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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 ]
The rarely used name "House of Björn Ironside" (Swedish: Björn Järnsidas ätt) comes from the dynasty supposedly descending from the legendary Viking Björn Ironside according to the later Icelandic sagas. The big burial mound at Munsö was attributed, without evidence, to Björn Ironside by 18th-century historians, an identification that is ...
According to Olov von Dalin 1747 that referenced older Swedish sources Rurik was a son of Björn Ironside. Due to the fire 1697 in Tre Kronor a lot older Swedish sources got lost. He would be the same person as Erik Björnsson. He got the lands from his uncle Sigurd Snake-in-the-Eye when he died.
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Bjørn Haraldsen Ironside (Bjørn Jærnside; died 1134) was a Danish prince. [1] Bjørn was one of the 15 sons of Prince Harald Kesja. His mother was Ragnild Magnusdatter. Bjørn married Princess Katarina Ingesdotter of Sweden, the daughter of King Inge I of Sweden. Bjørn was the father of Christina Bjornsdatter, a Swedish queen.
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In Zealand, his mother Aslaug and his brothers Björn Ironside and Hvitserk, who had been playing tafl, become upset and sail to Sweden with a large army. Aslaug, calling herself Randalin rides with cavalry across the land. The battle ended with Eysteinn's death. When Ragnar died, Björn Ironside became the king of Sweden.