sentences:  "Fagrskinna", apparently the "Eiríksmál" which it incorporates, and "Heimskringla" assert that Eric and five other kings died together in battle in an unnamed place in England.According to "Ágrip" and "Historia Norwegiæ", Eric died on a foray in Spain after being forced out of Northumbria.Somewhat in line with the former version, earlier generations of scholars have envisaged the occasion of Eric's death on Stainmore to have been a last stand in battle.