Most fans of the History Channel series Vikings adored series protagonist Ragnar Lothbrok, played by Australian actor Travis ...

G iven that the two historical TV shows explore similar themes of religion, identity, and nationality, some people have been ...

Rollo, unlike Ragnar, is an accepted historical figure. The Viking chieftain would go on to become the first ... Ragnar had a third wife that didn’t make it into the series. He won Thora’s affections ...

He continued the series of successful raids against France throughout ... was the daughter of Sigurd and the shieldmaiden Brynhildr. Ragnar left several sons, Ivar the Boneless- a Viking leader and by ...

The entire series is now available on Netflix. Vikings is set on the tales of the early Norsemen in medieval Scandinavia. It primarily follows the life, conquests, family, descendants, and crew of ...

Vikings began its life on the History channel ... a badly miscast Gabriel Byrne—the one real casting SNAFU in the series). Ragnar and his wife, Lagertha—played wonderfully by Katheryn Winnick ...

It is set around 1000 AD - roughly 100 years after the events in the original Vikings series - and so the characters in that first run, such as Ragnar Lothbrok, are now long gone and only referred ...

The hit series from Michael Hirst (Elizabeth ... Once a devout monk living a peaceful life, Athelstan is spared by Ragnar after his monastery is pillaged by the Vikings.

Before his death, he gave his son, William I Longsword, the dukedom. In the Vikings TV Series, Rollo, played by Hollywood actor Clive Standen, is Ragnar Lothbrok's older brother. He claims to be a ...