Ella

Family: English · Role: Hame's son · First appears: Book Nine · Part 3

Ella, son of Hame, received royal power from the Gauls in Book Nine · Part 8. He put to the sword or punished those closely attached to Ragnar Lodbrog, then imprisoned Ragnar, who died before the order to stop his execution was carried out.

In Book Nine · Part 9, Iwar obtained land from Ella by asking for as much as a horse’s hide could cover. Siward Snake-Eye and Biorn Ironsides came against him with a fleet of four hundred ships; after capturing Ella, they tortured and killed him, cutting an eagle’s figure into his back and salting the wound.

Relationship record

Life events

• The Gauls bestowed royal power on Ella.(Book Nine · Part 8)
  • “For the Gauls had made him fly, and had wrongfully bestowed royal power on a certain Ella, the son of Hame.”
• Ella imprisoned Ragnar, who died before the order to stop his execution was carried out.(Book Nine · Part 8)
  • With: Ragnar Lodbrog
  • “For when he had been taken and cast into prison, his guilty limbs were given to serpents to devour”
• Iwar obtained land from Ella by asking for as much as a horse's hide could cover.(Book Nine · Part 9 · 📍 England)
  • With: Iwar
  • “he chose to be cunning rather than bold, and tried a shrewd trick on Ella, begging as a pledge of peace between them a strip of land as great as he could cover with a horse's hide.”
• Siward and Biorn captured Ella, tortured him, and put him to death.(Book Nine · Part 9)
  • With: Siward Snake-Eye Biorn Ironsides
  • “when they had captured him, they ordered the figure of an eagle to be cut in his back, rejoicing to crush their most ruthless foe by marking him with the cruellest of birds. Not satisfied with imprinting a wound on him, they salted the mangled flesh. Thus Ella was done to death”

Book Nine · Part 3

• parent: Hame (king of Britain) “and attacked and slew in battle its king, Hame, the father of Ella, who was a most noble youth.”

Book Nine · Part 8

• parent: Hame (king of Britain) “For the Gauls had made him fly, and had wrongfully bestowed royal power on a certain Ella, the son of Hame.”
• enemies with Ragnar Lodbrog “Ella betook himself to the Irish, and put to the sword or punished all those who were closely and loyally attached to Ragnar”

Book Nine · Part 9

• enemies with Iwar “Iwar went towards England, and when he saw that his fleet was not strong enough to join battle with the enemy, he chose to be cunning rather than bold, and tried a shrewd trick on Ella, begging as a pledge of peace between them a strip of land as great as he could cover with a horse's hide.”
• enemies with Siward Snake-Eye “Meantime, Siward and Biorn came up with a fleet of 400 ships, and with open challenge declared war against the king.”
• enemies with Biorn Ironsides “Meantime, Siward and Biorn came up with a fleet of 400 ships, and with open challenge declared war against the king.”

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