Norway — Minor Figures

4 figures from The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle who appear only briefly. Each keeps their own page; this one gathers them so they can be read together.

Edmund, the king's son (A.D. 1066)

king's son · first appears A.D. 1066 · part 1

A.D. 1066 · part 1 · with Harold son of Godwin “But Harold let the king's son, Edmund, go home to Norway with all the ships.”

king · first appears A.D. 1066 · part 1

A.D. 1066 · part 1 · enemies with Harold son of Godwin “And Harold, king of the English, then came over the bridge, followed by his army; and there they made a great slaughter, both of the Norwegians and of the Flemings.”

king's son · first appears A.D. 1066 · part 1

A.D. 1066 · part 1 · with Harold son of Godwin “He also gave quarter to Olave, the Norwegian king's son, and to their bishop, and to the earl of the Orkneys, and to all those that were left in the ships; who then went up to our king, and took oaths that they would ever maintain faith and friendship unto this land.”

king · first appears A.D. 1019–1035

A.D. 1019–1035 · enemies with King Knute “and drove King Olave from the land, which he entirely secured to himself.”

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