• most commonly Eiríkr jarl ("Earl Eric") or Eiríkr jarl Hákonarson, but sometimes as Eirekr. Modern historians usually use a variant of Eiríkr/Eirik/Eric...
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    1000, Sveinn became co-ruler of Norway with his half-brother, Eiríkr Hákonarson. After Eiríkr went to England in 1014, Sveinn was co-ruler with Hákon Eiríksson...
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    Eric (redirect from Eiríkr)
    Eric III of Norway, also Eric VII of Denmark and Eric XIII of Sweden Eiríkr Hákonarson, earl of Lade, ruler of Norway and earl of Northumbria Erik the Red...
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    in the English conquest. Another in-law to the Danish royal house, Eiríkr Hákonarson, was the earl of Lade and the co-ruler of Norway with his brother...
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    After the Battle of Svolder, Eirik Håkonson, with his brother Sveinn Hákonarson, became kings of Norway under Sweyn Forkbeard. In 1014 or 1015 Eirik Håkonson...
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  • Rimul. After his death, Haakon Jarl's two sons Eirik Håkonson and Sveinn Hákonarson fled for protection to the king of Sweden, Olof Skötkonung. A number of...
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    these to his son in law, Jarl Svein Hákonarson, to hold as a vassal. The rest of Norway was ruled by Eirik Hákonarson as King Svein's vassal. The Jarls...
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  • and figurative painter Eiríkr Hákonarson (960s–1020s), earl of Lade, ruler of Norway and earl of Northumbria Grímur Hákonarson (born 1977), Icelandic...
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  • procedure was performed in European medieval medicine. The Norwegian Eiríkr Hákonarson bled to death following such an operation. Uvulotomy is employed in...
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    Einarr skálaglamm, partially preserved Bandadrápa ‒ the deeds of Jarl Eiríkr Hákonarson by Eyjólfr dáðaskáld, partially preserved Knútsdrápa ‒ the deeds of...
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  • first of Hákon Sigurðarson, then of Óláfr Tryggvason and finally of Eiríkr Hákonarson. A significant amount of poetry by Hallfreðr has been preserved, primarily...
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    astern on the Long Serpent, which had thirty-two rowing places. But when Eiríkr went to the stern of the ship in search of the king, a light flashed before...
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    Vagn managed to survive the battle with honor and was spared by Eiríkr Hákonarson, while Sigvaldi became the object of ridicule. Hollander, Lee M.,...
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    reminiscent of tricks popularly ascribed to fakirs. In 1015, Jarl Eiríkr Hákonarson of Norway outlawed berserkers. Grágás, the medieval Icelandic law...
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  • He was the grandson of Egill Skallagrímsson and a courtier of Jarl Eiríkr Hákonarson. A short account of his life is given at the end of Egils saga: Of...
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  • of York) 1016-1023, granted by Cnut the Great, King of Norway, to Eiríkr Hákonarson, Governor of Norway and one of the Jarls of Lade. Last controlled...
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    Bluetooth d & Haakon Sigurdsson r Olaf I Tryggvason Sweyn Forkbeard de & Eiríkr Hákonarson r & Sweyn Haakonsson r Olaf II the Saint Cnut de & Haakon Ericsson...
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    Hákonarson (died 962), friend and advisor of Hákon the Good Hákon Sigurðarson (c. 937–995), ruler of Norway from about 975 to 995 Eiríkr Hákonarson (960s...
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    Owen the Bald. By this time Earl Uchtred may have been dead, and Eiríkr Hákonarson was appointed Earl of Northumbria by his brother-in-law Cnut the Great...
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    heathen Norwegians to Christianity. In the year 1000, Sveinn Hákonarson and Eiríkr Hákonarson of Lade took control over Norway, being supported by the Danish...
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    1000, when the Swedish and Danish kings, together with the Norwegian Eiríkr Hákonarson, attacked the Norwegian king, Olaf Tryggvason, while he was on his...
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  • of Norwegian Jarl Haakon Sigurdsson of Lade and sister of regent Eiríkr Hákonarson. It is not known exactly if or when she married King Eric, nor when...
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    into a Swedish part governed by Sveinn Hákonarson and a Danish part run by Eiríkr Hákonarson. However, after Eiríkr joined his brother-in-law Canute the...
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  • Thored 975×979 992x994 Ælfhelm c.994 1006 Uhtred of Bamburgh 1006 1016 Eiríkr Hákonarson 1016 1023×1033 Siward 1023×1033 1055 Tostig Godwinson 1055 1065 Deposed...
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  • poet of Eiríkr Hákonarson and some 17 stanzas of his poetry on the earl are preserved in the kings' sagas. The following example is from Eiríkr's campaign...
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    the Battle of Hjǫrungavágr. Sigvaldi Strut-Haraldsson Vagn Åkesson Eiríkr Hákonarson Thorkell the Tall Vigfúss Víga-Glúmsson Þorgerðr Hölgabrúðr and Irpa...
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    Sweyn and her son Olaf of Sweden, along with Sweyn's son-in-law, Jarl Eiríkr Hákonarson. Olaf had further offended the Danish king through the actions of...
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  • carried out isolated raids on Novgorod. Eiríkr Hákonarson raided Ladoga in 997, and his brother Sveinn Hákonarson followed suit in 1015. After the marriage...
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  • thing known about him is that he was one of the court poets of Earl Eiríkr Hákonarson. Eight dróttkvætt verses by him are extant, preserved in the kings'...
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    Eohric of East Anglia Eric Bloodaxe Erik the Red Eric I of Denmark Eiríkr Hákonarson Freydís Eiríksdóttir Freygeirr Garðar Svavarsson Godfrid Haraldsson...
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