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See also:HAAKON I ., surnamed " the See also:Good " (d. 961), was the youngest son of See also:Harald Haarfager. He was fostered by See also:- KING
- KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
- KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
- KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
- KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
- KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
- KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
- KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
- KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
- KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
- KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
- KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)
King Aethelstan of See also:England, who brought him up in the See also:Christian See also:religion, and on the See also:news of his See also:father's See also:death in 933 provided him with See also:ships and men for an expedition against his See also:half-See also:brother Erik, who had been proclaimed king. On his arrival in See also:Norway Haakon gained the support of the landowners by promising to give up the rights of See also:taxation claimed by his father over inherited real See also:property. Erik fled, and was killed a few years later in England. His sons allied themselves with the Danes, but were invariably defeated by Haakon, who was successful in everything he undertook except in his See also:attempt to introduce See also:Christianity, which aroused an opposition he did not feel strong enough to See also:face. He was killed at the See also:battle of Fitje in 961, after a final victory over Erik's sons. So entirely did even his immediate circle ignore his religion that a See also:court skald composed a poem on his death representing his welcome by the See also:heathen gods into See also:Valhalla.
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