Other Events and Attributes:

• _MILT: Harthacnut immediately deposed the young king Sigtrygg, and then ruled unopposed for approximately thirty years

Family/Spouse: Unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. King of Denmark Gorn Geva Hardeknudsson was born about 885 in Jelling, Vejle, Denmark; died in 959 in Jelling, Vejle, Denmark.

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• Name: Sigurðr ormr í auga
• _MILT: Leader of the Great Heathen Army that sacked York, met King Ella in battle, captured him, and sentenced him to die according to the custom of Rista Blodam (Blood Eagle)

Notes:

Birth:
He was born with the image of a white snake in one eye. This snake encircled the iris and bit itself in the tail

Died:
During the battle of Leuven against Emperor Amulf, Sigurd Snake-Eye fell along with a hundred thousand Danes and Norwegians.

Sigurd married Blaeja of Northumbria. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Notable Quote: It gladdens me to know that Baldr's father [Odin] makes ready the benches for a banquet. Soon we shall be drinking ale from the curved horns. The champion who comes into Odin's dwelling [Valhalla] does not lament his death. I shall not enter his hall with
• Name: Lodbrok
• Occupation: Viking Raider
• Religion: He claimed to be descended from Odin
• _MILT: 845; Attacked and captured Paris from Charles the Bald

Notes:

Died:
Killed by poisonous snakes at the hands of King Ælla/Northumbria, England

Ragnar married Kraka Sigurdsdatter in 783 in Uppsala, Sweden. Kraka (daughter of Sigurd Sigmundsson and Brynhild Budlasdotter) was born about 765 in Buskerud, Norway; died about 842 in Buskerud, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Name: Aslaug

Notes:

Birth:
Ringerike, Buskerud, Norway

Died:
Ringerike, Buskerud, Norway

Other Events and Attributes:

• Web Address: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aelle_II_of_Northumbria
• Occupation: Ælla seized lands at Billingham, Ileclif, Wigeclif, and Crece, which belonged to the church. He is described in most sources as a tyrant, and not a rightful king
• _MILT: The Great Heathen Army marched on Northumbria in the late summer of 866, seizing York. King Osbryht and Alla, having united their forces and formed an army, came to the city of York, where both kings were killed by the Vikings.

Notes:

Birth:
Wessex, England

Died:
Ragnar's sons avenged his death by subjecting Ælla to the blood eagle

Ælla married Alburga of KentEngland. Alburga was born in 762 in England; died in 845 in Wiltshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Birth:
Wessex, England

Notes:

Married:
Wessex, England

Other Events and Attributes:

• Name: Hring (Ring)
• _MILT: Won the Battle of the Brávellir against Harald Wartooth

Notes:

Died:
Died in Battle

Sigurd married Alfhild Gandolfsdottir in 759 in Uppsala, Sweden. Alfhild was born on 16 Mar 728 in Alvheim, Hedmark, Norway; died on 2 Feb 778 in Uppsala, Uppsala, Sweden. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Birth:
Vingulmork, Hedmark, Norway

Other Events and Attributes:

• Name: Fafnisbana

Notes:

Birth:
Ringerike, Buskerud, Norway

Sigurd married Brynhild Budlasdotter. Brynhild was born in 738 in Buskerud, Norway; died in 775 in Buskerud, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Notable Quote: Brünnhilde appears in Wagner's Die Walküre, Siegfried, and Götterdämmerung operas
• Name: Brünnhilde
• _MILT: Shieldmaiden and a valkyrie in Norse mythology

Notes:

Birth:
Ringerike, Buskerud, Norway

Other Events and Attributes:

• Name: Eafa

Notes:

Birth:
Wessex, England

Died:
Wessex, England

Prince married Princess of Kent Eopa of WessexEngland. Eopa was born in 736 in Kent, England; died in 800 in England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Died:
Wessex, England

Notes:

Married:
Wessex, England