hospital in Malaysia after falling ill on holiday there. The procedure, which took place Saturday at Hospital Sultanah Maliha on ...
When King Harald V was born in 1937 at the royal estate of Skaugum, he became the first prince born in Norway in 567 years. He spent the first three years of his life in Norway, but when German ...
Gyda was born ca. 852 in Hordaland. She was the daughter of Eirik, King of Hordaland, (Eirik af Hordaland), one of the petty kings of pre-united Norway. Gyda was proposed to by Harold Fairhair who was then the king of the petty kingdom of Vestfold. [2] She answered that she refused to marry Harald "before he was king over all of Norway".