Harald Hardrada: Route Map & Timeline

Harald Hardrada: 8 stops from 1030 to 1066, from Stiklestad to Stamford Bridge.

Route and timeline

#	Year	Place	What happened
1	1030	Stiklestad	At fifteen he fights beside his half-brother Olaf II; Olaf falls and the wounded Harald flees Norway.
2	1031	Novgorod	Takes service with Grand Prince Yaroslav the Wise in Rus'.
3	1034	Constantinople	Joins the emperor's Varangian Guard and soon commands it.
4	1038	Sicily	Campaigns against the Arabs in Sicily under the Byzantine general George Maniakes.
5	1043	Kyiv	Returns to Rus' with great wealth and marries Yaroslav's daughter Elisiv.
6	1046	Trondheim	Back in Norway he shares the throne with his nephew Magnus, ruling alone from the next year.
7	1048	Oslo	Founds Oslo at the head of the fjord (traditional date).
8	1066	Stamford Bridge	Invades England to claim its crown and dies at Stamford Bridge, often seen as the end of the Viking Age.