Facing death, Ragnar laughs at his enemies. His final words—like many Viking sagas—reveal a culture that saw glory, not fear, in the end.

Then, as the legend goes, after Ragnar’s death in 865 at the hands of King Ælla of England, Björn and his brothers launched an assault to avenge his murder. They killed the king using the blood eagle ...

Lagertha, it is assumed, did not bear Ragnar any children (or at most ... the Boneless and his brothers between 865 and 878, to avenge the death of their father at the hands of Ælla, king of ...

like Ragnar, Ivar welcomes his death. Despite the sclera of his eyes being very blue (a sign that he is in heightened danger of breaking his bones) he wades into the final battle against King ...

These sources also agree on the possibility of his death at the hands of King Aelle’s snakes. However, Ragnar wasn’t a popular man in England, so he definitely didn’t get a spot in a royal crypt, but ...

Among the sons of Ragnar Lodbrok, one who deserves our attention ... who was supposedly in conflict with the Dublin king Eystein Olafsson. Great Britain at the death of Halfdan, with Northumbria and ...

Ragnar Lothbrok (Travis Fimmel) died a valiant death last season, so it’s only fitting to revisit some of his greatest moments and prognosticate on what the Norse king’s death means for season ...

For instance, Thor’s death was the ... worthy ruler was to kill Ragnar and cut off his sheltering. This plan worked, and Canute showed a drastic change in character going from a wimpy kid to a ...

King Charles delivers his first address as monarch after the death of Queen Elizabeth II, who died Thursday at the age of 96. His Majesty addressed the United Kingdom and the Commonwealth from ...

Ragnar Lothbrok died all the way back in season 4 of Vikings, as the Norse king was executed in a way that’s similar to how he was killed in real life. He was left to die in a pit of venomous snakes ...

Borg doesn't get an easy death when his schemes ... performing the blood eagle on King Ælla of Northumbria because the latter killed his father, Ragnar. ("They caused the bloody eagle to be ...