Harald Hardrada in the Varangian Guard
1034–1043 · Event
Exiled after Stiklestad, the future Norwegian king serves Kiev and then Constantinople, fighting in Sicily, Bulgaria and the East and amassing a fortune.
On these timelines: The Viking Age, Scandinavia, the Nordic World & the Viking Age, Master
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