Viking Sword (29 page)

I have made up Elfrida and his marriage to her but the kings of that time had many liaisons with many women.  Some kings sired up to twenty illegitimate children and many legitimate ones. The practice continued into the late middle ages. Wives were frequently taken for political reasons. The inspiration for the abduction comes from the story of the Welsh Princess Nest (Nesta) who, in the 12
th
century had two children by King Henry 1
st
and was then married to one of his friends.  She was abducted by a Welsh knight who lived with her until her husband recaptured her and killed her abductor.

Harald Klak became King of Denmark in 826 but I made up his brother.

I used the following books for research

• British Museum - ‘Vikings- Life and Legends’
  
• ‘Saxon, Norman and Viking’ by Terence Wise (Osprey)
  
• Ian Heath - ‘The Vikings’. (Osprey)
  
• Ian Heath- ‘Byzantine Armies 668-1118 (Osprey)
  
• David Nicholle- ‘Romano-Byzantine  Armies 4
  th
  -9
  th
  Century (Osprey)
  
• Stephen Turnbull- ‘The Walls of Constantinople AD 324-1453’ (Osprey)
  
• Keith Durham- ‘Viking Longship’ (Osprey)
  

Griff Hosker
March 2015

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