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[LH] Gunnhild 2016-10-05

Here's my latest leaderhead, Gunnhild- wife of Eric Bloodaxe, 10th century Viking king



Thanks to SaibotLieh, theCapo and charle88

Code:
		<LeaderheadArtInfo>
			<Type>ART_DEF_LEADER_GUNNHILD</Type>
			<Button>Art/Leaderheads/Gunnhild/Gunnhild.dds</Button>
			<NIF>Art/Leaderheads/Gunnhild/Gunnhild.nif</NIF>
			<KFM>Art/LeaderHeads/elizabeth/elizabeth.kfm</KFM>
			<NoShaderNIF>Art/Leaderheads/Gunnhild/Gunnhild.nif</NoShaderNIF>
			<BackgroundKFM>art/LeaderHeads/Gunnhild/alexander_BG.kfm</BackgroundKFM>
		</LeaderheadArtInfo>
Bio
Gunnhild, the leader for the Viking Civilization in Civilization 2, is a character that appears in the Icelandic Sagas, according to which she was the wife of Eric Bloodaxe (king of Norway 930–34, 'King' of Orkney c. 937–54, and king of Jórvík 948–49 and 952–54). Many of the details of her life are disputed, including her parentage. Although she is treated in the sagas as a historical person, even her historicity is a matter of some debate.[2] Gunnhild appears prominently in many Norse sagas, including Fagrskinna, Egil's Saga, Njal's Saga, and Heimskringla. What details of her life are known come largely from Icelandic sources, which generally asserted that the Icelandic settlers had fled from Harald's tyranny. While the historicity of such sources as the Landnamabok is disputed, the perception that Harald had exiled or driven out many of their ancestors led to an attitude among Icelanders generally hostile to Erik and Gunnhild. Scholars such as Gwyn Jones therefore regard some of the episodes reported in them as suspect.
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