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Haakon the Good

Haakon the Good Battles the Sons of His Brother, Eric Bloodaxe, 953-961

July 13, 2023
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Around the year 934, shortly after the death of the Norway’s legendary King Harald Fairhair, his youngest son Haakon – raised in Northumbria by King Athelstan (Æthelstan) – returned to usurp the throne bequeathed to Harald’s beloved but unpopular son Eric Bloodaxe.