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Munan Byskopson
Munan Byskopson ( – 1260), was a 13th-century nobleman, steward, and liegeman loyal to Haakon IV of Norway. He was the son of a bishop, he had a brother Sigurd Byskopson. In 1235 the king sent him a letter instructing him to Arnbjorn Johnson and combine forces until they knew what the result of a diplomatic message to Earl Skule Bårdsson would be. By 1240 he was the Steward of Hedmark. He had fled in 1240 from the Wolf-Skins and linked up with Ogmund Crouchdance. He subsequently split with Ogmund and marched to the North Dales where he stayed for some time. In the Spring of 1240 he seized an abbot who had been sent by Skule Bårdsson requesting help from foreign princes; he had heard the abbot was engaging in skullduggery beforehand. After catching the abbot he waited in Bergen with the queen to deliver the news to Haakon. In 1247 he was one of the 9 liegeman in service to the king at the kings Coronation A coronation is the act of placement or bestowal of a coronati ... [...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] |
Sigurd Byskopson
Sigurd ( non, Sigurðr ) or Siegfried (Middle High German: ''Sîvrit'') is a legendary hero of Germanic heroic legend, who killed a dragon and was later murdered. It is possible he was inspired by one or more figures from the Frankish Merovingian dynasty, with Sigebert I being the most popular contender. Older scholarship sometimes connected him with Arminius, victor of the Battle of the Teutoburg Forest. He may also have a purely mythological origin. Sigurd's story is first attested on a series of carvings, including runestones from Sweden and stone crosses from the British Isles, dating from the eleventh century. In both the Norse and continental Germanic tradition, Sigurd is portrayed as dying as the result of a quarrel between his wife (Gudrun/Kriemhild) and another woman, Brunhild, whom he has tricked into marrying the Burgundian king Gunnar/Gunther. His slaying of a dragon and possession of the hoard of the Nibelungen is also common to both traditions. In other respects, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
