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 KINGS OF NORWAY. 391 Bcarefoot, came from Ireland, and was acknowledged noie^. by King Sigurd as his brother. 1 130. King Sigurd the Crusader died. Magnus his son, called the Blind, was taken by half the country as king, and Harald Gille by another part of the country. 1132. Magnus married Christina, a daughter of Canute Lavard, duke of Sleswick, but sent her away the following year. 1134. Magnus expelled Harald Gille, and remained sole king of Norway. 1135. Harald Gille returned, and surprised King Magnus in Bergen ; put out his eyes, castrated him, and put him into a monastery ; and became sole king. King Inge the Hunchback was born. 1136. Sigurd Slembidiakn, calling himself a son of Magnus Barefoot, and brother of Harald Gille, appeared ; and on the 13th December killed King Harald Gille at Bergen, but was not supported by the people, and fled. Sigurd and Inge, sons of Harald Gille, were made joint kings ; Sigurd being then four years of age, and Inge one year old. 1137. Sigurd Slembidiakn took Magnus the Blind out of the monastery at Drontheim ; but not being supported by the people, Magnus retired to the Uplands, and Sigurd to Orkney. 1139. Sigurd Slembidiakn and Magnus the Blind, having obtained assistance from Denmark, fought a battle with the kings Inge and Sigurd, and were defeated. Magnus the Blind was slain, and Sigurd Slembidiakn tortured to death. 1142. Ey stein, a son of Harald GiUe, came from Scotland, and was made king of a third of Norway. 1147. Hakon Herdabreid, or the Broad-shouldered, was born. 1151. Swerrer, afterwards king of Norway, was born. 1152. Nicolas Breakspear, an Enghshman, came as cardinal to Norway. He was afterwards pope under the title of Adrian IV. 1153. King Eystein went to Orkney, and appears by the saga to have marauded along the coast of Scotland and Eng- land as far south as Scarborough. This appears to have