( English king Harold Godwinson defeated Harald’s forces, only to fall in battle against William of Normandy the following month.) At the very least, the Norwegian king sailed from his home country to Kiev to Constantinople to Sicily and back again before dying during a failed invasion of England in 1066.
Imagine the 11th-century Viking world as a circle spanning four continents: Harald would have personally traveled at least two-thirds of its perimeter. Harald Hardrada was perhaps the most interesting Viking in history.
