# Harald Hardrada
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Harald Sigurdsson, also known as Harald of Norway (Old Norse: Haraldr Sigurðarson; c. 1015 – 25 September 1066) and given the epithet Hardrada (Old Norse: harðráði, modern Norwegian: Hardråde, roughly translated as "stern counsel" or "hard ruler") in the sagas, was King of Norway (as Harald III) from 1046 to 1066. In addition, he unsuccessfully claimed both the Danish throne until 1064 and the English throne in 1066. Before becoming king, Harald had spent around fifteen years in exile as a mercenary and military commander in Kievan Rus' and of the Varangian Guard in the Byzantine Empire.
Undercover Agent at The Battle of Hastings [REPLAY]
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The Battle of Hastings turns 960 this week. On 14 October 1066, one afternoon on a Sussex hillside ended Anglo-Saxon England, kicked off the Norman Conquest and handed the crown to William the Conqueror. To mark the anniversary, we're revisiting our Season 4 episode where Keon went back to stop it,…
Vikings Went from Christendom’s Terror to Its Best Crusaders
In 1861, an archaeologist named James Farrer broke into a grass-covered Neolithic tomb on the Orkney Islands expecting to find ancient bones and treasure. The tomb was empty. But its walls were covered with runic inscriptions, dozens of them, carved by Norse visitors centuries earlier. Most were mu…
1066: The Norman Conquest and the Birth of Medieval England: England Before the Storm: The World of 1066 – Part 1
In the year 1066, England stood at the edge of one of the most consequential transformations in its history. It was not an impoverished or primitive kingdom waiting to be rescued by a more advanced civilization. On the contrary, England was wealthy, organized and politically sophisticated, with an …
1066: The Norman Conquest and the Birth of Medieval England: Three Kings and a Crown: The Road to Invasion – Part 2
When Edward the Confessor died on the 5th January 1066, England did not simply lose a king. It lost the political center around which a fragile succession had been organized. Within hours, the kingdom had a new ruler, but that ruler was immediately confronted by men who believed that the English cr…
Metal Detectorists Find the Lost Stamford Bridge Battlefield | 1066 Special
It’s 960 years since 1066, and Katie and Murray mark the anniversary of the Battles of Stamford Bridge and Hastings, with Murray dressed for the occasion in his Viking shield and axe.
Murray reviews the History Hit documentary 1066: The Lost Battleground. In it, Dan Snow joins detectorists Simon Ri…
Harald Hardrada: The Last Viking King and the Road to Stamford Bridge | Forgotten History
Our midweek Forgotten History extra continues the 1066 theme. Murray tells the story of Harald Hardrada, the Norwegian king whose death at the Battle of Stamford Bridge is traditionally seen as the end of the Viking Age in England.
Harald was fighting in battles by the age of 15. After his half-bro…
Saxons & Vikings: The Last Viking Harald Hardrada with Don Hollway
Welcome to our SAXON/ VIKING HISTORY FORTNIGHT !
Let's talk about the Viking whose defeat at Stamford Bridge secured the victory of William the Conqueror over Harold Godwinson. I'm talking of course, of the greatest Viking of them all - Harald Hardrada.
With us today we have Don Hollway, who has wr…
1066: The Norman Conquest and the Birth of Medieval England: Hastings: The Day England Changed Forever – Part 4
By the autumn of 1066, England had become the prize at the center of one of the most extraordinary succession crises in medieval European history. What had begun as a dispute over the English crown had already drawn armies from Scandinavia and Normandy onto English soil, forcing King Harold Godwins…
Harald Hardrada: Exile, Byzantine Service and Kingship, 1015–1066 | Calm Bedtime History
At Stiklestad in Norway, in the summer of 1030, an army gathered around King Olaf Haraldsson. Among those later said to have fought beside him was his teenage half-brother Harald Sigurdsson.
1066: The Norman Conquest and the Birth of Medieval England: Conquest: William Takes England – Part 5
The Battle of Hastings, fought on the 14th of October 1066, decided the immediate fate of the English crown, but it did not deliver England into William of Normandy's hands overnight. Harold Godwinson was dead, his army had been defeated, and the Anglo-Saxon kingdom had lost the king who had led it…
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