ÿþ<html> <head> <title> WHKMLA : Biographies : Vikings, Magyars, Saracens </title> <!-- copyright Alexander Ganse, 2004-2006 --> </head> <body bgcolor="lightblue" text="black" link="blue" vlink="red" alink="brown"> <style> <!-- A{ font-weight: bold; font-size: 10pt; font-face: arial; } --> </style> <DIV align ="center"> <TABLE border = "0" cellspace="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"> <TR> <TD align = "center" valign = "center"> <A HREF = "../../index.html"> <img src = "../../whkmla2.jpg" border = "0"></a></TD></TR></TABLE> <TABLE border = "0" cellspace="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"> <TR> <TD width = "150" height = "36" align = "center" valign = "center"> <font size = "2" face = "arial"><B> Timeline </b></font></TD> <TD width = "36" height = "36" align = "center" valign = "center"> <A HREF = "../../timelines/wh/tlvikings.html"> <img src = "../../region/arrowleft.gif" width = "36" height = "36" border = "0"> </a></TD> <TD align = "center" valign = "center"> <A HREF = "../../timelines/whchapters.html"> <img src = "../../region/banners/banbiography.jpg" border = "0"> </TD> <TD width = "36" height = "36" align = "center" valign = "center"> <A HREF = "../../histdic/wh/hdvikings.html"> <img src = "../../region/arrowright.gif" width = "36" height = "36" border = "0"> </a></TD> <TD width = "100" height = "36" align = "center" valign = "center"> <font size = "2" face = "arial"><B> Historical Dictionary </b></font></TD></TR></TABLE> <font size = "3" face = "arial"><B><i>First posted on May 11th 2004 </i></b></font><BR><BR><BR><BR> <TABLE border = "0" cellspace="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"> <TR> <TD align = "center" valign = "center" width = "900"> <font face = "Times Roman" size = "5"><B> Biographies : Vikings, Magyars, Saracens </B></font> <BR> <font face = "Times Roman" size = "2"><i> http://www.zum.de/whkmla/biographies/wh/biovikings.html </i></font> </B></font></TD></TR></TABLE> <BR><BR> <TABLE border = "0" cellspace="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"> <TR> <TD align = "left" valign = "center" width = "150"> <font face = "Times Roman" size = "2"> Arpad <BR><BR> Canute the Great <BR><BR><BR> Erik the Red Thorvaldsson <BR><BR> Gorm the Old <BR><BR> Harald Bluetooth <BR><BR><BR> <A NAME = "hardrada">Harald Hardrada</A> <BR><BR><BR><BR><BR> Leif Ericsson <BR><BR><BR> Saint Olaf <BR><BR><BR> Olaf Tryggvesson <BR><BR> Oleg <BR><BR> Robert Guiscard <BR><BR><BR> Rollo <BR><BR><BR> Rurik <BR><BR><BR> Snorri Sturlusson <BR><BR> Saint Stephen <BR><BR><BR> Svend Forkbeard <BR><BR><BR> Thorfinn Karlsefni <BR><BR> Vladimir <BR><BR> William the Conqueror <BR><BR> </font></TD> <TD align = "left" valign = "center" width = "500"> <font face = "Times Roman" size = "2"> Magyar leader who, together with Kursan, lead the Magyar conquest of Pannonia. <BR> Since the death of Kursan, he was sole ruler of the Magyars. <BR> also spelled Cnut; in Danish Knud den Store. Son of Svend Forkbeard, born in 994 <BR> or 995, King of England and Denmark since 1013/1017, in 1028 he invaded Norway. died in 1035 <BR> Icelandic Viking; declared an outlaw in 980-981, he, with his followers, left Iceland, <BR> settled Greenland in 983-986. <A HREF = "http://viking.no/e/people/leif/e-erik.htm">Viking Network</A> <BR> First recoded King of Denmark, died in 958 or 959, resided in Jelling, Jutland. <BR> in Danish : Gorm den Gamle <BR> Son of Gorm the Old, whom he succeeded as King of Denmark; born c.911, King of <BR> Denmark since 935/940, temporarily King of Norway. Introduced christianity to <BR> Denmark in the 960es. in Danish Harald Bl&aring;tand. <BR> Norwegian Viking, fled Norway after fighting on the losing side od the Battle of Stiklestad <BR> 1030 age 15, served in the Varangian Guard in Byzantium, returned to Sweden from <BR> where, with an army, he invaded Denmark in 1046; became King of Norway in 1047, <BR> tried to establish his control over Denmark until 1064, invaded England in 1066, fell <BR> in Battle of Stamford Bridge. in Norw. Harald Hardr&aring;de. Haywood p.124f <BR> Son of Erik the Red, born on Iceland c. 970, left Iceland with his father, settled on <BR> Greenland, discovered Vinland and Markland (Labrador, Newfoundland, coast further <BR> south) c. 1000, died c.1020. <A HREF = "http://viking.no/e/people/leif/index.html">Viking Network</A> <BR> Born in 995 as Olaf Haraldsson; King of Norway since 1015; suppressed rebellious <BR> nobles, introduced christianity by force; in 1029 a major rebellion broke out; Olaf was <BR> killed in 1030. Later beatified; Norway's patron saint. <BR> Born in 969, grew up in Novgorod as a Norwegian exile, returned with a force to <BR> Norway in 995, was accepted as King, died in battle off R&uuml;gen in 1000. <BR> son of Rurik (Viking name Helgi), ruler since 879, moved his capital to Kiev in 882, <BR> led a raid against Constantinople in 911, died in 912. <BR> son of a petty nobleman in Normandy, born c.1015, joined the service of the ruler of <BR> Naples in 1030, soon conquered a fief of his own, conquered southern Italy and then <BR> Sicily, turned conquest into Kingdom of Sicily, died in 1085. <BR> Danish Viking, born c.860, lead the Great Army in France; in 911 he was made <BR> Count of Rouen (the nucleus of the Duchy of Normandy), converted to christianity <BR> died c.932 <BR> Viking, of Swedish (and, as claimed by Russian historians, also of Slavic) descent, <BR> established control over Novgorod in 862. Founder of the Rurikid dynasty which <BR> ruled Kievan Rus. <BR> Icelandic historian and politician, 1179-1241; he codified the elder and younger Edda <BR> and wrote the Heimskringla (Story of the Kings of Norway). <BR> in Hungarian Istvan I., born 975, became Duke of Hungary; introduced christianity <BR> in 996, was crowned King, died 1038, later beatified, became Hungarian patron <BR> saint. <BR> Son of Harald Bluetooth, born c.965, King of Denmark since 986, raided England <BR> year after year; in 1013, while in control of most of England, he died there. <BR> also spelled Sweyn, Svein; in Danish Svend Tvesk&aelig;g. <BR> Born in Iceland, settled first on Greenland and, in 1002, on Newfoundland; died <BR> there in 1007. <A HREF = "http://47.1911encyclopedia.org/T/TH/THORFINN_KARLSEFNI.htm">EB 1911</A> <BR> born c.958, ruler of Kiev since 980, introduced Greek orthodox christianity in 988. <BR> Died in 1015. <BR> William (Guillaume), born c.1027, Duke of Normandy since 1035, invaded England in <BR> 1066, thence William the Conqueror, crowned King of England 1066, died 1087 <BR> </font></TD> </TR></TABLE> <BR><BR> <TABLE border = "0" cellspace="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"> <TR> <TD align = "center" valign = "center" width = "700"> <font face = "Times Roman" size = "2"> </font></TD></TR></TABLE> <BR><BR> </DIV> </DIV> <DIV align="center"> <A href="mailto:aganse@hotmail.com"> <IMG src="../../email.gif" border="0"></a><BR> <BR><BR><BR><BR><BR> <!-- Start of CH Counter --> <script type="text/javascript"> //<!-- // chCounter v2.0.0 // settings: cstatus = "active"; visible = "0"; path_to_counterfile = "http://www.zum.de/whkmla/counter/counter.php"; urlhp = "http://www.zum.de"; //////////////// url = unescape(location.href); file = url.substring(url.lastIndexOf(urlhp) + urlhp.length, url.length); file = (file.charAt(0) != "/") ? 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