Eystein Haraldsson

Eystein Haraldsson
King of Norway
Reign1142–1157
PredecessorSigurd II and Inge I
SuccessorInge I and Haakon II
Bornc.1125
possibly Scotland
Died21 August 1157
Bohuslän
Burial
Foss, Bohuslän
SpouseRagna Nikolasdatter
IssueEystein Meyla
HouseGille
FatherHarald IV of Norway
MotherBjaðǫk

Eystein Haraldsson (Old Norse: Eysteinn; Norwegian: Øystein); c.1125 21 August 1157), also called Eystein II, was King of Norway from 1142 to 1157. He ruled alongside his half-brothers, Inge Haraldsson and Sigurd Munn. He was killed in the power-struggle against his brother Inge in an early stage of the civil war era in Norway.