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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 110. Chapters: Richard I of England, Harold Godwinson, Gustavus Adolphus of Sweden, Richard III of England, Macbeth, King of Scotland, Harald Hardrada, Malcolm III of Scotland, James IV of Scotland, Constantin mac Cinaeda, Charles XII of Sweden, Murad I, Brian Boru, W adys aw III of Poland, Olaf I of Norway, Alfonso V of Leon, James II of Scotland, Louis II of Hungary, Godigisel, Duncan I of Scotland, Alexander I of Epirus, Eric Bloodaxe, Haakon I of Norway, Ptolemy VI Philometor, James III of Scotland, Olaf II of Norway, John of Bohemia, Kenneth III of Scotland, Indulf, Constantine III of Scotland, Ramiro I of Aragon, Antiochus IX Cyzicenus, Antiochus VII Sidetes, Antiochus XII Dionysus, Mongke Khan, Lazar of Serbia, Vlad III the Impaler, Sebastian of Portugal, Yohannes IV of Ethiopia, Magnus III of Norway, Ottokar II of Bohemia, Roderic, Manfred, King of Sicily, Inge I of Norway, Abel, King of Denmark, Dawit II of Ethiopia, Theodoric I, Gelawdewos of Ethiopia, Magnus IV of Norway, Magnus V of Norway, Sweyn III of Denmark, Sverker II of Sweden, Chlodomer, Garcia Sanchez III of Navarre, Jabalah IV ibn al-Harith, Umar al-Aqta, Bermudo III of Leon, Bran Ua Maele Duin, Pacorus I of Parthia, Maine mac Neill, Godred Magnusson, George VII of Georgia, Fogartach mac Cummascaig, Ardo, Umur the Lion, Teodor I Muzaka, Al-Nu'man II ibn al-Aswad. Excerpt: Eric Haraldsson (Eric, anglicised form of Old Norse: died 954), nicknamed 'Bloodaxe' (blooox), was a 10th-century Scandinavian ruler. He is thought to have had short-lived terms as the second king of Norway and possibly as the last independent ruler of the kingdom of Northumbria (c. 947/8-948 and 952-5). Distinct from the king of Norway of the Norse sagas, a member of the Fairhair dynasty, the historical Eric of Northumbria has recently been argued to have actually belonged to the Ui Imair...