The Earls of Lade (Norwegian: ladejarler) were a dynasty of Norse jarls from Lade (Old Norse: Hlaðir), who ruled what is now Trøndelag and Hålogaland...
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kingdoms of Viken as vassals, while the two Earls of Lade, Eric Haakonsson and Sweyn Haakonsson, ruled Western Norway and Trøndelag, nominally as earls under...
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Eiríkr Hákonarson (redirect from Eric of Lade)
known as Eric of Hlathir or Eric of Norway (Old Norse: Eiríkr Hákonarson; 960s – 1020s), was Earl of Lade, Governor of Norway and Earl of Northumbria....
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Harald Hardrada (redirect from Harold III of Norway)
for the remainder of his reign. By the death of Einar and his son around 1050, the Earls of Lade had outplayed their role as a base of opposition, and Trøndelag...
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Harald's direct rule (red), Earls of Lade (purple), Earls of Møre (orange) The division of the kingdom after the Battle of Svolder (1000 AD) between Sweden...
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Sweyn Forkbeard (redirect from Sweyn I of Denmark)
the allegiance of Eric, Earl of Lade, Sweyn ruled most of Norway. In 1013, shortly before his death, he became the first Danish king of the English after...
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Haakon Ericsson (category 11th-century rulers of the Kingdom of the Isles)
Norwegian: Håkon Eiriksson; died c. 1029–1030) was the last Earl of Lade and governor of Norway from 1012 to 1015 and again from 1028 to 1029 as a vassal...
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Svein Knutsson (redirect from Sweyn II of Norway)
came as a great disappointment to a number of Norwegians who had wished to take the place of the Earls of Lade (Ladejarls). Nobles like Einar Tambarskjelve...
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assistance in Otto's war against the Slavs. Battle of Hjörungavágr: The Earls of Lade under Haakon Sigurdsson (the Powerful) defeat a Danish invasion force...
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Håkon Grjotgardsson (category Norwegian earls)
Grjotgardsson (Old Norse: Hákon Grjótgarðsson) was the first Earl of Lade and an ally of Harald Fairhair, King of Norway. Nicknamed Håkon the Rich (Hákon jarl hinn...
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