989 - 1016) King of England and son of Athelred the Unready. He attempted to stop Viking raids by allowing them to settle in Normandy.Įdmund Ironside (c. He relieved a siege of Paris in 886 by bribing the Vikings to leave.Ĭharles the Simple (879 - 929) Frankish king, cousin of Charles the Fat. He was the last member of Charlemagne’s dynasty to rule over a united empire. He confronted Ragnar at the first siege of Paris and bribed him to leave.Ĭharles the Fat (839 - 888) Frankish emperor, great-grandson of Charlemagne. 747 - 814) Frankish king and first monarch of the reborn Western Roman Empire.Ĭharles the Bald (823 - 877) Frankish emperor, son of Louis the Pious. 634 - 687) Patron saint of northern England, his remains were kept at the monastery of Lindisfarne, target of the first major Viking raid.Ĭharlemagne (c. The monastery he founded on the island of Iona in western Scotland became an early Viking target.Ĭuthbert (c. 521 - 597) Irish missionary credited with spreading Christianity in Scotland. He was the son of Svein Forkbeard and conquered England from Athelred the Unready and his son Edmund Ironside.Ĭolumba (c. 985 - 1035) Viking king of England, Denmark, and parts of Norway. Killed at the battle of Clontarf.īrodir of Man (11th century) Danish Viking mercenary who according to legend killed Brian Bóruma at the battle of Clontarf.Ĭnut the Great (c. 941 - 1014) High King of Ireland who tried to unite the island under his rule. 834 - 900) Norwegian wife of the king of Dublin, Olaf the White, later settled in Iceland.īasil the Bulgar-Slayer (958 - 1025) Byzantine Emperor who founded the Varangian Guard.ījarni Herjólfsson (10th century) Norwegian explorer who first sighted mainland America.ījorn Ironside (9th century) Son of Ragnar Lothbrok In 860 he led a semi-legendary raid into the Mediterranean with his brother Hastein.īrian Bóruma (c. Laid the foundations of the medieval kingdom of England.Īud the Deep Minded (c. 849 - 899) King of Wessex who defeated the Great Heathen Army.

735 - 804) English scholar who was one of the leading intellectuals of Charlemagne’s court.Īlfred the Great (c. 894 - 939) First Anglo-Saxon monarch accepted as ‘King of the English’.Īlcuin of York (c.

795 - 858) King of Wessex and father of Alfred the Great.Īthelstan (c. 968 - 1016) King of England during the last great wave of Viking attacks.Īethelwulf (c. He was killed in 867 by Ivar the Boneless and the Great Heathen Army, supposedly as revenge for Ragnar’s death.Īthelred the Unready (c. Ælla (mid 9th century) King of Northumbria who according to legend executed Ragnar Lothbrok.

The sea wolves by lars brownworth