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  2. Hvitserk - Wikipedia

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    Hvitserk also pillaged with the Rus. He was, however, opposed by such a large foe that he could not win. When asked about how he wished to die, he decided to be burned alive at a stake of human remains. [2] [3] The Ukrainian historian Leontii Voitovych assumed that Hvitserk was possibly another name of the Kievan prince Askold. [4]

  3. Tale of Ragnar's Sons - Wikipedia

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    Ragnar is not happy that his sons have taken revenge without his help, and decides to conquer England with only two knarrs, in order to show himself a better warrior than his sons. The ships are built in Vestfold as his kingdom reached Dovre and Lindesnes, and they are enormous ships. Aslaug does not approve of the idea as the English coast was ...

  4. List of Vikings and Vikings: Valhalla characters - Wikipedia

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    Played by Cathal O'Hallin (seasons 2–3), Stephen Rockett (season 4) and Marco Ilsø (seasons 4–6) Ragnar and Aslaug's second son. He enjoys battle and adventure and sides with his younger brother Ivar when Ivar and Ubbe fall out. As Ivar's megalomania increases and Ivar becomes more abusive of him, Hvitserk starts to question his decision.

  5. Halfdan Ragnarsson - Wikipedia

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    The following year the army moved northwards and invaded Northumbria, which was at that time in the middle of a civil war between Ælla and Osberht, opposing claimants for the Northumbrian throne. [8] Late in 866 the army conquered the rich Northumbrian settlement of York. [9] The following year Ælla and Osberht made an alliance to retake the ...

  6. Sigurd Snake-in-the-Eye - Wikipedia

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    A Danish Viking king called Sigfred, who appears to have become landless by this time, was killed in West Francia in 887; he is quite possibly the same person. [10] Sigurd married Blaeja, the daughter of king Ælla of Northumbria and they had two children, Harthacanute and Áslaug Sigurðardóttir, who was married to Helge of the Dagling ...

  7. Vikings season 6 - Wikipedia

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    The brothers end up in a fight with Ivar on the receiving end of Hvitserk’s beating. Oleg later offers Ivar to have Hvitserk killed. Katia and Ivar meet secretly: she gives him a blade and tells him that Prince Dir is ready. Ivar then approaches his brother Hvitserk and tells him Oleg offered to kill him; he wants him to join Prince Dir’s plan.

  8. Shoe size - Wikipedia

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    The recent formula used by the Brannock device assumes a foot length of 2 barleycorns less than the length of the last; thus, men's size 1 is equivalent to a last's length of 8 + 1 ⁄ 3 in (21.17 cm) and foot's length of 7 + 2 ⁄ 3 in (19.47 cm), and children's size 1 is equivalent to 4 + 1 ⁄ 4 in (10.8 cm) last's length and 3 + 7 ⁄ 12 in ...

  9. Vikings - Wikipedia

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    Concubinage was also part of Viking society, whereby a woman could live with a man and have children with him without marrying; such a woman was called a frilla. [161] Usually she would be the mistress of a wealthy and powerful man who also had a wife. [156] The wife had authority over the mistresses if they lived in her household. [157]