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Halfdan Ragnarsson
Halfdan Ragnarsson
(; or
Healfdene
; ; died 877) was a
Viking
leader and a commander of the
Great Heathen Army
which invaded the
Anglo-Saxon
kingdoms of England
, starting in 865. According to the tradition recorded in the
Norse sagas
he was one of the sons of
Ragnar Lodbrok
, and his brothers included
Björn Ironside
,
Ivar the Boneless
,
Sigurd Snake-in-the-Eye
and
Ubba
. He was the first
King of Jórvík
and also claimed the
Kingdom of Dublin
. He died at the
Battle of Strangford Lough
in 877 trying to press his Irish claim.
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