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Male Eric "Blood Axe" Haraldsson Click to view Eric "Blood Axe" Haraldsson in the family tree

Eric "Blood Axe" was born in 0895.  Eric "Blood Axe"'s father was Harald I "Fairhair" , King of Norway Halfdansson and his mother was Svanhild Eysteinsdatter.  His paternal grandparents were Halfdan "The Balck" , King of Vestfold Gudrodsson and Ragnhild Sigurdsdatter; his maternal grandparents were Eystein Glumra the Noisy Jarl of the Upplands Ivarsson and Aseda Rognvaldsdatter. He had four brothers named Olaf "Gierstad-Alf" Haraldsson Prince of, Bjorn "The Merchant" Haraldsson Prince of, Regner "Rykkil" Haraldsson Prine of and Sigurd Harraldsson King of.  He was the oldest of the five children.  He died at the age of 59 in 0954.


Eric "Blood Axe"'s family with Gunhild Gormsdatter

They had a son named Harold II Eriksson King of.

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