In season 2, when the Vikings ... Mercia, Lagertha, the Earl of Hedeby and Ragnar’s ex-wife, stays behind to see to the farming settlement’s success. Immediately, the King of Wessex is ...

On History’s Vikings, there’s a number of characters that fans could never forget, and one of those is King Ecbert of Wessex (Linus ... When Ragnar meets Ecbert, the two form an unlikely ...

From striking on the battlefield to ruling Kattegat with intellect and shielding her family with fierce loyalty, Lagertha, the shield maiden of Vikings, proved that she was not just part of Viking his ...

Ragnar Lothbrok finally meets his match on this week’s episode of History’s “Vikings,” taking on ruthless King Ecbert of Wessex, played by newcomer Linus Roache. The actor gave TheWrap a ...

This week’s Vikings ... King Ecbert has become as he admonishes his oldest Aethelwulf to protect his kingdom. Somehow we get the feeling Ecbert may skate off while his son takes the beating as ...

Kattegat was not the only territory in play across Season 5 of Vikings. In England, for example, by the second part of the season, Alfred (Ferdia Walsh-Peelo) was named King of Wessex, leaving his ...

Back in Wessex, Ecbert arrives at the Viking colony to discover that Lagertha has made a quick study of the Saxon tongue. “You speak our language now!” says King Ecbert. (Keeping track of time ...

A shocked Judith had her brought back to Wessex headquarters. Lagertha was incoherent and out of sorts, far removed from how Vikings last ... allying herself with the king's mother?

“When the ice finally breaks, we will go back to Wessex,” he promises his son. “And we will claim the land that King Ecbert ... at the dawn of Vikings‘ third season. Lagertha visits ...

Linus Roache joins the cast of History Channel's "Vikings" as King Ecbert, the ruler of Wessex, the largest of ... Of course, Lagertha, Ragner’s wife, is becoming a leader in her own right.

That’s proper Viking attitude. The difference between women’s roles in society is made clear as Lagertha toys with Wessex’s King Ecbert who really, really has fallen for her, while a ...

The sixth and final series of Vikings will premiere on Wednesday, December 4 on History US. Luckily, UK fans will only have to wait one day for the new series to arrive on Amazon Prime (Thursday ...