Aelle sealing his own fate by murdering Ragnar Lodbrok

Aelle II (died 867), king of the Northumbrians, became king about 862 on the deposition of Osbeorht, although he was not of royal birth. Afterwards he became reconciled with Osbeorht, and together they attacked the Danes, who had invaded Northumbria, and drove them into York. Rallying, however, the Danes defeated the Northumbrians, and in the encounter both Ælle and Osbeorht were slain. Ragnar Lodbrok and King Ella Ragnarr Loðbrók or Ragnar Lodbrok was a semi-legendary King of Denmark and Sweden who reigned sometime in the eighth or ninth centuries. ... Events September: Basil I becomes sole ruler of the Byzantine Empire. ... Northumbria is primarily the name of an Anglian or Anglo-Saxon kingdom which was formed in Great Britain at the beginning of the 7th century, and of the earldom which succeeded the kingdom. ... Events Rurik gained control of Novgorod. ... York is a city in Northern England, built at the confluence of the Rivers Ouse and Foss. ...

Norse sagas

In the Norse sagas Ælle is represented as having brought about the Danish invasion of Northumbria by cruel and unjust actions. More specifically, he murdered the king of Sweden and Denmark, Ragnar Lodbrok, by throwing him into a snake pit. The Norse sagas or Viking sagas (Icelandic: Íslendingasögur), are stories about ancient Scandinavian and Germanic history, about early Viking voyages, about migration to Iceland, and of feuds between Icelandic families. ... Ragnar Lodbrok and King Ella Ragnarr Loðbrók or Ragnar Lodbrok was a semi-legendary King of Denmark and Sweden who reigned sometime in the eighth or ninth centuries. ...

Ragnar's sons tried to avenge their father, and invaded Northumbria, but were beaten. Ragnar's handicapped son Ivar the Boneless then went to king Ælle and said that he sought reconciliation. Ivar only asked for as much land as he could cover with an ox's hide and swore never to wage war against Ælle. Then Ivar cut the ox's hide into so fine strands that he could envelope a large fortress (in an older saga it was York and according to a younger saga it was London) which he could take as his own. As he was the most generous of men, he attracted a great many warriors, whom he consequently kept from Ælle when this king was attacked by Ivar's brothers for the second time. Ivar the Boneless (Ivar inn beinlausi) (c. ... York is a city in Northern England, built at the confluence of the Rivers Ouse and Foss. ... The Clock Tower of the Palace of Westminster which contains Big Ben Tower Bridge at night A red double-decker bus crosses Piccadilly Circus. ...

Ælle was captured and when the brothers were to decide how to give Ælle his just punishment, Ivar suggested that they carve the "blood eagle" on his back. This meant that Ælle's back was cut open, the ribs pulled from his spine and his lungs removed. After justice had been served, Ivar became the king of England. Blood eagle - Wikipedia /**/ @import /skins-1. ... Royal motto: Dieu et mon droit (French: God and my right) Englands location within the UK Official language English de facto Capital London de facto Largest city London Area  - Total Ranked 1st UK 130,395 km² Population  - Total (2001)  - Density Ranked 1st UK 49,138,831 377/km² Religion...

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References

• This article incorporates text from the public domain 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica.
• Anglo-Saxon Chronicle.
• Bede, Historia ecclesiastica gentis Anglorum.
• Henry of Huntingdon, Historia Anglorum.
• Asser, Bishop of Sherborne, De rebus gestis Aelfredi.
• J. R. Green, The Making of England, London, 1897.

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