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Sigurd Snake-in-the-eye (Old Norse: Sigurðr ormr í auga) or Sigurd Ragnarsson/Aslaugsson was a semi-legendary Viking warrior and Danish king active from the mid to late 9th century. According to multiple saga sources and Scandinavian histories from the 12th century and later, he is one of the sons of the legendary Viking Ragnar Lodbrok and ...
- c. 873?
- Áslaug
Ragnar and Thora had two sons, Eric and Agnar, before Thora fell ill and died when the sons were only a few years old. Ragnar then married Aslaug, also known as Randalin, the daughter of Sigurd and Brynhildr. They had four sons, Ivar the Boneless, Ubba, Hvitserk and Sigurd Snake-in-the-Eye (thus called because there was a mark in his eye, as if ...
Mar 16, 2018 · After the death of Lodbrok, Sigurd “Snake-In-The-Eye” inherited Zealand, Scania, Halland, the Danish islands, and Viken. In about 877, he succeeded his brother Halfdan Ragnarsson as king of Denmark. As strange as it may sound, Sigurd “Snake-In-The-Eye later married Blaeja, the daughter of King Aella of Northumbria, and they had four children.
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Nov 8, 2022 · Vikings’ Sigurd was based on the semi-legendary Vikings warrior and Danish king Sigurd Áslaugsson or Sigurd Snake-in-the-eye, and according to the sagas, he’s the son of Ragnar (who is believed to not have been a real person) and Aslaug. Following Ragnar’s death, Sigurd inherited Zealand, Scania, Halland, the Danish Islands, and Viken ...
Ragnar receives Kráka (Aslaug), as imagined by August Malmström. 19th-century artist's impression of Ælla of Northumbria's execution of Ragnar Lodbrok. Whereas Ragnar's sons Ivar the Boneless, Halfdan Ragnarsson, Björn Ironside, Ubba and Sigurd Snake-in-the-Eye are historical figures, opinion regarding their father is divided.
- Unknown, Possibly Denmark or Sweden
- Sigurd Ring (according to legend)
- Traditional date: 865, Northumbria, England
- Sigurd Snake-in-the-Eye (according to legend)
The genuine Sigurd Snake-in-the-Eye appears to have been one of Ragnar’s favorite boys and even succeeded him as king of Denmark. Here is the genuine story of Sigurd with the special mark in his eye. Sigurd Ragnarrson. Sigurd is among the many children of the semi-legendary Viking warrior Ragnar Lothbrok.
Jan 24, 2019 · Sigurd Snake-in-the-Eye. Sigurd Snake-in-the-Eye Ragnarsson was a legendary Viking warrior and chieftain. According to Viking Age traditional literature, he was a King of Denmark as well as an ancestor of an English king. He is believed to be one of the sons of Ragnar Lothbrok, the near-mythical Danish and Swedish Viking hero and ruler, and his ...
