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Sigurd the Crusader
| Sigurd the Crusader | |||||||||
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| King of Norway | |||||||||
| Reign | 1103 – 26 March 1130 | ||||||||
| Predecessor | Magnus Barefoot | ||||||||
| Successor | Magnus Sigurdsson and Harald Gille | ||||||||
| Born | 1089 | ||||||||
| Died | 26 March 1130 Oslo, Kingdom of Norway | ||||||||
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| House | Hardrada | ||||||||
| Father | Magnus Barefoot | ||||||||
| Mother | Tora (concubine) | ||||||||
Sigurd the Crusader (Old Norse: Sigurðr Jórsalafari; Norwegian: Sigurd Jorsalfare; 1089[1] – 26 March 1130), also known as Sigurd Magnusson and Sigurd I, was King of Norway from 1103 to 1130. His rule, together with his half-brother Øystein (until Øystein died in 1123), has been regarded by historians as a golden age for the medieval Kingdom of Norway. He is otherwise famous for leading the Norwegian Crusade (1107–1110), earning him the eponym "the Crusader", and was the first European king to participate in a crusade personally.[2][3]
- ^ "Sigurd 1 Magnusson Jorsalfare". Norsk Biografisk Leksikon (in Norwegian). 30 June 2022.
- ^ Literally "Jerusalem-farer", but commonly translated into English as "the Crusader".
- ^ Riley-Smith, Jonathan (1996). The First Crusade and the Idea of Crusading. University of Pennsylvania Press. p. 132. ISBN 0812213637.
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