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Andrew Shieldband
Andrew Shieldband (~before 1190 – after 1229) was a liegeman, kinsman, raider, and special friend of King Haakon IV of Norway. In 1214 in response to king Inge II of Norway's refusal to grant him the fief of Jämtland or any other fief, Shieldband was one of the king's kinsmen who advised Haakon to flee Inge's court and raise an army. In 1218, he fasted with the king's mother Inga of Varteig along with Dagfinn the Yeoman, Sigurd Kingskin and several clerks in preparation for the ordeal by hot iron which she would suffer in order to prove her son was the rightful heir to the throne. In 1218, he and Vegard of Veradale were responsible for a body guard of 12 men who followed the king at all times. Later in the same year after attacking and chasing off the Slittungene (a rival army supporting a different candidate to the throne) in naval warfare, he was one of the kingsmen (along with Dagfinn the Yeoman, Vegard of Veradale, Guttorm Gunnison) who protected the king from Skule Bårdsso ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Haakon IV Of Norway
Haakon IV Haakonsson ( – 16 December 1263; Old Norse: ''Hákon Hákonarson'' ; Norwegian: ''Håkon Håkonsson''), sometimes called Haakon the Old in contrast to his namesake son, was King of Norway from 1217 to 1263. His reign lasted for 46 years, longer than any Norwegian king since Harald Fairhair. Haakon was born into the troubled civil war era in Norway, but his reign eventually managed to put an end to the internal conflicts. At the start of his reign, during his minority, Earl Skule Bårdsson served as regent. As a king of the birkebeiner faction, Haakon defeated the uprising of the final bagler royal pretender, Sigurd Ribbung, in 1227. He put a definitive end to the civil war era when he had Skule Bårdsson killed in 1240, a year after he had himself proclaimed king in opposition to Haakon. Haakon thereafter formally appointed his own son as his co-regent. Under Haakon's rule, medieval Norway is considered to have reached its zenith or golden age. His reputation and for ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
