Vol. II. Poetry from the Kings’ Sagas 2: from c. 1035 to c. 1300 8. Introduction 5. Biographies 1. Royal Biographies 1. Kings of Norway e. Hákon Þórisfóstri Magnússon (r. 1093-4) e. Hákon Þórisfóstri Magnússon (r. 1093-4)
Kari Ellen Gade 2009, ‘Hákon Þórisfóstri Magnússon (r. 1093-4)’ in Kari Ellen Gade (ed.), Poetry from the Kings’ Sagas 2: From c. 1035 to c. 1300. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 2. Turnhout: Brepols [check printed volume for citation].
Saga:
Mberf (
Ágr,
Fsk,
H-Hr,
Hkr,
Mork,
Theodoricus).
Hákon was the son of Magnús Haraldsson and the grandson of Haraldr harðráði (see Genealogy II.2 in ÍF 28). He was fostered by Steigar-Þórir Þórðarson (SteigÞ), hence his nickname Þórisfóstri ‘Foster-son of Þórir’. Hákon ruled Norway with his cousin, Magnús berfœttr, from 1093 until his death in February 1094. See Theodoricus (MHN 59; McDougall and McDougall 1998, 47), Ágr (ÍF 29, 42-3; Ágr 1995, 60-5), Mork (Mork 1928-32, 297-8; Andersson and Gade 2000, 285-6), Fsk (ÍF 29, 302-3; Finlay 2004, 241-2), Hkr (ÍF 28, 210-12; Hollander 1991, 668-70), H-Hr (Fms 7, 1‑4).
Events documented in poetry: The joint rule of Hákon and Magnús (Anon (Mberf) 1).
References
- Bibliography
- Fms = Sveinbjörn Egilsson et al., eds. 1825-37. Fornmanna sögur eptir gömlum handritum útgefnar að tilhlutun hins norræna fornfræða fèlags. 12 vols. Copenhagen: Popp.
- Andersson, Theodore M. and Kari Ellen Gade, trans. 2000. Morkinskinna: The Earliest Icelandic Chronicle of the Norwegian Kings (1030-1157). Islandica 51. Ithaca and London: Cornell University Press.
- MHN = Storm, Gustav, ed. 1880. Monumenta historica Norvegiæ: Latinske kildeskrifter til Norges historie i middelalderen. Kristiania (Oslo): Brøgger. Rpt. 1973. Oslo: Aas & Wahl.
- Mork 1928-32 = Finnur Jónsson, ed. 1928-32. Morkinskinna. SUGNL 53. Copenhagen: Jørgensen.
- Finlay, Alison, trans. 2004. Fagrskinna: A Catalogue of the Kings of Norway. Leiden: Brill.
- Hollander, Lee M. 1991 = Hollander, Lee M. 1964a.
- McDougall, David and Ian McDougall, trans. 1998. Theodoricus monachus. Historia de antiquitate regum norwagiensium: An Account of the Ancient History of the Norwegian Kings. Viking Society for Northern Research Text Series 11. University College, London: Viking Society for Northern Research.
- Theodoricus = Theodrici monachi historia de antiquitate regum Norwagiensium. In MHN 1-68.
- Internal references
- Kari Ellen Gade 2009, ‘Heimskringla (Hkr)’ in Kari Ellen Gade (ed.), Poetry from the Kings’ Sagas 2: From c. 1035 to c. 1300. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 2. Turnhout: Brepols [check printed volume for citation].
- Diana Whaley 2012, ‘Fagrskinna (Fsk)’ in Diana Whaley (ed.), Poetry from the Kings’ Sagas 1: From Mythical Times to c. 1035. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 1. Turnhout: Brepols, pp. clix-clxi.
- Kari Ellen Gade 2009, ‘Hulda and Hrokkinskinna (H-Hr)’ in Kari Ellen Gade (ed.), Poetry from the Kings’ Sagas 2: From c. 1035 to c. 1300. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 2. Turnhout: Brepols [check printed volume for citation].
- Kari Ellen Gade 2009, ‘Morkinskinna (Mork)’ in Kari Ellen Gade (ed.), Poetry from the Kings’ Sagas 2: From c. 1035 to c. 1300. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 2. Turnhout: Brepols [check printed volume for citation].
- Not published: do not cite (MberfII)
- Kari Ellen Gade and Diana Whaley (eds) 2009, ‘Anonymous Lausavísur, Lausavísur from Magnúss saga berfœtts 1’ in Kari Ellen Gade (ed.), Poetry from the Kings’ Sagas 2: From c. 1035 to c. 1300. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 2. Turnhout: Brepols, pp. 828-9.