Ragnall Mac Gofrith
Ragnall Guthfrithson ( non, Rǫgnvaldr Guðrøðsson ; sga, Ragnall mac Gofraid) was a Viking leader who ruled Scandinavian York, Viking Yorkshire in the 10th century. He was the son of Gofraid ua Ímair and great-grandson of Ímar, making him one of the Uí Ímair. He ruled Northumbria in 943 and 944, either with, or in opposition to, Amlaíb Cuarán, Olaf Cuaran. Ragnall and Olaf were driven out of Northumbria by the English in 944. His later life is unknown but it is possible he was the "king of the Danes" who is reported as being killed by the Saxons at York in 944 or 945. Biography Ragnall first appears in the historical record in 943. The ''Anglo-Saxon Chronicle'' says that that year, Amlaíb Cuarán, Olaf Cuaran was Baptism, baptised, with Edmund I, King of the English as sponsor, and that same year "after a fairly big interval" Ragnall was Confirmation, confirmed with Edmund as sponsor. Both Olaf and Ragnall are called king, but it is uncertain whether they were co-ruler ...
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Kings Of Northumbria
Northumbria, a kingdom of Angles, in what is now northern England and Lothian, south-east Scotland, was initially divided into two kingdoms: Bernicia and Deira. The two were first united by king Æthelfrith around the year 604, and except for occasional periods of division over the subsequent century, they remained so. The exceptions are during the brief period from 633 to 634, when Northumbria was plunged into chaos by the death of king Edwin of Northumbria, Edwin in battle and the ruinous invasion of Cadwallon ap Cadfan, king of Kingdom of Gwynedd, Gwynedd. The unity of the Northumbrian kingdoms was restored after Cadwallon's death in battle in 634. Another exception is a period from about the year 644 to 664, when kings ruled individually over Deira. In 651, king Oswiu had Oswine of Deira killed and replaced by Œthelwald of Deira, Œthelwald, but Œthelwald did not prove to be a loyal sub-king, allying with the Mercian king Penda of Mercia, Penda; according to Bede, Œthelwald ...
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