Sigurd I of Norway

Timeline

1. c. 1090–1103Bergen · Western NorwaySon of Magnus III Barefoot, he grew up in the Norwegian court while his father campaigned in Ireland and Scotland. After his father died in Ireland in 1103, he, brother Eystein, and brother Olaf divided the Norwegian crown three ways by tradition, Sigurd taking Western Norway and the key coastal trading towns.
2. 1101–1110Jerusalem · Kingdom of JerusalemCrown prince 1101–1103, thereafter co-ruler with his brothers and dominant in the west. In autumn 1107 he launched the Norwegian Crusade with about sixty ships, going via England and Galicia to Sicily, and active in the Kingdom of Jerusalem 1108–1110, supporting Baldwin I and visiting Bethlehem and the Jordan River. On the return voyage he negotiated in Constantinople with Byzantine Emperor Alexios I, receiving lavish gifts that bolstered the prestige of the Norwegian royal house.