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Kjotve the Rich (

Old Norse Old Norse, also referred to as Old Nordic or Old Scandinavian, was a stage of development of North Germanic languages, North Germanic dialects before their final divergence into separate Nordic languages. Old Norse was spoken by inhabitants ...

: ''Kjǫtvi hinn auðgi'', Norwegian: ''Kjøtve den Rike'') was a king of

Agder Agder is a counties of Norway, county () and districts of Norway, traditional region in the southern part of Norway and is coextensive with the Southern Norway region. The county was established on 1 January 2020, when the old Vest-Agder and Au ...

, then one of the

petty kingdoms of Norway The petty kingdoms of Norway () were the entities from which the later Kingdom of Norway was founded. Before the unification of Norway in 872 and during the period of fragmentation after King Harald Fairhair's death, Norway was divided in se ...

during the late 9th century. Kjotve led the western Norwegian kings against King

Harald Fairhair Harald Fairhair (; – ) was a Norwegian king. According to traditions current in Norway and Iceland in the eleventh and twelfth centuries, he reigned from 872 to 930 and was the first Monarchy of Norway, King of Norway. Supposedly, two ...

(''Harald Hårfagre'') at the

Battle of Hafrsfjord The Battle of Hafrsfjord () was a naval battle fought in Hafrsfjord sometime between 872 and 900 that resulted in the unification of Norway, later known as the Kingdom of Norway (872–1397), Kingdom of Norway. After the battle, the victorious Vi ...

(''Slaget i Hafrsfjorden''). Defeated by Harald, Kjotve fled; many of his allies were killed in the battle. His son Thorir Haklang was a berserker who fell during the

Popular culture

A character loosely inspired by the historical Kjotve, nicknamed "Kjotve the Cruel", appears in an antagonistic role during the opening hours of the 2020 video game ''

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''. Kjotve the Cruel has one son named Gorm, who features periodically throughout the game, and Kjotve is revealed through the mobile game ''Assassin's Creed: Rebellion'' to have a second son, Hrolfr. Kjotve appears in

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's video game '' Crusader Kings'', and its

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, ruling the province of Agder.

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