Erling Skakke, the son of Kyrpinga-Orm, was a Norwegian strongman and earl during the 13th century. He earned his name during a crusade where he was cut in the neck with a sword. This caused him to tilt with the head to one side (skakke means slanted). He was marred 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 1162. An Earl as a member of the British peerage ranks below a Marquess and above a Viscount. ... (12th century - 13th century - 14th century - other centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 13th century was that century which lasted from 1201 to 1300. ... Sigurd I (1089?-1130), nicknamed Sigurd Jorsalfar (Sigurd the Crusader) was king of Norway 1103-1130. ... Magnus Erlingsson (1156-1184). ... Events Bartholomew Iscanus becomes Bishop of Exeter. ... // Events June 3 - Thomas Becket consecrated as Archbishop of Canterbury. ...

When Sigurd Sverresson became the leader of the Birkebeiner, Erlings position was compromised, and he fell at the battle of Kalvskindet outside of Nidaros in 1179. King Sverri honoured his fallen opponent by giving a speech at his funeral in the church. Birkebeinar was a contemporary pejorative name for a rebellious party in Norway, formed in 1174 by Eystein Meyla. ... Nidaros was the old name of Trondheim, Norway, in the middle ages. ... Events Third Council of the Lateran condemned Waldensians and Cathars as heretics, institutes a reformation of clerical life, and creates the first ghettos for Jews Afonso I is recognized as the true King of Portugal by Portugal the protection of the Catholic Church against the Castillian monarchy Philip II is...

Erling was a talented man, but he was not known for noble qualities. He was ruthless, especially when it concerned his own position and that of his son. In 1164, he founded an Augustine monastery at halsnø on the Hardanger fjord. // Events Count Henry I of Champagne marries Marie de Champagne. ... The Augustinians, named after Saint Augustine of Hippo (died AD 430), are several Roman Catholic monastic orders and congregations of both men and women living according to a guide to religious life known as the Rule of Saint Augustine. ...