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It has been calculated that she was born no earlier than c. 1122, which fits with the approximate birthdate of her future husband Erik (c. 1120–25). [1] She was made fatherless in 1134, when her father Prince Björn was murdered by order of his uncle, King Eric II of Denmark .
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 ]
Alyssa Sutherland as Princess Aslaug, Brynhildr's daughter and Ragnar's second wife. [2] Donal Logue as King Horik of Denmark, interested in joining Ragnar's raid to England; Linus Roache as King Ecbert of Wessex, the cunning king of Wessex; Alexander Ludwig as Bjorn Ironside, son of Ragnar and Lagertha, in love with the slave Þórunn
Harald Kesja (1080–1135), from 1102 to 1103 regent of Denmark, married Ragnhild Magnusdotter, a daughter of King Magnus III of Norway. Björn Ironside (d.1134), married Katarina Ingesdotter, the daughter of King Inge I of Sweden. Christina (d. 1170), married King Eric IX of Sweden (d. 18 May 1160), King of Sweden from 1156; Olaf (d. c.
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 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 ...
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.
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.