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Ivar the Boneless (Old Norse: Ívarr hinn Beinlausi [ˈiːˌwɑrː ˈhinː ˈbɛinˌlɔuse]; died c. 873), also known as Ivar Ragnarsson, was a Viking leader who invaded England and Ireland. According to the Tale of Ragnar Lodbrok , he was the son of Aslaug and her husband Ragnar Loðbrok , and was the brother of Björn Ironside , Halvdan (or ...
Ingwær (also referred to as Ingvar, Ivar or Ivarr; Old Norse: Ívarr) [nb 1] was a Norse King of Northumbria. According to Æthelweard 's Chronicon he was a co-king of Northumbria along with his brothers Eowils and Halfdan , though the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle does not mention him.
Ecbert (Linus Roache) visits Ragnar (Travis Fimmel) in his cell to inform him that he has arranged a ship to take his son Ivar home later that day. Ragnar tells him that he wishes to speak to Ivar alone and Ecbert sends his guards to fetch him. Ragnar tells him that he will be handed over to King Aelle , who will kill him. Ivar promises that he ...
In 853 a Viking warlord called Amlaíb (Old Norse: Óláfr, possibly Olaf the White) arrived and made himself king of Dublin. He ruled along with his brothers Ímar (Ívarr, possibly Ivar the Boneless) and Auisle (Ásl). For the next fifteen years or so, they used Dublin as their base for a series of campaigns against Irish kingdoms.
In 1997, the graphic novel series Eternal Warriors reintroduced Ivar and his two brothers as Vikings, the sons of Mog and Nin, who become immortal due to a special plant. Collectively called the "Eternal Warriors," the three brothers fight evil together and share immortality with others over the centuries, creating the "Forever Family."
In Wessex, Ecbert continues to groom Alfred as future king and warns him not to trust others, but to think for himself. An armada of Swedish Vikings, led by Earl Jorgensen, arrives to join the Lothbroks. Ivar and Ubbe attempt to kill Lagertha, but are stopped by Bjorn, who makes clear that his brothers will have to kill him before Lagertha.
Vikings is inspired by the sagas of Viking Ragnar Lothbrok, one of the best-known legendary Norse heroes and notorious as the scourge of England and France, while Vikings: Valhalla, set 100 years later, chronicles the beginning of the end of the Viking Age and the adventures of Leif Erikson, his sister Freydís Eiríksdóttir and Harald ...
Ivar becomes king over north-eastern England which his forefathers had owned (i.e. Ivar Vidfamne and Sigurd Ring), and he has two sons, Yngvar and Husto. They obey their father Ivar and torture king Edmund the Martyr and take his realm. Ragnar's sons pillage in England, Wales, France and Italy, until they come to the town of Luna in Italy.