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Also known as Eystein II Haraldsson, Underking of Norway

King of Norway

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Vinony's link graph records 118 inbound references to Eystein II, and connects out to Sigurd II of Norway, Harald IV of Norway and Haakon II of Norway.

It is catalogued under topics including 1120s births, 1157 deaths and 12th-century murdered monarchs.

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Type
Group
Country
JP
Active from
1982-12
Active to
1999-12-31

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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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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.

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Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Eystein II” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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