Esbern
Role: father · First appears: Book Seven · Part 12
Life events
- Ragnar sailed towards Gothland after hearing of Ubbe's arrogance.(Book Nine · Part 6 · 📍 Gothland)
- With: Ragnar Lodbrog
- “When Ragnar heard of his arrogance from Kelther and Thorkill, the earls of Sweden, he made a hasty voyage towards Gothland.”
- Esbern tried to bribe Kelther and Thorkill to desert Ragnar, but they refused.(Book Nine · Part 6)
- With: Kelther Thorkill (earl of Sweden)
- “Esbern, finding that these men were attached with a singular loyalty to the side of Ragnar, tried to bribe them to desert the king. But they did not swerve from their purpose”
- Esbern tried to win Biorn over, but Biorn rejected treachery and condemned the attempt.(Book Nine · Part 6)
- With: Biorn Ironsides
- “Esbern speedily made an attempt on Biorn himself, addressing him most courteously through his envoys. Biorn said that he would never lean more to treachery than to good faith, and judged that it would be a most abominable thing to prefer the favour of an infamous brother to the love of a most righteous father.”
- Esbern openly mustered his forces and went to war.(Book Nine · Part 6)
- “So Esbern, thinking that his secret and stealthy manoeuvres did not succeed fast enough, mustered his forces openly, and went publicly forth to war.”
- Ragnar attacked and slew Esbern.(Book Nine · Part 7 · 📍 Viridis)
- With: Ragnar Lodbrog
- “Ragnar attacked and slew Esbern in the bay that is called in Latin Viridis;”
Book Nine · Part 5
- benefactor: Ragnar Lodbrog “He also often comforted him with gifts, and at times with the most kindly speech.”
Book Nine · Part 6
- younger kin: Ubbe (son of Ragnar) “Meanwhile Ubbe was led by his grandfather, Esbern, to conceive an unholy desire for the throne; and, casting away all thought of the reverence due to his father, he claimed the emblem of royalty for his own head.”
- enemies with Ragnar Lodbrog “So Esbern, thinking that his secret and stealthy manoeuvres did not succeed fast enough, mustered his forces openly, and went publicly forth to war.”
Book Nine · Part 7
- enemies with Ragnar Lodbrog “Ragnar attacked and slew Esbern in the bay that is called in Latin Viridis;”
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Extracted from the original text of The Danish History, Books I–IX. Made with Rho MD.