Ragnald (King of the Northmen)

Also known as: Ragnald · Family: Norwegians · Role: king · First appears: Book Seven · Part 13

Life events

Ragnald concealed Drota in a cave and provided for her maintenance.(Book Seven · Part 13)
- With: Drota
- “Moreover, Ragnald, the King of the Northmen, now in extreme age, when he heard how the tyrant busied himself, had a cave made and shut up in it his daughter Drota, giving her due attendance, and providing her maintenance for a long time.”
Ragnald perished in battle.(Book Seven · Part 13)
- “So he perished in the battle, where he fought with more ardour than success”

child: Drota “Moreover, Ragnald, the King of the Northmen, now in extreme age, when he heard how the tyrant busied himself, had a cave made and shut up in it his daughter Drota, giving her due attendance, and providing her maintenance for a long time.”
enemies with Gunnar “For Gunnar, in order to punish the cowardice of the conquered race by terms of extraordinary baseness, had a dog set over them as a governor.”

child: Drota “Meanwhile Borgar, finding that Gunnar had married Drota, the daughter of Ragnald, by violence, took from him both life and wife, and wedded Drota himself.”

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