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- The Birkebein Party or Birkebeinar (Old Norse: Birkibeinar; Norwegian: Birkebeinarane (nynorsk) or Birkebeinerne (bokmål)) was the name for a rebellious...
- been elected there. After this, the Birkebeins moved south and wintered in Østerdalen. The next spring, the Birkebeins returned to Trøndelag, attacking the...
- the latter's father and regent, earl Erling Skakke (killed 1179). The Birkebein faction had been formed in 1174 to depose Magnus and Erling. The Birkebeiner...
- but the church is mentioned in Sverris saga as where the rebels of the Birkebein Party sought refuge when attacked by a peasant army in 1183. St. Mary's...
- Haakon V (Norway) Margaret (Scotland, disputed) Titles Chieftain of the Birkebeins King of Norway Queen of Scots (disputed) Cadet branches House of Rosensverd...
- mouth of the river Nidelva in during 1176. Eystein Meyla and the party of Birkebeins subsequently arose in rebellion against Erling Skakke and his young son...