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The Heimskringla on Hakon Eiriksson

Heimskringla > The Chronicle Of The Kings Of Norway > 28. Hakon Taken Prisoner By Olaf.

attestation: Earl Hakon was described as the handsomest man, with long silk-fine hair bound with a gold ornament.

"Earl Hakon was led up to the king's ship. He was the handsomest man that could be seen. He had long hair, as fine as silk, bound about his bead with a gold ornament."
attestation: Earl Hakon swore the oath, received back his ship, and departed with his men in peace.

"Earl Hakon took the oath that he would never fight against Olaf, or seek to defend Norway against him, or attack him; and King Olaf thereupon gave him and all his men life and peace."
relationship: Hakon was Eirik's son, referred to as of the race of great Hakon.

"Hakon, Earl Eirik's son"

attestation: After his release in 1014, Earl Hakon sailed to England and was received well by his uncle King Canute, who gave him great power in his kingdom.

"After this (A.D. 1014) the earl made ready as fast as possible to leave the country and sail over to England. He met King Canute, his mother's brother, there, and told him all that had taken place between him and King Olaf. King Canute received him remarkably well, placed him in his court in his own house, and gave him great power in his kingdom."
relationship: Canute was Hakon's mother's brother (uncle).

"King Canute, his mother's brother"
relationship: During Svein and Hakon's rule, a reconciliation with Erling Skialgson was secured by Erling's son Aslak marrying Gunhild, Earl Svein's daughter.

"During the time Svein and Hakon ruled over Norway, a reconciliation with Erling Skialgson was effected, and secured by Aslak, Erling's son, marrying Gunhild, Earl Svein's daughter"

attestation: Earl Hakon had another dragon of forty banks with a gilded figurehead.

"Earl Hakon had another dragon of forty banks, and it also had a gilt figure-head."

attestation: The people's inclinations favored Earl Hakon, who was much beloved when he had previously ruled the country

"The inclinations of the people, also, were all in favour of Earl Hakon, who was much beloved by the country folks when he ruled the country before."

attestation: Earl Hakon sailed south from Throndhjem to More against King Olaf, and Kalf Arnason came to meet him with men who had deserted the king

"Earl Hakon had sailed with his fleet from Throndhjem, and gone south to More against King Olaf, as before related. Now when the king bore away, and ran into the fjord, the earl followed him thither; and then Kalf Arnason came to meet him"
attestation: The earl took King Olaf's ships from the strand at Valdal in Todar fjord, had them put on water, and assigned commanders by lot

"The earl steered in through Todar fjord to Valdal, where the king had laid up his ships on the strand. He took the ships which belonged to the king, had them put upon the water and rigged, and cast lots, and put commanders in charge of them according to the lots."

attestation: Earl Hakon left Norway in summer 1029 for England, where he was well received and had a bride; he intended to procure wedding goods unavailable in Norway.

"Earl Hakon left the country this summer (A.D. 1029), and went to England, and when he came there was well received by the king."
attestation: Earl Hakon's ship was lost at sea with no survivors; some reported it was last seen north of Caithness in a heavy storm with wind blowing out of Pentland Firth.

"the vessel was lost, and not a man escaped. Some relate that the vessel was seen north of Caithness in the evening in a heavy storm, and the wind blowing out of Pentland Firth."
attestation: With Earl Hakon missing and nothing from the ship ever reaching land, Norway was left without a ruler that winter.

"all men knew that he neither came to Norway nor to England that autumn, so that Norway that winter was without a head."