Sigurd the Crusader

Sigurd the Crusader
King of Norway
Reign1103 – 26 March 1130
PredecessorMagnus III
SuccessorMagnus IV and Harald IV
Born1089
Died26 March 1130
Oslo, Kingdom of Norway
Burial
Spouses
Issue
Names
Sigurd Magnusson
Regnal name
Sigurd I
HouseHardrada
FatherMagnus III of Norway
MotherTora (concubine)

Sigurd Magnusson (1089[1] – 26 March 1130), also known as Sigurd the Crusader (Old Norse: Sigurðr Jórsalafari, Norwegian: Sigurd Jorsalfare), was King of Norway (being Sigurd I) from 1103 to 1130. His rule, together with his half-brother Øystein (until Øystein died in 1123), has been regarded by historians as a golden age for the medieval Kingdom of Norway. He is otherwise famous for leading the Norwegian Crusade (1107–1110), earning him the eponym "the Crusader", and was the first European king to participate in a crusade personally.[2][3]

  1. ^ "Sigurd 1 Magnusson Jorsalfare". Norsk Biografisk Leksikon (in Norwegian). 30 June 2022.
  2. ^ Literally "Jerusalem-farer", but commonly translated into English as "the Crusader".
  3. ^ Riley-Smith, Jonathan (1996). The First Crusade and the Idea of Crusading. University of Pennsylvania Press. p. 132. ISBN 0812213637.