Key facts
- Reign
- 1142–1157
- Predecessor
- Sigurd II and Inge I
- Successor
- Inge I and Haakon II
- Born
- c. 1125 , possibly Scotland
- Died
- 21 August 1157, Bohuslän
- Burial
- Foss, Bohuslän
- Spouse
- Ragna Nikolasdatter
- Issue
- Eystein Meyla
- House
- Gille
- Father
- Harald IV of Norway
- Mother
- Bjaðǫk
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Øystein
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Norway
- Place of birth
- Scotland
- Place of death
- Bohuslän
- Spouse
- Ragna Nikolasdatter
- Child
- Eystein Meyla
- Father
- Harald IV of Norway
- Mother
- Bjaðǫk
- Position held
- Monarch of Norway
- Religion
- Christianity
- Family
- Gille dynasty
- Image
- Haraldsonnens saga-Simon Skalp-W. Wetlesen.jpg
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- Eystein II of Norway
- date of death
- 1157-08-21
- date of birth
- 1125-01-01
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Encyclopedic overview
Eystein Haraldsson (Old Norse: Eysteinn; Norwegian: Øystein); c. 1125 – 21 August 1157), also called Eystein II, was King of Norway from 1142 to 1157. He ruled alongside his half-brothers, Inge Haraldsson and Sigurd Munn. He was killed in the power-struggle against his brother Inge in an early stage of the civil war era in Norway.
Origins
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Eystein II” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.