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EARL HAAKON AND THE JOMS VIKINGS - CLAN CARRUTHERS CCIS

EARL HAAKON AND THE JOMSVIKINGS Chief among the nobles of Haakon the Good, of Norway, was Earl Sigurd of Hlade; and first among those who followed him was Earl Haakon, Sigurd’s son. After the death of Haakon the Good, the sons of Gunhild became the masters of Norway, where they ruled like tyrants, murdering Sigurd, whom they most feared. This made the young Earl Haakon their bitter foe. A young…