Tora Borgarhjort (Herrödsdotter) Herrudsdotter (abt. 800)

Born about 0800 in Scandinavia (Sweden)

Wife of Ragnar Lodbrok Sigurdsson — married [date unknown] in Scandinavia

Descendants

Died [date unknown] in Scandinavia

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Biografi

Tora Borgarhjort var dotter till Herröd/Herrud "en mägtig och berömd Jarl i Gautland". Gautland har i vissa översättning blivit Götaland och i andra Gotland.

Hennes fader gav henne en liten lindorm som växte till dess att den omslingrade hennes hela hennes boning. Herröd lät då kungöra att den som kunde dräpa lindormen skulle få hans dotter till hustru.

Ragnar Lodbrok sveakungen Sigurd Rings son antog utmaningen, dödade ormen och gifte sig med Tora som fick sönerna Erik and Agnar.

Enligt Gesta Danorum;

Thora och Ragnar skall ha fått sönerna Radbart, Dunwat, Siward, Biorn, Agnar and Iwar. ^[1]

Biography

Tora is known in the Norse sagas as the wife of Ragnar Lodbrok.

Name(s)

Thora Borgarhjort Herrudsdotter

Þóra Borgarhjǫrtr

Thora Town-Hart(?)

Birth and Parents

Daughter of Herrud/Herröd, jarl in Svitjod, mother unknown.

Spouse and Children

Her father gave her a small lindworm that grew into a serpent and encircled her bower. Her father promised Þóra to the one who could slay the serpent. Ragnar Loðbrók arrived, killed the serpent and married Þóra.

According to the Tale of Ragnar Lodbrok's sons;

she had two sons, Eiríkr and Agnar.

According to Gesta Danorum;

Thora bore her husband, Ragnar, sons, Radbart, Dunwat, Siward, Biorn, Agnar and Iwar. ^[2]

Death and Burial

Nothing is known of her burial. The Norse sagas tell that she fell ill and died.

Research Note

Relationships between historical figures could have been simplified or even fabricated in the text to give the impression that succession remained within the same family….Precise chronology is also difficult to assess from the Sagas….The conclusion must be that the tight family network described in the Sagas is unlikely to be correct and that the relationships shown below should be treated with considerable caution.

Sources

1. ↑ Saxo Gramaticus: Gesta Danorum Book Nine
2. ↑ Saxo Gramaticus: Gesta Danorum Book Nine

See also:

• The viking age: the early history, manners, and customs of the ancestors of the English speaking nations. Published in 1899. Chapter XXVIII Page 450.

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