the ledger of connections
The Connections of Eric Bloodaxe
10th-century Norwegian ruler Every person recorded alongside Eric Bloodaxe in the archive: family, teachers, students, influences, and the contemporaries who shared the same years.
Family & Connections
People recorded alongside Eric Bloodaxe in the ledgers of the archive.
- Parents
- Harald Fairhair, Ragnhild Eiriksdatter
- Spouses
- Gunnhild
- Children
- Gamle Eirikssen, Harald Greycloak, Ragnhild Eriksdotter, Guttorm Eriksson, Ragnfred Eriksson, Gudrod Eriksson, Sigurd Sleva
- Siblings
- Ólöf árbót Haraldsdóttir, Haakon the Good, Olaf Haraldsson Geirstadalf, Bjørn Farmann, Halvdan Hålegg, Guttorm Haraldsson, Halfdan Haraldsson the Black, Rørek Haraldsson, Halfdan Hvide (?), Frode Haraldsson
Alive in the same years
Records in the archive whose lifetimes overlapped the years 895 CE to 954 CE.
Medieval era
Alfred the Great
849 CE – October 26, 899 CE
King of Wessex (r. 872–901)
Medieval era
Al-Razi
866 CE – 925 CE
Persian polymath, physician, chemist and philosopher (854-925)
Medieval era
Ferdowsi
940 CE – 1020
Persian poet, author of Shahnameh (940–1020)
Medieval era
Rudaki
859 CE – 941 CE
Persian poet, the father of Persian poetry
Medieval era
Ismail Samani
849 CE – November 24, 907 CE
Amir of the Samanid Empire from 892 to 907
Medieval era
Al-Mutanabbi
920 CE – 965 CE
Arab poet (c. 915 – 965)
Medieval era
Æthelstan
895 CE – October 27, 939 CE
King of Wessex and first king of England (r. 924-939)
Medieval era
Æthelflæd
870 CE – June 12, 918 CE
Mercian monarch
Medieval era
Hywel Dda
880 CE – 950 CE
10th-century Welsh king
Medieval era
Brian Boru
941 CE – April 23, 1014
High King of Ireland
Medieval era
Edward the Elder
874 CE – July 17, 924 CE
King of the Anglo-Saxons (r. 899–924)
Medieval era
Edgar the Peaceful
943 CE – July 8, 975 CE
King of the English (r. 959–975)