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Sigurd Ring (Old Norse: Sigurðr Hringr, in some sources merely called Hringr [1]) according to legend was a king of the Swedes, [2] being mentioned in many old Scandinavian sagas. According to these sources he was granted rulership over Sweden as a vassal king under his uncle Harald Wartooth .
Sigurd and Gunnar then return to their own shapes. Sigurd and Gudrun have two children, Svanhild and young Sigmund. Later, Brynhild and Gudrun quarrel and Gudrun reveals that Sigurd was the one who rode through the fire, and shows a ring that Sigurd took from Brynhild as proof. Brynhild then arranges to have Sigurd killed by Gunnar's brother ...
Another visitor is Sigurd Ring (Sigvard Ring), the king of Sweden and Denmark, who falls in love with his daughter Alfsol. Considering the king too old for Alfsol they kill her by poisoning rather than letting Sigurd have her. The wrinkled old king kills both Alf's young sons in a duel but is severely wounded himself. [85]
Drawing of the Ramsund carving from c. 1030, illustrating the Völsunga saga on a rock in Sweden.At (1), Sigurd sits in front of the fire preparing the dragon's heart. The Völsunga saga (often referred to in English as the Volsunga Saga or Saga of the Völsungs) is a legendary saga, a late 13th-century prose rendition in Old Norse of the origin and decline of the Völsung clan (including the ...
When Randver suddenly died Sigurd Ring became king of the Danes and fought Harald Wartooth at the Battle of Brávellir. [37] However, according to Ynglinga saga, Harald the Read-bearded's daughter Ása married Gudrød the Hunter with whom she had Halfdan the Black, the father of Harald Fairhair. [38] Also, in other sources, Sigurd Ring was the ...
When Sigurd Ring dies, Ragnar Lodbrok succeeds him as the king of Sweden and Denmark. Many foreign kings come to take parts of his kingdom as they think Ragnar is too young to defend it. Many foreign kings come to take parts of his kingdom as they think Ragnar is too young to defend it.
Sigurd Snake-in-the-Eye (Old Norse: Sigurðr ormr í auga) or Sigurd Ragnarsson 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 Áslaug . [ 1 ]
King Ring is not mentioned in the Norse king lists and sagas, such as Hervarar saga ok Heiðreks. The name is however borne by the Swedish ruler who was victorious in the legendary Battle of Bråvalla, Sigurd Ring. It is not otherwise attested among the members of the Viking Age royal family.