Historical Figures in Vikings P5 Flashcards

Front

• - King with hairy trousers

• - He died to an Anglo - Saxons king

• - His death inspired the Great Heathen Army

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Ragnar Lodbrok

Front

• - King of Wessex

• - He hides in Somerset marshes

• - He had a battle with Danish Vikings in AD878

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Alfred the Great

Front

• - Leader of the Danes

• - Had to be baptised as Christian

• - Had to leave Wessex and retreat to East Anglia

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Guthrum

Front

• - Grandson of Alfred

• - A powerful and successful King in AD925

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Aethelstan

Front

• - King of Scotland

• - Had a stalemate with Aethelstan

• - Lost in Battle of Brunanburh

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Constantine

Front

• - Tried to raid Paris but failed

• - Made a treaty with French King

• - Allowed him to stay in the north of France

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Rollo

Front

• - King of Denmark around AD958 - 985

• - Convert to Christian & whole Denmark became Christian

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Harold Bluetooth

Front

• - In AD995 became King of Norway

• - Built the first Christian church in Norway

• - Forced people to convert to Christianity by force

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Olaf Tryggvason

Front

• - King of England in AD978

• - Has a nickname because of his bad advisor

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Aethelred

Front

• - Governed England well

• - Became King after Edmund died

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King Canute