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Halfdan Ragnarsson

900 - 877

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Halfdan Ragnarsson (Old Norse: Hálfdan; Old English: Halfdene or Healfdene; Old Irish: Albann; died 877) was a Viking leader and a commander of the Great Heathen Army which invaded the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of England, starting in 865. One of six sons of Ragnar Lodbrok named in Norse sagas, Halfdan's brothers or half-brothers included Björn Ironside, Ivar the Boneless, Sigurd Snake-in-the-Eye, Ubba and Hvitserk. Because Halfdan is not mentioned in any source that mentions Hvitserk, some scholars have suggested that they are the same individual – a possibility reinforced by the fact that Halfdan was a relatively common name among Vikings and Hvitserk "white shirt" may have been an epithet or nickname that distinguished Halfdan from other men by the same name.Halfdan was the first Viking King of Northumbria and a pretender to the throne of Kingdom of Dublin. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Halfdan Ragnarsson has received more than 2,710,192 page views. His biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 21 in 2019). Halfdan Ragnarsson is the 860th most popular politician (down from 651st in 2019).

Halfdan Ragnarsson is most famous for founding the city of Dublin, Ireland in 841.

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Among politicians, Halfdan Ragnarsson ranks 860 out of 15,577Before him are Ahmad Shah Massoud, Henry VII, Holy Roman Emperor, Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan, Henry V, Holy Roman Emperor, Frank-Walter Steinmeier, and Eleanor of Austria. After him are Nikolai Yezhov, Kurt von Schleicher, Calvin Coolidge, Harold Godwinson, Sima Yi, and Abū Lahab.

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Among people born in 900, Halfdan Ragnarsson ranks 5Before him are Ivar the Boneless, Oleg of Novgorod, Gorm the Old, and Photios I of Constantinople. After him are Pope Lando, Ahmad ibn Fadlan, Pope Benedict VI, Pope Agapetus II, Pope Stephen VIII, Pope Leo VII, and Robert the Strong. Among people deceased in 877, Halfdan Ragnarsson ranks 2Before him is Charles the Bald. After him are John Scotus Eriugena, Causantín mac Cináeda, Ignatios of Constantinople, and Jayavarman III.

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