the ledger of connections
The Connections of Harald Hardrada
King of Norway from 1046 to 1066 Every person recorded alongside Harald Hardrada in the archive: family, teachers, students, influences, and the contemporaries who shared the same years.
Family & Connections
People recorded alongside Harald Hardrada in the ledgers of the archive.
- Parents
- Sigurd Syr, Åsta Gudbrandsdatter
- Spouses
- Tora Torbergsdatter, Elisiv of Kiev
- Children
- Ingegerd of Norway, Maria Haraldsdotter, Magnus II of Norway, Olaf III of Norway
- Siblings
- Olaf II of Norway, Halfdan Sigurdsson
Alive in the same years
Records in the archive whose lifetimes overlapped the years 1015 to 1066.
Medieval era
Al-Ghazali
1058 – December 19, 1111
Persian Sunni Muslim scholar and mystic (c.1058–1111)
Medieval era
William the Conqueror
November 8, 1028 – September 9, 1087
King of England from 1066 to 1087, Duke of Normandy from 1035 to 1087 (1028–1087)
Medieval era
Ibn al-Haytham
965 CE – 1038
Arab physicist, mathematician and astronomer (c. 965 – c. 1040)
Medieval era
Ibn Sina (Avicenna)
980 CE – June 18, 1037
Persian polymath whose Canon of Medicine taught Europe for 600 years
Medieval era
Al-Biruni
September 4, 973 CE – December 9, 1048
11th-century Persian scholar and polymath (973–1048)
Medieval era
Ferdowsi
940 CE – 1020
Persian poet, author of Shahnameh (940–1020)
Medieval era
Omar Khayyam
May 18, 1048 – December 4, 1131
Persian mathematician and poet (1048–1131)
Medieval era
Leif Erikson
972 CE – 1020
Norse explorer (c. 970 – c. 1020)
Medieval era
Ali Hujwiri
1009 – September 25, 1072
Sufi mystic
Medieval era
Rabia Balkhi
b. c. 1000
Persian poet, first woman poet of Islamic period
Medieval era
Su Shi
January 8, 1037 – August 24, 1101
Chinese writer and politician (1037–1101)
Medieval era
Sei Shonagon
966 CE – 1025
Japanese author and court lady