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Björn Ironside (Swedish: Björn Järnsida) (Old Norse: Bjǫrn Járnsíða), [a] according to Norse legends, was a Norse Viking chief and Swedish king. According to the 12th- and 13th-century Scandinavian histories, he was the son of notorious Viking king Ragnar Lodbrok and lived in the 9th century AD, attested in 855 and 858. [1]
Sweden was first ruled by Ivar Vidfamne, then Harald Wartooth and his son Eysteinn Beli, before Björn Ironside conquered Sweden. He founded the House of Munsö, and the saga then follows his descendants until Philip of Sweden. [12] [13] The following chart maps the descendants of Björn Ironside according to the saga [14]:
The latter was a warrior-prince and sea-king. King Eric ruled the Swedish Realm after his father, and lived but a short time. Then Eric the son of Refil succeeded to the Kingdom. [1] Rurik and Erik was the same person. According to Olov von Dalin 1747 that referenced older Swedish sources Rurik was a son of Björn Ironside. Due to the fire 1697 ...
Alexander Ludwig as Bjorn Ironside, Ragnar and Lagertha's son and Torvi's husband; Peter Franzén as King Harald Finehair, a Viking ambitious to become the first King of Norway; Jasper Pääkkönen as Halfdan the Black, Harald's violent younger brother (part 1) Moe Dunford as King Aethelwulf of Wessex (part 1)
Justine Vanderschoot was 17 when she was brutally murdered by her boyfriend and his roommate in Placer County, California. More than 20 years later, her family continues to fight for justice.
Alexander Ludwig as Bjorn Ironside, Ragnar and Lagertha's son, who has fallen in love with the shield-maiden Þórunn; Alyssa Sutherland as Queen Aslaug, Brynhildr ' s daughter and Ragnar's second wife; Ben Robson as Kalf, the ruler of Hedeby in the absence of Lagertha [2] Linus Roache as the ruthless King Ecbert of Wessex; Kevin Durand as ...
The younger son Refil was a "warrior king and sea king" (herkonungr ok sækonungr), in other words a princely raider on the lines of his father and grandfather. When the main ruler Erik died, Refil was apparently dead already, since the next ruler was Refil's son Erik Refilsson who is praised as a great warrior and all-mighty king.
A woman whose husband and son were killed in the Omagh bomb has described how years after the blast she would drive around looking for them, believing they were still alive. Edith White said she ...