Haakon II the Broadshouldered Sigurdsson, King of Norway^[1]

1147 - 1162  (15 years)

• Name	Haakon II the Broadshouldered Sigurdsson
  Suffix	King of Norway
  Birth	1147
  Gender	Male
  Acceded	1157
  Death	1162
  Notes	http://www.hull.ac.uk/php/cssbct/cgi-bin/gedlkup.php/n=royal?royal05443 http://www.thepeerage.com/p11302.htm#i113018 Haakon II Sigurdsson, King of Norway also went by the nick-name of Haakon 'Broad Shoulders'.«sup»2«/sup» He succeeded to the title of «i»King Haakon II of Norway«/i» in 1161.«sup»1«/sup» 1. Jirí Louda and Michael MacLagan, «i»Lines of Succession: Heraldry of the Royal Families of Europe, 2nd edition«/i» (London, U.K.: Little, Brown and Company, 1999), table 24. Hereinafter cited as «i»Lines of Succession«/i». 2. John Morby, «i»Dynasties of the World: a chronological and genealogical handbook«/i» (Oxford, Oxfordshire, U.K.: Oxford University Press, 1989), page 147. Hereinafter cited as «i»Dynasties of the World«/i».
  Person ID	I10915	Glenn Cook Family
  Last Modified	10 Feb 2009

  
  

  Father	Sigurd II Mouth of Norway Haraldsson, King of Norway,   b. 1133   d. 10 Jun 1155 (Age 22 years)
  Mother	Thora, a workwoman   d. Yes, date unknown
  _STAT	Associated with
  Family ID	F4899	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Sources

  [S36] Brian Tompsett, Dept of Computer Science, University of Hull, England(B.C.Tompsett@dcs.hull.ac.uk), Directory of Royal Genealogical Data, (This work is Copyright b 1994-2002 Brian C Tompsett).