Bjorn (Ironside) Ragnarsson

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ID: I15267
Name: *Bjorn (Ironside) Ragnarsson
Sex: M
Birth: ABT 0777 in Denmark
Note:
Bjørn was one of the major Viking raiders from the mid 850s until 862.During 856-7 he was on the Seine and his name is associated with thevikings who established or took over a base on the island of Oissel wherethey were at last beleagured
by Charles the Bald. They managed to raise the siege after 12 weeks.Later he and Hastein made a four year cruise with 62 ships to Spain,North Africa and Italy and possibly further east. Two of their shipsladen with gold, silver and prisoners
were captured by the Moors off the coast of Spain. They were next atGuadalquivar but did not prosper and some say they went upriver as far asSeville. Then through the Straits of Gibralter to Algeciras to plunderand next to the North African
shore in the Cabo Tres Forcas region where they rounded up prisoners forransom and took a few with them who eventually wound up in Ireland. Thenit was back to Spain's Murcia coast, the Balearics, southern France andsacked Narbonne and then
wintered on the island of Camargue in the Rhone delta. They raided Arles,Nimes and Valence but took a beating from the Franks and went to theLigurian Riviera and then raided Pisa and east to Alexandria, raided Lunamistakenly thinking it was
Rome, and by 861were back at Gibralter where the Moorish fleet defeatedthem. The survivors reached Navarre and captured Pamplona and ransomedits prince and in 862 one 20 of the 62 ships sailed safely back into themouth of the Loire.
Change Date: 4 FEB 2003

Father: *Ragnar (Lodbrok) Sigurdsson b: 0760 in Uppsala,Sweden
Mother: *Aslaug Sigurdsdottir b: ABT 0765 in Denmark

Marriage 1 Spouse Unknown
Children
*Refil Bjornsson b: ABT 0796 in Sweden