Paul Haakonsson
Haakonsson served jointly as Earl of Orkney together with Harald Haakonsson.
Paul Haakonsson had not been well loved by his female kin.
In 1137, Paul was reportedly abdicated and killed on the orders of the mother of Harald Haakonsson.
His mother and her sister, Frakkok, had previously tried to murder him with a poisoned shirt which instead caused the death of Harald Haakonsson in 1127.
It is said that Frakkok and her supporters had originally intended to advance the claims of Harald Haakonsson's son Erlend Haraldsson upon Paul's death.
However, Paul Haakonsson was replaced as Earl of Orkney by his second cousin, Rognvald Kali Kolsson, one of the lead men of King Harald Gille of Norway.
Rognvald Kali Kolsson did serve as guardian of Harald Maddadsson, the nephew of Paul Haakonsson.
In 1138, Rognvald appointed Harald Maddadsson as Earl of Orkney jointly with himself.
Motherland (disambiguation)
Motherland is the place of one's birth, the place of one's ancestors, or the place of origin of an ethnic group.
Motherland may also refer to:
Pallig
PalligTokesen( died 13 November 1002) was a Danish chieftain.
He was recruited to help Ethelred II, and was made Jarl or Ealdorman of Devonshire.
He is said to have been killed in the St. Brice's Day massacre, along with his wife Gunhilde, daughter of Harald Bluetooth of Denmark and sister of Sweyn Forkbeard.
Sweyn's invasions from 1002 may have been partly in revenge for the murder of his sister.
An alternative version is that Pallig deserted the service of King Æthelred in 1001, and that the massacre was partly Æthelred's revenge.
Harald Bluetooth
Harald "Bluetooth" Gormsson (died c. 985/86) was a king of Denmark and Norway.
He was the son of King Gorm the Old and of Thyra Dannebod.
Harald ruled as king of Denmark from c. 958 – c. 986.
Harald introduced Christianity to Denmark and consolidated his rule over most of Jutland and Zealand.
Harald's rule as king of Norway following the assassination of King Harald Greycloak of Norway was more tenuous, most likely lasting for no more than a few years in the 970s.
Some sources say his son Sweyn Forkbeard forcibly deposed him from his Danish throne before his death.
Harald Greycloak
Harald II Greycloak or Grey- hide literally translated
( Old Norse:" Haraldr gráfeldr", Norwegian:, Danish:; c. 935 – c. 970) was a king of Norway from the Fairhair dynasty ..
Harald acquired his nickname' Gray- hide' after an encounter with the crew of an Icelandic merchant ship which carried a large load of' vararfeldir', a type of faux fur made from sheep's wool.
The Icelanders were having trouble selling their faux furs so when the king asked them if they would make a present to him of one of the furs, which happened to be grey, the sailors did not hesitate and the king immediately used it as a cloak.
This set an instant fashion trend and before long the Icelanders had sold their entire load of previously unsalable furs to the kings men and the locals.
Harald was ever after known as Harald' Gray- hide'.
Harald was the son of Eirik Bloodaxe and a grandson of Harald Fairhair.
His mother was Gunnhild Gormsdatter, the sister of King Harald Bluetooth.
After his father's death in 954, Harald and his brothers allied with their uncle, King Harald Bluetooth, against King Haakon I of Norway.
They fought several battles against King Haakon including the Battle of Rastarkalv near the island of Frei in 955 and the Battle of Fitjar in 961.
After King Haakon's death at Fitjar, Harald and his brothers became kings of Norway, but they had little authority outside Western Norway.
Harald, by being the oldest, was the most powerful of the brothers.
In 961, their uncle King Harald Bluetooth of Denmark traveled to Norway and declared Harald Greycloak to be his vassal king in Norway.
Harald moved to strengthen his rule by killing the local rulers including Sigurd Haakonsson, Tryggve Olafsson and Gudrød Bjørnsson.
Harald Greycloak thus took power over the country up to and including Hålogaland.
Harald established control over the trade route along the Norwegian coast.
He also undertook a Viking expedition to Bjarmaland, today the area of Arkhangelsk in northern Russia.
Harald soon became less dependent on support from Harald Bluetooth.
In 970, he was tricked into coming to Denmark and killed in Hals in the Limfjord in a plot planned by Sigurd Haakonsson's son Haakon Sigurdsson, who had become an ally of Harald Bluetooth.
Haakon Sigurdsson had become the Jarl of Lade after his own father was killed by Harald Greycloak's men in 961.
The surviving brothers of Harald Greyhide fled the country after his death.
With the death of Harald Greycloak, King Harald Bluetooth won back power over Norway and he supported Haakon Sigurdsson as his vassal king.
Harald Greycloak
Harald II Greycloak or Grey- hide literally translated
( Old Norse:" Haraldr gráfeldr", Norwegian:, Danish:; c. 935 – c. 970) was a king of Norway from the Fairhair dynasty ..
Harald acquired his nickname' Gray- hide' after an encounter with the crew of an Icelandic merchant ship which carried a large load of' vararfeldir', a type of faux fur made from sheep's wool.
The Icelanders were having trouble selling their faux furs so when the king asked them if they would make a present to him of one of the furs, which happened to be grey, the sailors did not hesitate and the king immediately used it as a cloak.
This set an instant fashion trend and before long the Icelanders had sold their entire load of previously unsalable furs to the kings men and the locals.
Harald was ever after known as Harald' Gray- hide'.
Harald was the son of Eirik Bloodaxe and a grandson of Harald Fairhair.
His mother was Gunnhild Gormsdatter, the sister of King Harald Bluetooth.
After his father's death in 954, Harald and his brothers allied with their uncle, King Harald Bluetooth, against King Haakon I of Norway.
They fought several battles against King Haakon including the Battle of Rastarkalv near the island of Frei in 955 and the Battle of Fitjar in 961.
After King Haakon's death at Fitjar, Harald and his brothers became kings of Norway, but they had little authority outside Western Norway.
Harald, by being the oldest, was the most powerful of the brothers.
In 961, their uncle King Harald Bluetooth of Denmark traveled to Norway and declared Harald Greycloak to be his vassal king in Norway.
Harald moved to strengthen his rule by killing the local rulers including Sigurd Haakonsson, Tryggve Olafsson and Gudrød Bjørnsson.
Harald Greycloak thus took power over the country up to and including Hålogaland.
Harald established control over the trade route along the Norwegian coast.
He also undertook a Viking expedition to Bjarmaland, today the area of Arkhangelsk in northern Russia.
Harald soon became less dependent on support from Harald Bluetooth.
In 970, he was tricked into coming to Denmark and killed in Hals in the Limfjord in a plot planned by Sigurd Haakonsson's son Haakon Sigurdsson, who had become an ally of Harald Bluetooth.
Haakon Sigurdsson had become the Jarl of Lade after his own father was killed by Harald Greycloak's men in 961.
The surviving brothers of Harald Greyhide fled the country after his death.
With the death of Harald Greycloak, King Harald Bluetooth won back power over Norway and he supported Haakon Sigurdsson as his vassal king.
Where Was I
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Gyrid of Sweden
Gyrid Olafsdottir of Sweden( also Gyrithe Olafsdottir or Gunnhild) was a 10th- century Swedish princess and a Danish queen consort as the spouse of King Harald Bluetooth of Denmark.
Gorm the Old
Gorm the Old , also called Gorm the Languid , was ruler of Denmark, reigning from to his death .
He ruled from Jelling, and made the oldest of the Jelling Stones in honour of his wife Thyra.
Gorm was born before 900 and died .
Place of birth
The place of birth( POB) or birthplace is the place where a person was born.
This place is often used in legal documents, together with name and date of birth, to uniquely identify a person.
As a general rule with respect to passports, the place of birth is determined to be the country that currently has" sovereignty" over the actual place of birth, regardless of when the birth actually occurred.
The place of birth is not necessarily the place where the parents of the new baby live.
If the baby is born in a hospital in another place, that place is the place of birth.
In many countries, this also means that the government requires that the birth of the new baby is registered in the place of birth.
Some countries place less or no importance on the place of birth, instead using alternative geographical characteristics for the purpose of identity documents.
For example, Sweden has used the concept of" födelsehemortdomicile of birth") since 1947.
This means that the domicile of the baby's mother is the registered place of birth.
The location of the maternity ward or other physical birthplace is considered unimportant.
Similarly, Switzerland uses the concept of" Heimatortlieu d'origineluogo d'origineplace of origin" in German, French and Italian respectively).
A child born to Swiss parents is automatically assigned the place of origin of the parent with the same last name, so the child either gets their mother's or father's place of origin.
A child born to one Swiss parent and one foreign parent acquires the place of origin of their Swiss parent.
In a Swiss passport and identity card, the holder's place of origin is stated, not their place of birth.
In some countries( primarily in the Americas), the place of birth automatically determines the nationality of the baby, a practice often referred to by the Latin phrase" jus soli".
Almost all countries outside the Americas instead attribute nationality based on the nationality( ies) of the baby's parents( referred to as" jus sanguinis").
There can be some confusion regarding the place of birth if the birth takes place in an unusual way: when babies are born on an airplane or at sea, difficulties can arise.
The place of birth of such a person depends on the law of the countries involved, which include the nationality of the plane or ship, the nationality( ies) of the parents and/ or the location of the plane or ship( if the birth occurs in the territorial waters or airspace of a country).
Some administrative forms may request the applicant's" country of birth".
It is important to determine from the requester whether the information requested refers to the applicant's" place of birth" or" nationality at birth".
For US citizens born abroad who under the US Constitution acquire US citizenship at the time of birth, the nationality at birth will be USA( American), while the place of birth would be the country in which the actual birth takes place.

Question: Where did Harald Bluetooth's father die?
Answer: Jelling