Family/Spouse: Ragnar Sigurdsson av Uppsala. Ragnar (son of Sigurd Randversen Ring and Alfhild Gandolfsdatter) died about 0795. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Uppsala län, Sverige

Family/Spouse: Unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Danmark

Family/Spouse: Unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Uppsala län, Sverige

Family/Spouse: Unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Residence: England; Forvekslet med tidligere Ragnar Lodbrok?

Notes:

Residence:
Without doubt, the most famous of the invading Vikings was Ragnar Lodbrok. A Norwegian who was associated with the ruling classes of Denmark atthat time. A pirate almost from birth, he spent most of his life invading one country or another. He was given the name hairy breeches because of thetrousers made from animal skin by his wife. By 845 he was a well established figure who was famous for his exploits. In that year, he invaded Paris, butwas beaten back. Not to be outdone he turned his attention to England. He landed in Northumbria on the north east coast of England. Unfortunately hewas captured by King Ella of Northumbria and thrown into a snake pit of adders, the only poisonous snake that exists in England. As he was slowly beingbitten to death, he was alleged to have exclaimed ' How the little pigs would grunt if they knew the situation of the old boar '. The story continues thatwhen his four sons heard the manner of his death, Hvitserk, who was playing chess gripped the piece so hard that blood issued from his finger nails.Bjorn gripped his spear so tightly that he left an impression in it and Sigurd who was trimming his nails cut straight through to the bone. Only the fourthson, Ivor the boneless collected all the details of his fathers death and prepared their revenge. The custom known as blood red eagle was to cut the ribsof the victim out and the lungs removed by grasping them and spreading them over the body. This justice was allegedly carried out on King Ella. Thestory above as obviously been exaggerated but the consequences of Ragnar Lodbrok's death had serious consequences. Ivor The boneless was themastermind behind the attacks on the mainland in the final quarter of the ninth century. In 866 he invaded East Anglia and the following year attackedYork. He was aided by the internal struggle for power in Northumbria. With no fleet and no defences of note, the Vikings wintered in England and werereinforced by more of their kind. In 869 Edmund the last king of East Anglia was slain for not renouncing his faith. Mercia which had been the foremostpower in the country since king Offa, reeled under the attacks. They appealed to Wessex for help. Wessex responded and Aethelred and the youngAlfred marched to their assistance only to see the Mercians surrender to the invaders. Fighting almost alone, the Vikings were pushed out of Mercia.They retreated back to York. It was only a temporary peace. It was not long before they returned, regaining most of the ground that was lost by them.The only kingdom of the heptarchy left with any say in its own affairs was Wessex. Soon, it would be their turn to suffer the invaders might.

Family/Spouse: Aslaug Sigurdsdatter. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Helge Olavsen. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Uppsala län, Sverige; Konge av Birka.

Notes:

Occupation:
Högarna vid Gamla Uppsala som var större än Hågahögen var förmodligen platsen för Anunds kungasäte eftersom denne kallas för Anund Uppsala i Hervararsagan och uppges ha varit Björn vid Högens medkung.
Nästa gång en sveakung nämns i Ansgarsvitan heter han också Anund och uppges ha blivit fördriven från Sveariket och levt i landsflykt i Danmark. Vilket dock gör Hervararsagans uppgift att de skulle ha varit medkungar tvivelaktig.

Omkring år 844 gjorde iallafall Anund ett försök att återta sitt förlorade rike med hjälp av 11 egna skepp samt 21 danska skepp som ställde upp mot löfte att få plundra Birka.
Anund överraskande den svenske kungen som var långt borta när han anlände till Birka. Trots att Birkas försvar var svagt lät Anund dock nöja sig med att de betalade 100 pund silver för att slippa plundring.
Danskarna blev rasade över uppgörelsen eftersom de ansåg summan så låg att varenda köpman i Birka ägde mer än det och ville därför plundra staden.

För att lösa tvisten mellan danskarna och Anund tog man till lottkastning för att rådfråga gudarna. Anund hade lyckats förmå danskarna till detta genom att hävda att Birka skyddades av flera gudar varav den mäktigaste var Kristus. Lottkastningen resulterade i att Birka slapp plundring och danskarna beslöt att plundra en stad i slavernas land istället. Anund stannade dock kvar och gav tillbaka de pengar han hade fått av Birkas invånare eftersom han ville försona sig med sitt folk.

Family/Spouse: Unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Bef 0850, Ringerike, Buskerud, Viken, Norge; Stormann (konge) på Ringerike.

Family/Spouse: Tyrne Haraldsdatter. Tyrne (daughter of Harald Halvdansen) was born before 0846 in Jylland, Danmark. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Thorny Haraldsdatter. Thorny (daughter of Harald Halvdansen) was born before 0846. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]