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Harald II Greycloak (
Old Norse:
Haraldr gráfeldr,
Norwegian:
Harald Gråfell,
Danish:
Harald Gråfeld) (d.
976), was the son of
Eirik Bloodaxe and a grandson of
Harald Fairhair. After his father's death, he and his brothers allied with
King Harald Gormson of
Denmark against
King Haakon. After Haakon's death at
Fitjar in
961, Harald and his brothers became kings of
Norway, but they'd little authority outside Western Norway. Harald, by being the oldest, was the most powerful of the brothers. He attempted to strengthen his rule by killing the local rulers
Sigurd Haakonsson,
Tryggve Olafsson and
Gudrød Bjørnsson. He also undertook a Viking expedition to
Bjarmaland in northern
Russia. In
976, he was tricked into coming to
Denmark and killed in a plot planned by
Sigurd Haakonsson's son
Haakon Sigurdsson, who had become an ally of
Harold Bluetooth.
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