The great Viking king of Norway, Harald Hardrada (1015 – 1066) was a true international warrior. His life was an adventurous Viking journey from Norway to Kiev, to Constantinople, to Palestine, Bulgaria, Turkey, England and more. His Viking kinsman and Norman ruler, William the Conqueror later conquered England in 1066 AD. A few days earlier the king of Norway, …
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Harald Hardrada: Viking Warrior king of Norway, commander in Constantinople
The Viking warrior king of Norway, Harald Hardrada (1015 – 1066) commander in Constantinople, lived a spectacular life. An army commander and friend of Grand-Prince Yaroslav the Wise in Rus – Russia, he also served the Greek Emperor in the Middle East, became Norwegian king and fought valiantly at Stamford Bridge in 1066, a year that forever changed British, …
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