Erling Skakke(1115 – 18 June 1179), the son of Kyrpinga-Orm, was a Norwegian strongman and earl during the 12th century. He earned his name crusading with the Earl of Orkney in the Mediterranean from 1152-1155. Erling first sailed for the Holy Land, then Constantinople and lastly visited Rome. During a battle with Arabwarriors on Sicily a sword-wielding Arab cut Erling in the neck. This caused him to tilt with the head to one side (skakke means slanted). He was married to Kristina, the daughter of Sigurd Jorsalfar and they had the son Magnus Erlingsson, whom he managed to make elected king of Norway in 1161 and crowned in 1163.
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