See also:

• HAAKON (Old Norse Hdkon)

HAAKON I  ., surnamed " the See also:

• GOOD, JOHN MASON (1764-1827)

Good " (d . 961), was the youngest son of See also:

• HARALD

Harald Haarfager . He was fostered by See also:

• KING
• KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
• KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
• KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
• KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
• KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
• KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
• KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
• KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
• KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
• KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
• KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)

King Aethelstan of See also:

• ENGLAND
• ENGLAND, THE CHURCH OF

England, who brought him up in the See also:

• CHRISTIAN
• CHRISTIAN, WILLIAM (1608-1663)

Christian See also:

• RELIGION
• RELIGION, FOLKLORE, CUSTOM

religion, and on the See also:

• NEWS

news of his See also:

• FATHER

father's See also:

• DEATH

death in 933 provided him with See also:

• SHIPS

ships and men for an expedition against his See also:

• HALF

half-See also:

• BROTHER

brother Erik, who had been proclaimed king . On his arrival in See also:

• NORWAY
• NORWAY (Norge)

Norway See also:

• HAAKON (Old Norse Hdkon)

Haakon gained the support of the landowners by promising to give up the rights of See also:

• TAXATION
• TAXATION (from " tax," derived, through the French, from Lat. taxare, to appraise, which again is connected with the same root as tangere, to touch)

taxation claimed by his father over inherited real See also:

• PROPERTY

property . Erik fled, and was killed a few years later in England . His sons allied themselves with the Danes, but were invariably defeated by Haakon, who was successful in everything he undertook except in his See also:

• ATTEMPT (Lat. adtemptare, attentare, to try)

attempt to introduce See also:

• CHRISTIANITY

Christianity, which aroused an opposition he did not feel strong enough to See also:

• FACE (from Lat. fades, derived either from facere, to make, or from a root fa-, meaning " appear "; cf. Gr. cbatvstv)

face . He was killed at the See also:

• BATTLE

battle of Fitje in 961, after a final victory over Erik's sons . So entirely did even his immediate circle ignore his religion that a See also:

• COURT
• COURT (from the O. Fr. court, Late Lat. cortis, curtis, a popular form of class. Lat. cohors, gen. cohortis; the mod. Fr. form tour is due to the influence of the Lat. curia, the word used in medieval documents to translate " court " in the feudal sense)
• COURT, ANTOINE (1696-176o)

court skald composed a poem on his death representing his welcome by the See also:

• HEATHEN

heathen gods into See also:

• VALHALLA (Old Norse Valhdll, i.e. " hall of the slain ")

Valhalla .