Sigurd Munn | |
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King of Norway | |
Reign | 1136 – 6 February 1155 |
Predecessor | Harald Gille |
Successor | Inge I and Eystein II |
Born | 1133 |
Died | Bergen | 10 June 1155
Burial | Old Cathedral, Bergen (destroyed in 1531) |
Illegitimate children |
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House | Gille |
Father | Harald Gille |
Mother | Thora Guttormsdotter (concubine) |
Sigurd Haraldsson (Old Norse: Sigurðr Haraldsson; 1133 – 10 June 1155), also called Sigurd Munn,[1] was king of Norway (being Sigurd II) from 1136 to 1155. He was son of Harald Gille, king of Norway and his mistress Thora Guttormsdotter (Þóra Guthormsdóttir). He served as co-ruler with his half-brothers, Inge Haraldsson and Eystein Haraldsson. His epithet Munn means "the Mouth" in Old Norse. He was killed in the power-struggle against his brother, Inge, in an early stage of the civil war era in Norway.[2]