Harald Hardrada returns to Scandinavia
1042
After a decade of serving as commander of the Varangian Guard at Constantinople, earning a fortune fighting Sicilian Arabs and Bulgarian rebels, the Norwegian exile sailed home to claim half of Norway from his nephew. His violent career would culminate at Stamford Bridge a quarter century later. The gold he brought back from Byzantium funded an army that made him the most feared king in the North.
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High Middle Ages (1000–1300), one of 1,306 events from that era on Saeculum.
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