- The
Hardrada dynasty (Norwegian: Hardrådeætta) was a
powerful royal dynasty which ruled, at
various times in history, the
Kingdom of Norway, the Kingdom...
-
September 1066), also
known as
Harald III of
Norway and
given the
epithet Hardrada in the sagas, was King of
Norway from 1046 to 1066. He
unsuccessfully claimed...
-
modern times, but has
since been
counted as
Magnus II. A son of King
Harald Hardrada,
Magnus was in 1058
appointed nominal leader of an
expedition into the...
- Abbey. In late September, he
defeated an
invasion by
rival claimant Harald Hardrada of
Norway in the
Battle of
Stamford Bridge near York
before marching his...
- his own
brother Tostig, and the
Norwegian king
Harald Hardrada (Harold III of Norway).
Hardrada and
Tostig defeated a
hastily gathered army of Englishmen...
-
other claimants,
perhaps including his
exiled brother Tostig. King
Harald Hardrada of
Norway also had a
claim to the
throne as the
uncle and heir of King...
-
Tostig supported the
Norwegian king
Harald Hardrada's invasion of England, and was
killed alongside Hardrada at the
Battle of
Stamford Bridge in 1066....
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Norwegian force led by King
Harald Hardrada and the
English king's
brother Tostig Godwinson.
After a
bloody battle, both
Hardrada and Tostig,
along with most...
-
succeeded by his brother-in-law
Harold Godwinson. The
Norwegian king
Harald Hardrada invaded northern England in
September 1066 and was
victorious at the Battle...
- the
lawspeaker (lagman) of Västergötland
before a
battle with
Harald Hardrada (see below), the
lawspeaker expresses the Geats' (Gautland people) loyalty...
