The daughter of Frideburg. Ĭeolwulf - King of Mercia (apparently with Viking backing) from 874–879. Ĭatla - A Swedish convert to Christianity in the ninth century. Ĭ arolingians - An alternative name for Franks, most properly used for the period from 751–987, when the Franks were mostly ruled by the dynasty of Charlemagne. Killed in battle against Viking forces at Maldon in 991. īyzantines - The Greek-speaking, medieval continuation of the Eastern Roman Empire. īrian Boru - King of Munster from 978–1014 and High King of Ireland from 1002–1014. īuri - The first man, licked from cosmic frost by the cow Audumla. īyrhtnoth - Ealdorman of Kent. ![]() īretons - The Brittonic-speaking inhabitants of Brittany in western France. īor - The son of the first man, Buri, and father of Odin. īragi Boddason 'the Old' - The earliest named skaldic poet. īran map Onuist - Co-ruler of Fortriu, killed by Vikings in 839. Often regarded as the first king of Poland. He hailed from southern Sweden. īestla - A giantess whose union with Bor gave rise to the gods Odin, Vili and Ve. ījorn - The king of the Svear during Anskar's first mission to Birka in 829. ījorn Olafsson - The son of Olaf of Birka, exiled after his father's death by his uncle Erik the Victorious. īoleslaw - Ruler of the Wends from 992–1025. īeowulf - The protagonist of an Old English poem of the same name. ![]() 839–852. īeothuk - The indigenous inhabitants of Newfoundland. Byzantine Emperor from 976–1025. īeorhtwulf - King of Mercia from c. Accidentally killed by the blind god Hod due to Loki's schemes. īasil II Porphyrogenitus. ī alder - A son of Odin and the fairest of the gods. Father of Alfred the Great. Īudumla - A cow formed from cosmic frost who brought forth the first man. Possible foster-father of Hakon the Good. Īthelred the Unready - King of the England from 978–10–1016. Īthelstan - King of the Anglo-Saxons from c. Elder brother of Alfred the Great. Īthelred of Mercia - Ruled Mercia as a vassal of Wessex in the late ninth and early tenth century. The daughter of Alfred the Great, governed Mercia following the death of her husband, Athelred of Mercia. Īthelred - King of Wessex from 865–871. Elder brother of Alfred the Great. Īthelflad - The Lady of Mercians. Īstrid - A daughter of Olaf Skotkonung, eloped with Olaf Haraldsson. Īstrid - The daughter of Sven Forkbeard and mother of Sven Astridsson. Īsser of St David's - A monk from St David's in Wales who joined the court of King Alfred the Great and wrote a biography of the ruler. Īri the Wise - A twelfth-century Icelandic priest who penned the earliest surviving history of Iceland, Islendingabok. Īnund Jakob - King of Sweden from 1022–c. Īnund - A king of the Svear who was exiled among the Danes shortly before 852. Īnskar - Archbishop of Hamburg from 831–c. The sister of Basil II who was engaged to Vladimir the Great. Īnglo-Saxons - The name for the Germanic (but non-Norse) inhabitants of Britain, whose ancestors had migrated from the areas south of Denmark in the fifth century. Īnglo-Normans - The political and cultural elite of England and Wales which developed following the Norman invasions. Can also be used of the English as a whole at this time. Īngantyr - A legendary king, the father of Hervor. Īlan the Great - King of Brittany from 888–907. Īmin Razi - A late sixteenth-century Persian geographer who made mention of the Rus'. Īnarawd ap Rhodri - King of Gwynedd from 878–c. Īlan Barbetort - Ruler of Brittany from 938, as duke from 942–952 after Brittany became a province of West Francia. ![]() Īhmad ibn Fadlan - Arabic writer of the most famous account of the Rus', written after an encounter in 921–2. Īidan (St) - An Irish saint who founded the monastery at Lindisfarne and was its first bishop. Īgnar - The son and successor of mythical Gothic ruler Geirrod. Æsir - A family of gods, including Odin, Frigg and Thor. Īdam of Bremen - Chronicler based at Bremen from c. A bu'l ibn Khordadbeh - An Arabic writer for first described the Rus' in an account written between 844–848.
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