This article is about The Father of Ragnar Lothbrok. For His Third Son, see Sigurd.
Sigurd Hring was the late father of King Ragnar Lothbrok of Denmark and Duke Rollo of Normandy.
Biography[]
According to the Scandinavian sagas, Sigurd was granted rulership over Svealand as a vassal king under his uncle Harald Wartooth, King of Denmark. When he was older, he took up arms against his uncle and successfully overthrew him after the legendary Battle of the Bråvalla. The sagas say that Odin himself sided with Sigurd and killed Harald. Sigurd ruled Denmark until his death.[1]
Trivia[]
- In the Icelandic Sagas, Sigurd was king of Svealand, while in Gesta Danorum he was king of Denmark. In Vikings, he was presumably an ordinary Viking farmer.
- Sigurd was said to be a son of Randver Valdarsson according to Hervarars Saga, while in Sogubrot, he's said to be the son of Randver Radbardsson