[All]: Haraldr Eiríksson was killed by Haraldr Gormsson of Denmark and Gull-Haraldr, a Dan. royal pretender, in Limfjorden, Denmark (c. 976), at the instigation of Hákon jarl. See Theodoricus (MHN 10-11), Ágr (ÍF 29, 14), Fsk (ÍF 29, 107-9), ÓTHkr (ÍF 26, 233-9). The nine years of his reign do not include the six years of struggle for power between the sons of Eiríkr blóðøx and Hákon jarl. ÓTHkr (ÍF 26, 239) and Ágr (ÍF 29, 13) give fifteen years, HN (MHN 107) fourteen years and Theodoricus (MHN 10) has twelve years. See also Ólafía Einarsdóttir 1964, 177-9.
References
- Bibliography
- Ágr = [Anonymous] Ágrip af Nóregs konunga sögum.
- MHN = Storm, Gustav, ed. 1880. Monumenta historica Norvegiæ: Latinske kildeskrifter til Norges historie i middelalderen. Kristiania (Oslo): Brøgger. Rpt. 1973. Oslo: Aas & Wahl.
- ÍF 26-8 = Heimskringla. Ed. Bjarni Aðalbjarnarson. 1941-51.
- HN = Historia Norwegiæ. In MHN 69-124.
- ÍF 29 = Ágrip af Nóregskonunga sǫgum; Fagrskinna—Nóregs konungatal. Ed. Bjarni Einarsson. 1985.
- Theodoricus = Theodrici monachi historia de antiquitate regum Norwagiensium. In MHN 1-68.
- Internal references
- (forthcoming), ‘ Unattributed, Fagrskinna’ 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, p. . <https://skaldic.org/m.php?p=text&i=56> (accessed 23 April 2024)