Agnar (son of Ragnar)

Also known as: Agnar · Family: Danes · Role: son of Ragnar · First appears: Book Nine · Part 2

In Book Nine · Part 2, Ragnar Lodbrog and Thora (daughter of Herodd) had Agnar among their sons, alongside Radbard (son of Ragnar), Dunwat, Siward Snake-Eye, Biorn Ironsides, and Iwar. In Book Nine · Part 9, after Biorn and Erik Wind-hat had gone home, Iwar and Siward settled in Denmark and set Agnar to govern England. When the English rejected him, Agnar and Siward depopulated the country, leaving its fields without anyone to till them.

Later in Book Nine · Part 9, Agnar died in Sweden while trying to avenge Erik, whom Osten (slayer of Erik) had slain.

Relationship record

Ragnar had sons with Thora, including Radbard, Dunwat, Siward, Biorn, Agnar, and Iwar.(Book Nine · Part 2)
- With: Ragnar Lodbrog Thora (daughter of Herodd) Radbard (son of Ragnar) Dunwat Siward Snake-Eye Biorn Ironsides Iwar
- “By her he begot two nobly-gifted sons, Radbard and Dunwat. These also had brothers--Siward, Biorn, Agnar, and Iwar.”
When Biorn and Erik Wind-hat had gone home, Iwar and Siward settled in Denmark and set Agnar to govern England.(Book Nine · Part 9 · 📍 England)
- With: Iwar Siward Snake-Eye Biorn Ironsides Erik Wind-hat
- “Then, when Biorn and Erik had gone home, Iwar and Siward settled in Denmark, that they might curb the rebels with a stronger rein, setting Agnar to govern England.”
Agnar and Siward depopulated England after the English rejected Agnar.(Book Nine · Part 9 · 📍 England)
- With: Siward Snake-Eye
- “Agnar was stung because the English rejected him, and, with the help of Siward, chose, rather than foster the insolence of the province that despised him, to dispeople it and leave its fields, which were matted in decay, with none to till them.”
Agnar died while trying to avenge Erik, whom Osten had slain.(Book Nine · Part 9 · 📍 Sweden)
- With: Erik Wind-hat Osten (slayer of Erik)
- “But while he was narrowly bent on avenging another, he squandered his own blood on the foe; and while he was eagerly trying to punish the slaughter of his brother, sacrificed his own life to brotherly love.”

siblings with Radbard (son of Ragnar) “These also had brothers--Siward, Biorn, Agnar, and Iwar.”
siblings with Dunwat “These also had brothers--Siward, Biorn, Agnar, and Iwar.”
siblings with Siward Snake-Eye “These also had brothers--Siward, Biorn, Agnar, and Iwar.”
siblings with Biorn Ironsides “These also had brothers--Siward, Biorn, Agnar, and Iwar.”
siblings with Iwar “These also had brothers--Siward, Biorn, Agnar, and Iwar.”
siblings with Fridleif (son of Ragnar) (The text identifies Siward, Biorn, Agnar, and Iwar as brothers of Radbard and Dunwat; Fridleif is also Ragnar's son.) “By her he begot two nobly-gifted sons, Radbard and Dunwat. These also had brothers--Siward, Biorn, Agnar, and Iwar.”

lord: Iwar “Then, when Biorn and Erik had gone home, Iwar and Siward settled in Denmark, that they might curb the rebels with a stronger rein, setting Agnar to govern England.”
lord: Siward Snake-Eye “Then, when Biorn and Erik had gone home, Iwar and Siward settled in Denmark, that they might curb the rebels with a stronger rein, setting Agnar to govern England.”
siblings with Erik Wind-hat “while he was eagerly trying to punish the slaughter of his brother, sacrificed his own life to brotherly love.”

Extracted from the original text of The Danish History, Books I–IX. Made with Rho MD.