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Kjotve the Rich (

Old Norse Old Norse, Old Nordic, or Old Scandinavian, is a stage of development of North Germanic languages, North Germanic dialects before their final divergence into separate Nordic languages. Old Norse was spoken by inhabitants of Scandinavia and t ...

: ''Kjǫtvi hinn auðgi'', Norwegian: ''Kjøtve den Rike'') was a king of

Agder Agder is a county (''fylke'') and traditional region in the southern part of Norway. The county was established on 1 January 2020, when the old Vest-Agder and Aust-Agder counties were merged. Since the early 1900s, the term Sørlandet ("sou ...

, then one of the

petty kingdoms of Norway The petty kingdoms of Norway ( nb, smårike) were the entities from which the later Kingdom of Norway was founded. Before the unification of Norway in 872 and during the period of fragmentation after King Harald Fairhair's death, Norway was div ...

during the late 9th century. Kjotve led the western Norwegian kings against King

Harald Fairhair Harald Fairhair no, Harald hårfagreModern Icelandic: ( – ) was a Norwegian king. According to traditions current in Norway and Iceland in the eleventh and twelfth centuries, he reigned from 872 to 930 and was the first King of N ...

(''Harald Hårfagre'') at the

Battle of Hafrsfjord The Battle of Hafrsfjord ( no, Slaget i Hafrsfjord) was a great naval battle fought in Hafrsfjord sometime between 872 and 900 that resulted in the unification of Norway, later known as the Kingdom of Norway. After the battle, the victorious Viki ...

(''Slaget i Hafrsfjorden''). Defeated by Harald, Kjotve fled; many of his allies were killed in the battle. His son Thorir Haklang was a berserker who fell during the

Popular Culture

Kjotve appears as the first main assassination target under the name "Kjotve the Cruel" in ''

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''. Contrary to history, Kjotve's son in the game is instead named Gorm Kjotvesson, furthermore, in the mobile title ''Assassin's Creed: Rebellion'' through a tie-in event, ''The Ravens' Wound'', Kjotve has a second son, Hrolfr. In the prequel comic limited series, ''Assassin's Creed Valhalla: Song of Glory'' by

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, Kjotve is correctly referred to by his epitaph "the Rich." Kjotve appears in

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's '' Crusader Kings'' series, ruling the province of Agder.

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