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===A brother?=== In the account cited in the Latin text of the North Sagas entitled, ''Morte Rex Eilricus'' (The death of King Eirikr){{dubious|reason=Mangled Latin, only Google search hits seem to be clones of this article.|date=June 2024}} which had been copied long ago from the annals of the lost York Chronicles, the author provides the details of the events leading to Eric (Eirikr or Eirik) Bloodaxe's death "fraudulently, treacherously betrayed by Earl Osulfus" ([[Osulf I of Bamburgh|Osulf, Earl of Bamburg]]) "... was killed by Earl Maccus ... at the [[Battle of Stainmore|Battle of Steinmor]] ... and there fell Eirikr, with his sons and brothers and all his army ... and his brother Reginaldus [Latin for Ragnald or Ragnvald] ... His son was also known as: Henricus or Haericus [Latin form] and brother as Ragnald or Reginaldus [Latin form] ... together with his son Henricus" whom the commentator [[Michael Wood (historian)|Michael Wood]] in 1981 documentary TV series "In Search of the Dark Ages" (in the episode "In Search of Eric Bloodaxe") identifies as 'Harékr' (from the Latin ''Haeric'' or ''Henricus'' or ''Haericus'') "and brother Ragnald" (from the Latin ''Reginaldus'').<ref>''In Search of the Dark Ages '' ([[BBC Television]] documentary presented by Michael Wood): episode ''In Search of Erik Bloodaxe'' (released on 26 March 1981), in which he reads off the Latin transcription of the actual text of the Sagas.</ref> Historians have been struck by the correspondence with these names in ''Fagrskinna'', which says two of the kings who died with Eric in his final battle against Osulf (Olaf) were called Harékr and Ragnvald, although they are not identified as relatives there<ref name="ftn12">Campbell, "Two Notes". p. 97.</ref> they certainly are identified as his son (''cum filio'' – meaning: 'with his son') and his brother ({{lang|la|et fratre}} – meaning: 'and [his] brother') in the North Sagas.
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