Haakon the Good Battles the Sons of His Brother, Eric Bloodaxe, 953-961
Around the year 934, shortly after the death of the Norwayâs legendary King Harald Fairhair, his youngest son Haakon â raised in Northumbria by King Athelstan (Ăthelstan) â returned to usurp the throne bequeathed to Haraldâs beloved but unpopular son Eric Bloodaxe.
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Aud the Deepminded, Daughter of Ketill, Flees Scotland with her Grandchildren  Â
Accounts conflict as to why Ketill (BjĂśrnsson) Flatnose, a Viking chieftain from Romsdal and the father of his âtall and portlyâ yet wisely regal second daughter, Aud the Deepminded, left Norway for the Hebrides (SuĂ°reyjar) in the years of Harald Fairhairâs rise to power.
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King Harald Fairhair Unifies and Scatters Norway at the Battle of Hafrsfjord, 872
Harald I Fairhair (Harald HĂĽrfagre, c. 850-c.932) the legendary and handsome heir to the Vestfold (Oslo) branch of the long-lasting Yngling dynasty, was ten years old when he became king following his father Halfdan the Blackâs accidental death.
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Norwayâs King Sigurd the Crusader, 1089-1130AD
There were numerous Christian crusades to the Holy Land but one of the more fabled was the Norwegian Crusade. Led by King Sigurd I Magnussen (Sigurd the Crusader) in 1107, the three-year crusade was the first led personally by a European king.
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