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  2. Eric the Victorious - Wikipedia

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    Eric the Victorious (Old Norse: Eiríkr inn sigrsæli, Modern Swedish: Erik Segersäll; c. 945 – c. 995) was a Swedish monarch as of around 970.Although there were earlier Swedish kings, he is the first Swedish king in a consecutive regnal succession, who is attested in sources independent of each other, and consequently Sweden's list of rulers usually begins with him.

  3. Siegfried, Count of Guînes - Wikipedia

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    Siegfried de Guînes (died c. 965) (Latin: Sifridus Dacus), also known as Siegfried "the Dane" (Sifridus de Dachia), Sigifrid, or Sigifroy, [1] was a Viking who controlled the area around Guînes in 928, although he never seemed to be formally designated as Count even though he is known as such. [2] He is the founder of the line of the Counts ...

  4. Erik the Red - Wikipedia

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    Erik Thorvaldsson [a] (c. 950 – c. 1003), known as Erik the Red, was a Norwegian viking, described in medieval and Icelandic saga sources as having founded the first European settlement in Greenland.

  5. Sigfred - Wikipedia

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    Nothing is known about Sigfred's relationship to Gudfred, who succeeded him as king of Denmark c. 804–810, or later kings such as Hemming (810–812), Harald 'Klak' Halfdansson (812-813, 819–827) and Horik I (813–854).

  6. Sigurd - Wikipedia

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    The names Sigurd and Siegfried do not share the same etymology. Both have the same first element, Proto-Germanic *sigi-, meaning victory.The second elements of the two names are different, however: in Siegfried, it is Proto-Germanic *-frið, meaning peace; in Sigurd, it is Proto-Germanic *-ward, meaning protection. [3]

  7. Saga of Erik the Red - Wikipedia

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    The Saga of Erik the Red, in Old Norse: Eiríks saga rauða (listen ⓘ), is an Icelandic saga on the Norse exploration of North America. The original saga is thought to have been written in the 13th century. It is preserved in somewhat different versions in two manuscripts: Hauksbók (14th century) and Skálholtsbók (15th century).

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

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    Vikings is inspired by the sagas of Viking Ragnar Lothbrok, one of the best-known legendary Norse heroes and notorious as the scourge of England and France, while Vikings: Valhalla, set 100 years later, chronicles the beginning of the end of the Viking Age and the adventures of Leif Erikson, his sister Freydís Eiríksdóttir and Harald ...

  9. Freydís Eiríksdóttir - Wikipedia

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    Freydís Eiríksdóttir (born c. 965) [1] was an Icelandic woman said to be the daughter of Erik the Red (as in her patronym), who figured prominently in the Norse exploration of North America as an early colonist of Vinland, while her brother, Leif Erikson, is credited in early histories of the region with the first European contact.