Who was the REAL Bjorn Ironside? (Viking History Explained)
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- Опубликовано: 22 сен 2024
- Following in the footsteps of his legendary father Ragnar Lothbrook, Bjorn Ironside was said to have been known as a fierce leader and eventually a king. His exploits would see him reach the shores of Andalusia and even see him in a standoff with the outskirts of Rome.
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As the seer once foretold, we still remember Björn IRONSIDE in 2021.
Dang straight we do 🪓✌️♥️
"The sons of Ragnar Will be spoken of as Long as men have thounges to speak"
Poono
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The historic Bjorn Ironside was actually waaaaay more cool and badass then the tv-version.
Not only did he raided in Britain and France with his father, but he also was one of the commanders of the ''Great Heathen Army'' and the first Viking to sail into the Mediterrenean Sea.
He's pretty much rsponsible for the image that Vikings have as fearless warriors & skilled sailors.
@Al Strider so I'm sorry I'm confused were you one of the leaders cuz I guess you were there right?
@@Ben30001000 He probably wasn't there, but he is right. There is no historical source that states that Björn Ironside was a commander of the Great Heathen Army. The commanders were mainly Halfdan Whiteshirt, Bagsecg Jute, Ubba and Ivar the Boneless
Like H&R Block is THE name in Accounting. Viking was just a job, not “a people”. He was basically the equivalent of a Marine
This was presented in the T.V show tho...
@@Samuel-ut7mj I understand what your saying but is there a historical source that you have that says all this? I mean I understand everyone wants to be right about everything nowadays but now your talking about proof and evidence and your basically saying the guy that made this video is lying and doesn't know what he's talking about.
Vikings brought me here! I’ve been binge watching it for the past week or so. I’m on the final season. What a treat!
Me too.skol🍻
"No one will ever forget the name of Bjorn Ironside, greater than Ragnar"
Do you agree with the way he was killed on Vikings?
@@1savage325 Definitely not
@@1savage325 IT was a m a z i n g and badass... goosebumbs everytime I think about that scene... and the sountrack... amazing
He was stronger than Ragnar but not greater than Ragnar
Besides he was always recognise as the son of Ragnar and he also reigns in his father’s name. A lot of people respected him because of his father Ragnar
Only Bjorn embraced Valhalla like a boss
Love your pronounciation of the old nordic words. Im from scandinavia and I find rage inducing hearing wrong pronounciation of our old words.
Ya. I'm Irish and notice on many many videos the mispronounciation. Jesus hope they don't delve into out version of the sagas!
No one ever forgot the name Björn Ironside King of Sweden and Son of Ragnar Lothbrok
I love how before Vikings they where considered just savages. Now they are adored. I myself. Love this way of life.
Well they murdered a shit ton of people you might as well adore serial killers too
Vindication
I would love to know more about “FLoKi,” cuz he also played a great part in Ragnar adventure.
Right no cap
Floki is unfortunately not real and is only loosely based on another boat builder that was not around during Ragnars time
Bjorn Ironside is buried in Sweden. so he has probably been king of sweden.
#proud Swede
Not just probably, thats actually what the saga says. I dont understand why people are trying to bury this! He is swedens version of king arthur at the very least.
From the saga of rahnar lothbrok: Follow the link, original old norse plus translation.
"The sons of Lodbrok went raiding in many lands: England, Normandy, France, and out over Lombardy. But it’s said the furthest they got was when they took the town of Luni. And one time they thought of going to Rome and taking that. And their warrings have become the most famous in all the northlands where Norse is spoken. And when they come back to their realm in Denmark, they shared out the lands between them. Bjorn Ironside got Uppsala and central Sweden and all the lands that belong to that, and it’s told that Sigurd Snake-in-Eye had Zealand and Scania and Halland, and Oslo Fjord, and Agder as far as Lindesnes and a good portion of the Norwegian Uplands, while Hvitserk had Reidgotaland and Wendland."
www.germanicmythology.com/FORNALDARSAGAS/ThattrRagnarsSonar.html
"Björn Ironside (Old Norse: Bjǫrn Járnsíða; Icelandic: Björn Járnsíða; Swedish: Björn Järnsida; Danish: Bjørn Jernside; Medieval Latin: Bier Costae ferreae) was a Norse Viking chief and legendary king of Sweden. According to the 12th- and 13th-century Scandinavian histories, he was the son of the notorious and historically dubious Viking king Ragnar Lodbrok. He lived in the 9th century, being securely dated between 855 and 858.[1] Björn Ironside is said to have been the first ruler of the Swedish Munsö dynasty. In the early 18th century, a barrow on the island of Munsö was claimed by antiquarians to be Björn Järnsidas hög or Björn Ironside's barrow.[2][3]
Medieval sources refer to Björn Ironside's sons and grandsons, including Erik Björnsson and Björn at Haugi.[4] His descendants in the male line supposedly ruled over the Swedes until c. 1060."
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bj%C3%B6rn_Ironside
@@n0namesowhatblerp362 I just traced my ancestors back to Bjorn Ragnarson and am interested in any history sources you have come across.
@@jakechambers1739 Where did you trace them to him? What service was that a DNA one liek 23andme?
See its funny right, that some people say they can trace themselves back to him but historians cant say for absolute certainty that he actually existed.
I dont know how those two things are logically put together. He is swedens version of king Arthur (no matter what the series the vikings said, just look at were Kattegatt is on a map) Its not norway not back then either. He is regarded as the first swedish king however only a legendary one. They do believe its more likely that he actually existed than Ragnar but he is still considered a legendary king.
Ive met others online who claim the same, all of them from american funnily enough who claim to be a decendant of Ragnar, How on earth thats possible i dont know. This grave belongs to someone who had that name, but whther he was the Björn from the stories or not is a different matter.
In a neighbouring grave the found a woman viking buried, im related to her, dna testing 23andme. I feel like.. growing uo in swedne, visitng the place.. all the newly opened museums ect...that they would announce an offical finding of his dna is beyond me. and makes no sense. I smell a fish buried. A stinky one.
But fine, for sources go to The icelandic sagas" those are pretty much the only ones except for som monks ect thorugh history. But yeah the icelandic sagas, written hundreds of years after the fact, are the only sources...so yeah he is a legendary king and im sorry but you're n ot related to him.
@@jakechambers1739 The source is in my comment.
But notice words like " claim to be" is said to have been" ect.LOl i mean dude, if your family knows for sure, then share. It will be a breakthrough!
Damn, I live history. Thank you for this, I want to learn as much as possible about Vikings
No one forget the name of Bjorn the Ironside 👑⚔️
Or Hagar the Horrible
@@johnlee5423 Who Is him?
@@caterinadangelo4915 eh! He's the most famous viking of them all.
He was called Ironside because he was supposedly never wounded in battle.
No. He was named Ironside because he mas struck by many blades and none harmed him. Get it right.
@@incitingariot9925 Ok, so none harmed him. Which means he was never wounded. which is what I wrote. Same thing, except maybe semanticly.
@@incitingariot9925 he was a most skilled fighter amongst his brothers.
Can you do one about Ivar the Boneless?
Ivar is buried in Ireland 🇮🇪
Ragnar
Lagertha
Björn
Who is next on the Vikings legends!........
Fingers crossed on Ivar the Boneless
Ivar the boneless
Ivar
Rurik
Can you please do a video on Leif Erickson.
So what happens with Ubbe? Cause you never mentioned him in the video.🤔
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ubba
Ubbe dies in battle near somerset. He really didn’t do much it was more ivar, halfdan and Guthrum.
@@vibangigan5336 Ubbe dies in battle near somerset in the Bernard Cornwell fiction. I don't think there's any historical evidence of it though
*ubba
Who was the real Bjorn Ironside you say? Well, definitely not the pathetic excuse for an adventurer that Vikings depicted him as. Love your work by the way! Keep it up. Spread the real stories about these characters so more people can appreciate who they really were.
Always side with the Ironside
Excellent video. I’d love to hear your thoughts about Leif Errikson, Ubbe, and Ivar the boneless.
Ubba*
@@GG-we5zy Ubbe is a more swedish version ;)
@@helenabringner6580 but Ubba was Frisian and that’s how his name is pronounced
@@GG-we5zy I dont know where you got that info from but Ubbe was born in Denmark and was king over what is now Denmark and south parts of Sweden.
@@helenabringner6580 that’s probably not true, he was literally nicknamed the dux of Frisia
in viking series :lagertha the most famous shielded maiden is his mother not auslug' and his father is not ragnar his real father is 'Rollo' brother of ragnar
Rollo is interred in France
great video, you do great work, it’s very interesting, continue like this
Anyone watched Vinland Saga ? It's all about vikings.
Askeladd first friend
It's about discovering America tf
I'll remember the name Bjorn ironside as long as i live 👑
Can you do a video about the all sons of ragnar
Take it for what it is. Stories and Sagas first written down 400 years after the presumed events are often just stories, largely coloured and influenced by contemporary European sagas.
Ragnar Lodbrok on it’s own is a character melted together from mainly two people that lived in different countries. Björn Järnsida only appears in one source and it’s from the 13th century.
Just like the Bible, where does truth start and fiction end
@Al Strider as they say, the victor writes the history. It's up to everyone to belive what they feel is right for them.
Correct. There are at least two versions of Ragnar Lodbrok. It's even unclear he (they) even existed.
I came here because i recently started watching vikings series.
Noooo spoilers
@Marcus Lindelöf yes he have
Enjoy brother
Skol
It's really good man
Bjorn and his brothers will be spoken of as long as men have tongues to speak
these guys had to be so gnarly
King of Sweden en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bj%C3%B6rn_Ironside
Will you ever do one about Sigurd Snake-in-the-eye?
Ivar murdered him
Not to be that guy but you can visit björn ironsids grave here in sweden.
So, he was baptized as well?
@@dawgraa9969 No he was not.
@@Conzcript. then wasn't he burned?
@@dawgraa9969 he is buried in a burial mound in munsö in sweden. But he did not become a christian.
@@dawgraa9969 they did not always burned a dead viking or in his case a chieftain
Despite the Viking's brilliance and ruthless cunning and skill in battle, it is often forgotten that there was a part of the UK they tried and failed to take. Twice. North-East Scotland. Even the Roman empire couldn't defeat the Picts.
Bjorn ironside Was Libyan 🇱🇾
Thank you for your stories i learned so much new things from your stories❤👍
Q: Who was the real Bjorn Ironside?
A: The ancestor of Michael Ironside(?)
(oOo)
A fellow Splinter Cell fan I see.
Only Splinter Cell fans will get this. haha.
Thanks Lambert...
Very nice
Björn is buried on Munsö!
Ah yes magical cows, that shit happens no need to feel bad about it
Shit happened to me last week
Good i thought it was just me shit happened on my way to work
They're still the backbone of Sweden's defensive strategy
Björn the swedish viking king!
This story and Vikings web series increased my interest on European history thanks for those who made this
I’ve gotta hand it to Björn Ironside, his plan was very clever and successful
Why no mention of Halfdan Ragnarson?
Thought he was king Haralds brother not a Ragnarson
I thought Bjorn's mom was Lagertha? Since Bjorn was there since the beginning of the show.
The show wasn't meant to be historically accurate. It's difficult to do that when it can affect the vision of the production staff.
perhaps they changed some few things in the show
Spoiler alert:
Bjorn’s Funeral at Luni was turned into Ragnar’s Funeral at Paris 😂
@@tonym.duarte4643 just watched that yesterday was wondering on it's reality
@Eirikr wrong the four younger sons were hers Bjorn was born to Lagertha as well as Gida she died as a child
RIP ragnar and the brothers
Floki anyone?
Chk my video on floki ..
no one knows how floki actually died a mysterious death he just disappeared so In the Vikings show the mountain collapsed on him because no one does how the real floki died
@@drux6634 Have you seen the new episodes of Vikings?
@@rullvardi yes..but season 6 is fake thats not what actually happend its from the show itself not the real history all of season 6 from the show itself
@@drux6634 none of the Show Vikings is accurate beyond basic facts, names and such. The rest of it is a mix stories, and characters some of which who lived hundreds of years apart. Its a fun show, which is, respectably, all they ever touted it to be.
he got reincarnated as a disabled detective
I guess he was Bjorn again
More! More! More!
The Vikings TV series details Lagatha as Bjorn’s mother ? Unless it was purposely wrote that way to address the internal battles with his brothers Ivarr, Ubbe, Sigured and Hvitserk who was Aslaug’s children
Michael Hirst who wrote Vikings used historical stories in a dramatized fictional manner, this is from the historical accounts and sagas a Ragnar Lothbrok that he mentioned in the beginning of the video. Aslag was Bjorn's mother as well as the mother of Ivar the Boneless
I am a descendant of Björn Ironside and it’s true through doing genealogy Aslaug is Björn’s mother not Lagertha. Also I’m a descendant of Rollo and it is impossible for him to be Ragnar’s brother since Rollo wasn’t born until after Björn died. Most Americans don’t care to study true history they just believe everything on tv. I’m American as well so I can truly say this because I’ve had to correct many people on the true history of Vikings. Also Lagertha had one son named Fridleif and two daughters with Ragnar who’s names have not recorded and nobody truly knows how or when she died if she truly existed at all. Grammaticus had truly a brilliant mind but was a misogynist as were most all men of the church at the time according to the church, shieldmaidens were an example of disorder because men of the church only saw women as sexual beings for reproduction and had their roles and are less than men. The church changed all this when they forced Christianity upon the Heathens. Grammaticus also said that Lagertha was an Amazon woman.
I love the History of Vikings
Team Bjorn by far. I think after what I just seen on the show Vikings he deserves to be immortalized as a god.
Why? That show is like one of the most historically inaccurate shows in history.
@@waynepurcell6058 I don't have to explain myself to you lol. U clearly dont know much about Norse Mythology or the actually show
😂😂
I have a theory, that since these stories were mostly written down and remembered by the “other side” that these famous Viking characters could have been similar looking dudes that were relatives, father-son, etc. it would be easy to confuse from say an English observer point of view
History is never remembered by the losers. How are the dead going to tell stories
@@Wimpyking17 that’s true but really irrelevant to what I said lol
it was Hastein who led the expedition to Luni and who convinced the city to baptise him, not Bjorn.
also they knew the city was not Rome, it was a lie spread in the Frenkish chronicles to let people believe the Vikings were dumb as a revenge on being sieged and humiliated by them for many years. the story that they thought t was Rome is only mentioned once in history by a french priest called Dudo of Saint-Quentin
Question: Where is Ubbe?
@Lupin The fourth he is talking about the real Ubbe
Bjorn was bjorn a warrior wasn’t he?
Hey my lawyer will be in touch over your username 😉😂😂😂👍
Do a video on William Marshall
You state much of this as fact when in reality its best guess work, the biggest myth being that Ragnar was the father of Bjorn and co when in reality they were most likely not even brothers, the chronical and sagas are terribly unreliable and many of the dates contradict each other by as much as 20 years.
My history professor studied the late dark ages for over 30 years and the way he put it was that ancient texts from viking period were a great work of fantasy with a dollop of truth thrown in somewhere, you''ll find more accurate writings from the scribes and monks from all over Britain from that period although they are not easy to find.
You got it right. The sagas are considered as fiction by most historians. There are in general much truth in them, but the details are terrible inaccurate.
Um...lagertha was bjorns mother not auslaug
What book are you reading?!! Please shareee
OOOOOH You actually meant Björn JÄRNSIDA! Right okay now I get it
”Others BELIVE that he retired in Sweden” lmao yeah, no the grave in Sweden’s just a meme
Definitely team rolo ancestor to William king of England one who fourfold his clam to its crown and beat Viking and Saxon kings to show Norman superiority in war
But remember Rollo wasn’t Ragnar’s brother it would be impossible considering he wasn’t born until after Björn had died. I am a descendant of Rollo.
Too bad that the Norman’s are literally not French they are Scandivian descent
My ancestry is Bjorn ironside and my dad has documented proof.
Yeah whatever
This is quite interesting.... there were no documents kept during that time. How your dad managed to find out.... you could share this amazing ancestry story.
@@RayB1656 There are around 3000 runestones in Sweden and many old sagas. The kings are mentioned so it is not impossible to find out if you have kings in your family. I also have direct lineage with Ragnar but after Sigurd Ormöga
I feel like the series didn’t portray him as fearless he should have been. They missed many of his adventures and and show his story for just a little bit.
Nice
And there is a supposed gravesite attributed to Bjorn as well. But it WOULD be interesting to not only prove if the grave is real, but to hunt for the wrecks of those Viking ships off Gibraltar.
His grav are at Munsö
It would be cool if someone did a new series telling the actual stories of Ragnar and his sons...
Funny how her mother was Lagertha
Hello I was wondering can you do on something about the Anti-Christ Unless you already have
Ragnar is LIT in Gods of Rome......
Bjorn was the one who pretended to be dead, and wanted to convert to christinaity before his death, to be buried in a christian way
so he could enter the city, and then pillage it
it worked
but in the tv show, ti is attributed to ragnar,
Really ??
This stuff is so interesting and i am team bjorn
Me to
this is why i stopped watching vikings. they use the names of these historic characters but stray to far from the truth
it's still a really great show. I think you should give it another shot
If the show brings you joy just enjoy the story who cares if its different. I think its cool to know the truth but also see other peoples versions of history
Yeah but if you know whats going to happen why watch it you have to change some of the story
@@mccraejoey82 it can still be a great show. Because there is a lot of space in between events, only the large things they did are known. Like in bjorns case, raiding england with his father, raiding paris, attacking luna ( entering the city ny pretending to be dead, exactly what ragnar did in the series to enter paris. In real life bjorn ironside did that and not ragnar in order to enter luna, after hearing storys about troy) and uniting sweden to become the first king of kings. In between that there is still a lot of room for exiting storylines. Plus a lot of people dont know the history so for them everything would be exiting
@@mccraejoey82 stories have been told since man and every story has a different version somewhere. We will never really know the truth about alot that happened back then due to scripts being burned in raids. Just enjoy the story or dont nothing else matters.
Team Bjorn all the way (well actually team Lagertha). In the show he is going to have to Kill Lagertha and that will tell them he is Ragnar son. That will lead him to leave and give Kattagat to Harald. I hope he gets a good ending and Lagertha has her death be meaningful and of course for Ragnar to be the one to greet her and lead her to Valhalla or to become a Valkyrie. She deserves a good end if for no other reason, because she was always loyal. Everyman let her down but she was always there for them.
I don’t think her becoming a Valkyrie would be a happy ending for her. We see that she constantly talks about wanting out of the violence in her life in her later years, she just keeps getting pulled back in. So her afterlife being all about overseeing battles, being a warrior entity and picking up dead soldiers to deliver to Valhalla doesn’t seem like something she would want.
Yeah that didn't happen
It is fiction, Vikings is not a documentary, a lot of things are made up. But the viking erra is an interesting time and if your familie's ancestors are from Scandinavia then it's part of your Heritage.
@@user-xc9fj6vz9v "A lot of things.." Try almost Everything. There is NOTHING historically accurate other than "this thing happened". An example, Vikings sacked Paris, but everything in the show showing that is a Lie.
Though to be fair it is not as bad as that show Rome, that one was really, really bad from a historical perspective.
The seer told Ragnar his children would be better than him Ivar and Bjorn and the great heathen army set revenge and won. Bjorn left to see the world Ivar was a conquer. Even when they dug up his bones they where terrified.
The show isn’t historically real
@@lostcapital2591 there a glimpses and somewhat has some truth. obviously its not going to be 100% accurate otherwise more than likely lose most viewers and wouldn't have 6 seasons of it
The Show is great but sadly not based on 100% facts.
@Al Strider earlier seasons referenced and altered moments and i never said it was historical. Again glimpses and somewhat of truth. it's not going to be a In the life of ragnar tv show and re create every moment because it wont be as popular
Do was he son of aslaug or lagartha
oh so Bjorn is actually Aslaugs son and not Lagerthas like in the tv show?
No Lagertha was his mother they were mistaken rest if the sons were Aslaugs
I've heard other channels that say only Bjorn was Ragnoths child, not the others listed in the show. Read Wikipedia on each character and you'll see that there just isn't much information to truly say their history.
Bjorn is the viking from vinland saga thats what anime teach me
Ayana Lorraine leduna Vinland saga is set 150 years after Bjorn’s lifetime
@@pizzatime1107 ik but the characters name is bjorn you know the huge dude you should wach thst anime it cool the title is vineland saga and i agree that Vineland is set 150 years befor bjorn life time or something but you should wach the anime tho its cool
02:06 - MJ?
Wait? Bjorns mother wasn’t Lagertha?!?!?
No one knows if lagertha was even a real person or just a myth but ofc that it's not exactly accurate in the tv show
@@someczechguy Lagertha was Bjorns mother she was a famous shiejdmaien as Aslag wasn’t
You forget Ubbe as well. Otherwise nice video.
Vikings were like the mongols of europe
i think one of the sons name was Hvitserk not Hvisterk
Piniswella ? do you mean peninsula ?
I thought erik was the son of bjorn and hvitserk was in fact halfdan and jou missed ubba
Yeah there was Bjorns older Brother Eirikr & also he had a Son I think he called exactly after his Brother Eirikr.
Eirikr/Erik was a common old norse Name already in that Age
All hail king bjorn
BJORN
So Lagertha wasn't his mother?
Yes she was
Amon Amarth brought me here
Well not that your video didn't just explain this but....they are both the same team!
Longlive our lineage
Sooo bjorn was not lagathas child?
Bjorn ironside Was Mongolian 🇲🇳
Yes he was
Vikings switch up everything
Me Shabbla 👌
Team Bjorn
The Bjorn Want his Name More Famous
Now Vikngs TV Show Came
He was of the first men to use a wheelchair
Did he really fight with ivar
So by the saga bjorn faked his death like ragnar did in the vikings show in s3
if I ever had a kid I would call him or her baby bear and with my girlfriend being Swedish and how I rather have my child with a unique name. I came across bjorn! I looked at my girlfriend I said Yep this is what we're naming our son! She was like well what if we have a daughter? I replied Bjorn haha but now I'm afraid with does being so popular I think I will be the only one
Well, if you want to stick with a Norse theme and get a daughter, both Freya and Saga are nice names IMHO :)
@@fanbuoy9234 I like that! Thank you
@@jarrettvasco7710 Glad to be of help! And for the record, two of my best friends when I was younger were named Björn and Jarrett, so I like the combo :)
@@fanbuoy9234 its a good name