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Ivar the Boneless
Ivar the Boneless
(; ) 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 Lothbrok
, and his brothers included
Björn Ironside
,
Halfdan Ragnarsson
,
Sigurd Snake-in-the-Eye
and
Ubba
. He is often considered identical to
Ímar
, the founder of the
Uí Ímair
dynasty, which dominated the
Irish Sea
region throughout the
Viking Age
.
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