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Hastein (Old Norse: Hásteinn, also
recorded as Hastingus, Anstign, Haesten, Hæsten, Hæstenn or Hæsting and
alias Alsting) was a
Viking chieftain of the...
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around Björn's foster-father
Hastein. The two
Vikings conducted many (mostly successful)
raids in France.
Later on
Hastein got the idea to make Björn the...
- the duke of Aquitaine. In 866, Salomon, Duke of Brittany,
allied with
Hastein (Hasting), a
Danish chieftain, for an
expedition into Anjou, Maine, and...
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force had
landed in the
Thames estuary under the
command of
Danish king
Hastein.
These were
reinforced by
ships from the
settled Danes of East
Anglia and...
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entrenched themselves, the
larger body at Appledore, Kent, and the
lesser under Hastein, at Milton, also in Kent. The
invaders brought their wives and children...
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raiding party led by Salomon, King of
Brittany and the
Viking chieftain Hastein.
During the
battle the
Viking commander was
entrapped in a
nearby church...
- for
attempting to
interfere with
their plunderings in the area,
under Hastein and Björn Ironside, who
sailed through the
Straits of Gibraltar. After...
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under Hastein moves to a
fortified camp at
Benfleet (Es****). The
Danish camp is
captured by the Saxons,
while the army is out raiding.
Hastein is forced...
- Dudo of Saint-Quentin, a
Viking fleet,
probably under Björn
Ironside and
Hastein,
landed at the
Ligurian port of Luni and
sacked the city. The
Vikings then...
- Châteaudun:
William (through 834), also
count of Blois,
reportedly killed by
Hastein,
Viking chieftain and
compatriot of Björn Ironside, son of
Ragnar Lothbrok...
