Sigurd "Ring" Randversson

• Death Notes
  • Birth: Abt. 730
    P: Sweden
    Death: 812
    P: Battle of Bravalla, Denmark

• General Notes
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        Morthern Sea King
    
        Son of Randver, Prince of Garderige-Russia; father of Ragnar Sigurdsson who m. Aslaug of Denmark. [WFT Vol 5 Ped 3563]
    
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        Son of Randver Radbartsson; m. Alfhild Gandolfsdatter; father of Regner Lodbrog who m. Aslaug Sigurdsdatter and Thora Herraudsdatter. [Andrew Waite
    
        b.c. 724, d.c. 812; son of Randver Radbardsson and Hyletheansson; m. Alfhild Gandolfsdottir; father of:
        1. Ragnar 'Lodbrock' of Uppsala Sigurdsson who m. Aslaug Sigurdsdottir
        2. ?? Sigurdsdatter
        3. Rurif 'the Peaceful'
        [Gary Lewis
    
        !Succeeded King Harald Hildetand, but may not be his son. [WBH - Sweden]
    
        !Nephew of Harald Hilditonn or Wartooth. [A History of the Vikings, p. 52-3]
    
        Mayflower PAF
    
        Challenged his uncle Harald Hilditonn or Wartooth. Early sources are almost unanimous in describing Sigurd Hring as Harald's nephew; but thereafter a tangle of witness makes him a sub-king in Denmark, in Sweden, in East Gautland, or in Sweden and East Gautland together. The first of these appears the least likely. If Hring existed at all, he existed east of the Oresund. The rivalry of Harald and Hring led to the battle of Bravellir, a clash as famous in northern story as Hrolf's last stand at Lejre, and equally embellished with fictions. Harald came to earn the dislike of his subjects for old age and cruelty, and they planned to get rid of him by some ignoble stratagem. He preferred to die in battle and sent a challenge to King Hring. Each monarch collected a great host, with champions drawn from every northern nation. The armies came formally to the place of slaughter, probably near Braviken, north of modern Norrkoping, on the NE boundary of East Gautland. Here they were drawn up in battle order and harangued by Harald and Hring. Then the trumpets sounded and the carnage
        began. When it was over, only Harald was dead, tumbled from his chariot and clubbed to death by Odinn, who thus gathered him to his peers in Valhalla. Hring treated his uncle's corpse with Honour; according to Icelandic sources he was conveyed in his chariot into a cairn filled with the donated treasures of the victors; according to Saxo he was burned on a sumptuous pyre. So ended the
        Bravic War. [A History of the Vikings, pp. 53-4]
    
        Son of Randver; m.Alfhild Gandolfsdottir; father of Ragnar Sigurdsson. [GRS CD#100]
    
        A claimant to the throne of Denmark in the Civil War of 812. The name "Sigurd Ring" is really fictional, though famous because of the sagas. Sigifrid was nepos of Godefrid, and Anulo was nepos of the former king Harald. Both were killed in the resulting struggle, but Anulo's party won, and his brothers became kings. It is unclear whether the two factions in this civil war (i.e., the relatives of Harald vs. the relatives of Godefrid) were two different families or two different branches of the same family. This battle in 812 was the ultimate source of the famous (but fictional) "Battle of Bravalla" which is a part of the pseudohistory given by the sagas. The two claimants, Sigifired
        (i.e., Sigurd) and Anulo (confused with the Latin word for ring, annulus, and translated as "Ring"), were combined into the mythical "Sigurd Ring", who was made the victor (and survivor) of the battle, and Harald was transformed into the loser.
        Anulo was a son of Halfdan/Halptani and a brother of Harald, Reginfrid, and Hemming. [Anders Berg - anderzb@algonet.se]
    
        b.c. 730, d. 812; son of Randver Radbartsson; m. Alfhild Gandolfsdatter; father of Regner Lodbrog who m. Aslaug Sigurdsdatter and Thora Herraudsdatter
    
    # Reference Number: HK9V-1C
    
    
    
    # Note: He and/or his son Ragnar took over Raumariki and Westfold all the way to Grenmar as well as Vingulmork during King Harald's reign.
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    # Note: He battled at Bravellir with his uncle, King Harald "Wartooth" Hraereksson of Denmark and killed him.
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    # Note: Died as part of a Danish Civil War, in which both he and the other claimant Anulo were killed. Anulo's side ultimately won.