Harald, King of Norway

Family: Norway · Role: king · First appears: A.D. 1066 · part 1

Life events

1066 · Tosty submitted to Harald, King of Norway, and became his man.(A.D. 1066 · part 1 · 📍 Scotland)
- With: Tosty
- “There met him Harold, King of Norway, with three hundred ships. And Tosty submitted to him, and became his man.”
1066 · Edwin and Morkar fought Harald and Tosty, but the Northmen won the field.(A.D. 1066 · part 1)
- With: Earl Edwin Morkar Tosty
- “But, ere King Harold could come thither, the Earls Edwin and Morkar had gathered from their earldoms as great a force as they could get, and fought with the enemy. They made a great slaughter too; but there was a good number of the English people slain, and drowned, and put to flight: and the Northmen had possession of the field of battle.”
1066 · Harold defeated Harald and Tosty at Stanfordbridge, where both leaders were slain.(A.D. 1066 · part 1 · 📍 Stanfordbridge)
- With: Tosty Harold son of Godwin
- “There was slain Harald the Fair-hair'd, King of Norway, and Earl Tosty, and a multitude of people with them, both of Normans and English; and the Normans that were left fled from the English, who slew them hotly behind;”

vassal / appointee: Tosty “And Tosty submitted to him, and became his man.”
enemies with Earl Edwin “But, ere King Harold could come thither, the Earls Edwin and Morkar had gathered from their earldoms as great a force as they could get, and fought with the enemy.”
enemies with Morkar “But, ere King Harold could come thither, the Earls Edwin and Morkar had gathered from their earldoms as great a force as they could get, and fought with the enemy.”
enemies with Harold son of Godwin “Thither came Harold, king of the English, unawares against them beyond the bridge; and they closed together there, and continued long in the day fighting very severely.”

Extracted from the original text of The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle. Made with Rho MD.