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Lagertha, according to legend, was a Viking ruler and shield-maiden from what is now Norway, and the onetime wife of the famous Viking Ragnar Lodbrok. Her tale was recorded by the chronicler Saxo in the 12th century.
Nov 14, 2019 · Lagertha. According to Danish sources, such as the Gesta Danorum, Lagertha was Ragnar’s first wife. She was a Viking shield maiden and ruler of present-day Norway. Historian Saxo Grammaticus in...
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Nearly all of the sagas agree that the Danish king Randver was Sigurd's father, with the Hervarar saga citing his wife as Åsa, the daughter of King Harald of the Red Moustache from Norway.
Dec 22, 2015 · Lagertha the Shieldmaiden was a Norwegian historical figure and one of Ragnar Lothbrok’s wives as depicted in History Channel’s TV series, Vikings. She was born in A.C. 795 and although there is no certain information regarding her exact time of death, it is assumed to be around the mid-9th century.
- Lagertha lives on a small farm in a village outside Kattegat with her husband Ragnar, her twelve-year-old son Björn, and eleven-year-old daughter Gyda.
- In Kattegat, Björn reveals Ragnar's infidelity to his mother. Though initially, the couple seem to overcome the adultery, this changes when the heavily pregnant Aslaug comes to Kattegat.
- Now free from her husband, Lagertha, the new earl, asks the Seer if she will have any more children, to which he replies no, but relays what the gods have shown him.
- Lagertha returns to Hedeby after invading Paris with Kalf, Torvi, and Erlendur. Earl Kalf announces that he and Lagertha will share the Earldom, to the dislike of Einar.
Nov 2, 2018 · Lagertha (also spelt Lathgertha or Ladgerda) is a legendary Viking shieldmaiden known from Saxo Grammaticus' early 13th-century CE Gesta Danorum. In this work, written in Latin and concerning Danish history, she is the first wife of Ragnar Lothbrok, a legendary Viking king said to have lived during the 9th century CE.
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Jun 17, 2024 · The 12th-century Icelandic poem Krákumál provides a romanticized description of Ragnar’s death and links him in marriage with a daughter of Sigurd and Brynhild , figures from the heroic literature of the ancient Teutons. The actions of Ragnar and his sons are also recounted in the Orkney Islands poem Háttalykill.
