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Ragnar Lodbrok Sigurdsson (abt. 800 - abt. 865)

Ragnar Lodbrok Sigurdsson
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Died about at about age 65 [location unknown]
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Biografi

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Ragnar Lodbrok var, enligt den danske hävdatecknaren Saxo Grammaticus, jarl hos den danske kungen Hårik. Enligt den isländska litteraturen var han emellertid son till en sveakung vid namn Sigurd Ring (Randversson). Namnet Lodbrok hade han enligt sagorna då han till skydd mot en lindorm burit en särskild sorts vargskinnsbyxor bestrukna med beck ("lodbrokor") för att ettret (giftet) inte skall skada honom.

Andra sagor nämner att han hade ett "tjockt, hårigt tyg" vilket han doppade i vatten som frös till is.

Han skall bara ha haft två fruar enligt Sagan om Konung Ragnar Lodbrok och hans Söner.

Om hans första hustru Thora Borgarhjort, dotter till Herrud (Herröd);

Han älskade Thora högt, och hade de två söner; den äldre hette Erik, den yngre Agnar, och voro de storväxte och af ett vackert utseende. De lärde alla slags idrotter, och bland forntidens hjeltar funnos få vara deras jämnlikar i styrka. Thora föll omsider i en sjukdom, hvaruti hon äfven dödde. Detta gick Ragnar så nära till hjertat; att han icke ville förestå regeringen, utan antog andra män att, jemte hans söner, styra riket. Sjelf återtagande sitt förra yrke, drog han ut i härnad, och hvar som han for fram, hade han segren med sig.
Ragnars äldsta söner, Erik och Agnar, voro dråplige män, så att deras jämnlikar svårligen funnos; hvarje sommar lågo de ute med deras krigsskepp och vunno rygte genom deras härnad.

Om hans andra hustru, Åslög Kraka, som han tog med sig hem från ett besök i Norge;

Nu lider tiden fram, och de lefde med glädje och stor kärlek tillsammans. Omsider kände Kraka sig sjuk, och blef förlöst med ett piltebarn, som blef vattenöst (6), och fick namnet Ivar. Denna pilt var benlös och hade blott brusk, der ben eljest skulle vara. I ungdomen var hans växt så stor, att ej någon var hans jämnlike. Hans utseende var det vackraste bland allas, och han var så förståndig, att man betviflar, om någon visare man, än han, någonsin varit till. Konung Ragnar och Kraka fingo ännu flere barn: deras andra son hette Björn, den tredje Hvitserk, den fjerde Rögnvald.

När Ragnar besöker lydkonung Östen Beli, övertalar denne honom att överge Kraka och istället gifta sig med prinsessan Ingeborg. När han återkommer hem har tre fåglar redan avslöjat dessa planer för Kraka, som tillrättavisar honom och avslöjar sitt sanna ursprung. För att bevisa att hon är dotter till Sigurd, som dödat Fafner, berättar hon att hon ska föda ett barn med en orm avbildad i ögat. Detta visar sig stämma när hon föder Sigurd Ormiöga. När Östen får höra att Ragnar ändrat sig gör han uppror, men dräps av Ragnars och Krakas söner.


Saxo Grammaticus: Gesta Danorum

Saxo hevder at Tora (kong Herrøds datter) var Ragnar Lodbroks andre kone, etter «skjoldmøen» Ladgerd. I Saxos versjon får Tora seks sønner med Ragnar: Raadbard, Dunvaat, Sivard, Bjørn, Agner og Ivar. De fleste av disse sønnene tillegges i de andre sagaene Ragnars senere hustru Åslaug Sigurdsdatter.

I Hervörs saga, kapitel 20, sägs det att efter Ragnars död togo af hans söner Björn Jernsida Svea välde, Sigurd Danavälde, Hvitserk de östra rikena och Ivar Benlös England. [1]

Men hos Torseus (Series Rer. Dan. pag. 374) heter det att Björn Jernsida tog Upsala rike, allt Svithiod och bägge Götaland och alla de land som dertill ligga; Sigur Orm-i-Öga Eygotaland (här Seland) och alla öar, Skåne och Halland, Reidgotaland (Jutland och Venden) samt Ivar Benlös den del av England som hans fränder före honom haft. Jft Geijer, S.R.H. pag. 584. [2]


Biography

The "viking hero" Ragnar Lodbrok is most likely a fictional person created about 400 years after he supposedly would have lived. Historians think he is a mixup of two or more persons.

Name(s)

Danish: Regnar/Regner Lodbrog
English: Ragnar Lothbrok (shaggy/hairy breeches)
Icelandic: Ragnar loðbrók
Norwegian: Ragnar Lodbrok
Old norse: Ragnarr Loþbrók
Swedish: Ragnar Lodbrok

Birth and Parents

Ragnar is supposed to have lived in the 800's.

According to "The tale of Ragnar Lodbrok" written about 1400, his father was supposedly Sigurd Ring (Randversson). This profile therefore still have the LNAB Sigurdsson in order to make searches based on this "fact" easier.

Wife and children

According to Saga of Ragnar Lodbrok and his sons he had two wifes;

His first wife was Thora Borgarhjort, daughter of Herrud/Herröd with whom he had the sons Erik and Agnar. Thora fell sick and died and Ragnar grieved so badly that he left (supposedly went raiding) and left the reign to his sons and trusted men.
His second wife was called Kraka, her name was Åslaug, daughter of Sigurd. With her he had the sons Ivar Benlös, Björn Järnsida, Hvitserk, Ragnvald and later Sigurd Orm-i-öga.

According to Saxo Grammaticus: Gesta Danorum;

Saxo says that Tora, daughter of Herröd, was the second wife of Ragnar, his first wife being the shieldmaiden Ladgerd with whom he had the son Fridleif. He also says that Tora have given birth to six sons; Raadbard, Dunvaat, Sivard, Bjørn, Agner and Ivar. (Most of these sons are in other sagas to have Åslaug Sigurdsdotter mentioned as mother.)


Death and burial

According to Saga of Ragnar Lodbrok and his sons;

Ragnar was captured in a battle in England with "king Ella" which presumably would have been Ælla of Northumbria who is said to have ruled in the middle of the 9th century. He is said to be thrown into a snakepit and died there. The historical invasion of Northumbria in 866 is said to have occurred in retaliation for Ragnar's execution.


Research Note

Since the parents of this profile is based on a saga/legend) written 500-600 years after Ragnar was supposed to have lived) they will be disconnected as his parents and instead linked to in the biography. Andersson-4409 07:03, 6 September 2019 (UTC)


Sources

  1. https://books.google.se/books?id=QZkrAAAAMAAJ&printsec=frontcover&hl=sv&source=gbs_ge_summary_r&cad=0#v=onepage&q&f=false sid 89
  2. https://books.google.se/books?id=QZkrAAAAMAAJ&printsec=frontcover&hl=sv&source=gbs_ge_summary_r&cad=0#v=onepage&q&f=false sid 89

See also:





Memories: 4
Enter a personal reminiscence or story.
Netflix TV series depicts him as growing up in Kattegat, Scandinavia. Kattegat is actually a body of water between Denmark and Sweden. He becomes the first to sail 800 km west to England via un-charted waters. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vikings_(TV_series)

Lagertha is Ragnar's first wife and a shieldmaiden. Following her separation from Ragnar, Lagertha rises to become Earl of Hedeby in her own right, going by the name Earl Ingstad. Following the deaths of Ragnar and Aslaug, she becomes Queen of Kattegat. Based on the legendary Lagertha.

Björn Ironside is their son. 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, between 855 and 858. Björn Ironside is said to have been the first ruler of the Swedish Munsö dynasty. In the early 18th century, a barrow on the island of Munsö was claimed by antiquarians to be Björn Järnsidas hög or Björn Ironside's barrow. Profile of his mythical son Bjorn Ironside (https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Ragnarsson-2) not linked because not proven.

Wikipedia English version is slightly different: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ragnar_Lodbrok

posted 26 Dec 2023 by Rob vanNostrand   [thank Rob]
According to Ancestry he is my 41st Great grandpa through his son Bjorn Ironside
posted 10 May 2018 by Rae Santema   [thank Rae]
Pleased to find this link (even if Mythical!)- to Ragnar and his sons Ivar the Boneless & Sigurd (Snake Eye) which I can directly (some trees Sigurd, some Ivar!)follow up the twisted branches of MY Family Tree - it gives a realistic history of where some of my ancestors originated.

SKOL ! PS - NOT pleased that my *maybe* XXXGrand Sigurd got killed OFF without Issue (My alleged line!) in the HISTORY Channel series ! BOO ! And Ivar was such a NASTY Guy !

posted 20 Dec 2017 by Barb (Mauldin) Stokes   [thank Barb]
Ragnar apparently spent most of his life as a pirate and raider, invading one country after another. One of his favorite tactics was to attack Christian cities on church feast days, knowing that many soldiers would be in church. He would generally accept a huge payment to leave his victims alone, only to come back later and demand more riches in exchange for leaving. But as the extent of his supposed realm shows, he was also a gifted military leader. By 845, he was a powerful man. It is said he was always seeking new adventures because he was worried that his freebooting sons would do things that would outshine his own achievements.

France Expedition In 845 he sailed southward, looking for new worlds to conquer. With an alleged force of 120 ships and 5,000 Viking warriors, he landed in what is now France, probably at the Seine estuary, and ravaged West Francia, as the westernmost part of the Frankish Empire was then known. Rouen was ravaged and then Carolivenna, a mere 20 km from St. Denis. The raiders then attacked and captured Paris. The traditional date is March 28, which is today referred to as "Ragnar Lodbrok Day" by certain followers of the Asatru religion. The King of West Francia, Charlemagne's grandson Charles the Bald, paid Ragnar a huge amount of money not to destroy the city. Ragnar Lodbrok, according to Viking sources, was satisfied with no less than 7,000 pounds of silver in exchange for sparing the city. However, that did not stop Ragnar from attacking other parts of France, and it took a long time for the Franks to drive him out. Later, Ragnar's sons were to return for more booty. Among their feats was destroying the city of Rouen several more times. Ultimately, many of them settled there permanently, in a land that became known as Normandy (deriving from the expression "Nordmenn" , or 'Northmen' ('Norsemen'), which was - and indeed still is - both the name the Norwegians called themselves and also the name the Franks used for the Scandinavians.

posted 13 Nov 2011 by Roger Wehr
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Mythical or not,,, Enjoy being connected to Ragnar as a 39th Granddaughter!! ~~~
posted by Margaret Ann Mc Nutt
Hi Margaret... Ragnar is showing as my 35th Great Grandfather. Thought I would therefore check to see where else we are related... seems we are 15th cousins through the Stewart Kings. Many different lines too. Hi :)
posted by Carol Rafferty
Ragnarsson-87 (Sigurd Snake-in-the-Eye) should be added as his son with Áslaug as the mother. I know it's legendary, but all three profiles already exist and should be linked.
posted by Petter Dahl
As this profile is likely fictional, children attributed may be linked in the biography, but not attached as family.

Sincerely, Amy Gilpin Nordic Project Co-Leader

posted by Amy (Crawford) Gilpin
When Ragnar Lothbrok was shipwrecked off the Northumbrian coast. King Ælla immediately marched, defeated the Viking army and took Ragnar prisoner.
posted by Valerie Willis
The WikiTree guidelines for profile managers state that four or five managers is too many.

Please respond within one week to Maggie Andersson indicating if you would still want to be manager of this profile and how you can help source this profile.

The managers who do not respond or are not willing to work on the profile will be moved the trusted list.

posted by Maggie Andersson
Volsungsson-1 and Sigurdsson-4 are not ready to be merged because: Since the parents are different, these profiles has been set as an "unmerged match" until more research has been done.
posted by Maggie Andersson
Volsungsson-1 and Sigurdsson-4 appear to represent the same person because: Clearly the same person, one is just more historically accurate in its sources - not sure why the last merge was rejected as it was rejected without comment.

if you feel that this merge is incorrect, please state why if you block the merge.

thanks,

posted by SJ Baty
My opinion about profiles like this is that they should be removed not merged. The type of profile Ragnar Lodbrok represents is one of the reasons why some people don’t take Wikitree seriously. You find Ragnar Lodbrok at MyHeritage and Ancestry, where clickophiles put him in their family trees.
posted by Lisbet Håkansson
Volsungsson-1 and Sigurdsson-4 are not ready to be merged because: Since the parents are different, these profiles has been set as an "unmerged match" until more research has been done.
posted by Maggie Andersson
Volsungsson-1 and Sigurdsson-4 appear to represent the same person because: Though the dates are widely off, by the narrative it appears that both Ragnar Lothbroks are the same person.
posted by Pip Sheppard
The painting above is the same as labeled Sigurd Ragnarsson on Ragnar's son's profile. Which is it? [I wish everyone would put titles & sources on pictures]
posted by Mona (Dickson) Jensen
when I added the <references / tag so that footnotes would show, I got the following notice:
Warning: Check the dates.

* A birth date should not be after a spouse's death date.

posted by Liz (Noland) Shifflett
Birth date for this person was set at the same year his son died aged 28 years. I changed his birth date to something more likely.
posted by Erik Ginnerskov