Sigurd Munn | |
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King of Norway | |
Reign | 1136 – 6 February 1155 |
Predecessor | Harald Gille |
Successor | Inge I and Eystein II |
Co-emperors | Inge I Eystein II of Norway (from 1142) |
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), or Sigurd II, also called Sigurd Munn,[1] was king of Norway from 1136 to 1155. He was son of Harald IV Gille, king of Norway and his mistress Thora Guttormsdotter (Þóra Guthormsdóttir). He served as co-ruler with his half-brothers, Inge Haraldsson and Eystein II 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]