Håkon Ladejarl Eriksson 1 2 3
- Born: Cir 998
- Marriage: Gunhild of Wendland
- Died: 1030 aged 32
General Notes:
Stattholder i Norge 1028 - 1030.
Håkon ble innsatt til å styre farens del av Norge da denne i 1015 dro til England for å hjelpe Knud den Mektige. Han ble kort tid senere overrasket av Olav den Hellige, men fikk beholde livet og tillatelse til å dra til England. Han ble i 1028 igjen innsatt som jarl.
From Snorre Sturlasson: Saga of Olaf Haraldson:
"139. HERE BEGINS THE STORY OF CANUTE THE GREAT.
During this time Canute the Great, called by some Canute the Old, was king of England and Denmark. Canute the Great was a son of Svein Haraldson Forkedbeard, whose forefathers, for a long course of generations, had ruled over Denmark. Harald Gormson, Canute's grandfather, had conquered Norway after the fall of Harald Grafeld, Gunhild's son, had taken scat from it, and had placed Earl Hakon the Great to defend the country. The Danish King, Svein Haraldson, ruled also over Norway, and placed his son-in-law Earl Eirik, the son of Earl Hakon, to defend the country. The brothers Eirik and Svein, Earl Hakon's sons, ruled the land until Earl Eirik went west to England, on the invitation of his brother-in-law Canute the Great, when he left behind his son Earl Hakon, sister's son of Canute the Great, to govern Norway. But when Olaf the Thick came first to Norway, as before related, he took prisoner Earl Hakon the son of Eirik, and deposed him from the kingdom. Then Hakon proceeded to his mother's brother, Canute the Great, and had been with him constantly until the time to which here in our saga we have now come. ..."
Det ble forberedt, og muligens holdt, bryllup mellom Håkon og Gunhild, en søsterdatter til kong Knud. Gunhilds far var en vendisk konge. Men da han langt ut på høsten i en sendeferd for kong Knut reiste til Orknøyene, forliste han i Pentlandsfjorden og omkom. Hans brud (eller enke) ble senere gift med den danske høvding Harald, sønn til Torkel den høye.
Håkon skal ha etterlatt seg en datter, Bothild. Om Bodil, som var gift med "Galicieulv", heter det nettopp at hennes mor var Knud den Mektiges søsterdatter.
Håkon var den siste mann på mannslinjen i Ladejarlsætten, og ingen kunne lengre opprettholde ættens krav i full utstrekning.
Noted events in his life were:
• He was an Earl of Worcester.
Håkon married Gunhild of Wendland, daughter of Vortigern of Wendland and Gunhild Svendsdatter. (Gunhild of Wendland died after 1066.)
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