sentences:  At the time, however, Eric's younger and most famous half-brother Haakon, often nicknamed "Aðalsteinsfóstri", had been staying at the West-Saxon court, having been sent there to be reared as fosterson to King Æthelstan (r. 924–939).Eric's rule was reputedly harsh and despotic and so he fell rapidly out of favour with the Norwegian nobility.At this propitious time, Haakon returned to Norway, found a nobility eager to accept him as king instead and ousted Eric, who fled to Britain.