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Sigurd Snake-in-the-Eye

850 - 891

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Sigurd Snake-in-the-Eye (Old Norse: Sigurðr ormr í auga) or Sigurd Ragnarsson was a semi-legendary Viking warrior and Danish king active from the mid to late 9th century. According to multiple saga sources and Scandinavian histories from the 12th century and later, he is one of the sons of the legendary Viking Ragnar Lodbrok and Aslaug. His historical prototype might have been the Danish King Sigfred who ruled briefly in the 870s. Norwegian kings' genealogies of the Middle Ages name him as an ancestor of Harald Fairhair and used his mother's supposed ancestry to Völsung in order to create an ancestry between Harald and his descendants and Odin. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Sigurd Snake-in-the-Eye is the 215th most popular nobleman (down from 125th in 2019), the 101st most popular biography from Denmark (down from 70th in 2019) and the 4th most popular Danish Nobleman.

Sigurd Snake-in-the-eye is most famous for killing the dragon Fafnir, who was guarding a hoard of treasure.

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Among NOBLEMEN

Among noblemen, Sigurd Snake-in-the-Eye ranks 215 out of 1,415. Before him are Marie Joséphine of Savoy, Luisa of Naples and Sicily, Ismihan Sultan, Princess Irene of Greece and Denmark, Grand Duke Konstantin Nikolayevich of Russia, and Maria Theresa of Austria. After him are Cymburgis of Masovia, Catherine of Sweden, Countess Palatine of Kleeburg, Louise Marie Adélaïde de Bourbon, Duchess of Orléans, Archduchess Anna of Austria, Christina of Denmark, and Agnes of Waiblingen.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 850, Sigurd Snake-in-the-Eye ranks 11. Before him are Pope Stephen VI, Pope Stephen VII, Pope Romanus, Ingólfr Arnarson, Berengar I of Italy, and Pope Stephen V. After him are Istakhri, Linji Yixuan, Emperor Seiwa, Abū Kāmil Shujāʿ ibn Aslam, Vladimir of Bulgaria, and Smbat I of Armenia. Among people deceased in 891, Sigurd Snake-in-the-Eye ranks 2. Before him is Pope Stephen V. After him are Mutimir of Serbia, and Fujiwara no Mototsune.

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In Denmark

Among people born in Denmark, Sigurd Snake-in-the-Eye ranks 101 out of 1,032. Before him are Charles I, Count of Flanders (1083), Eric I of Denmark (1055), Valdemar III of Denmark (1314), Tove Ditlevsen (1917), John II, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg (1545), and Dorothea of Denmark, Duchess of Brunswick-Lüneburg (1546). After him are Caroline Amalie of Augustenburg (1796), Jens Peter Jacobsen (1847), Georg Brandes (1842), Bille August (1948), Sophia Brahe (1556), and Sven Hassel (1917).

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Among NOBLEMEN In Denmark

Among noblemen born in Denmark, Sigurd Snake-in-the-Eye ranks 4. Before him are Margrethe II of Denmark (1940), Frederik, Crown Prince of Denmark (1968), and Princess Charlotte of Denmark (1789). After him are Christina of Denmark (1521), Elizabeth of Denmark, Duchess of Mecklenburg (1524), Princess Ingeborg of Denmark (1878), Princess Marie Luise Charlotte of Hesse-Kassel (1814), Ernest Günther, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg (1609), Princess Frederica Amalia of Denmark (1649), Dorothea of Denmark, Electress Palatine (1520), and Princess Juliane Sophie of Denmark (1788).

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