Reginheri was a
Viking
Vikings ; non, víkingr is the modern name given to seafaring people originally from Scandinavia (present-day Denmark, Norway and Sweden),
who from the late 8th to the late 11th centuries raided, pirated, traded and se ...
leader in the early 9th century.
Reginheri is mentioned in
Latin
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Frankish
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* Franks, a Germanic tribe and their culture
** Frankish language or its modern descendants, Franconian languages
* Francia, a post-Roman state in France and Germany
* East Francia, the successor state to Francia in Germany ...
sources as the leader of a group of Vikings who in 845 raided
Paris
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in
West Francia
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. He is mentioned in the
Annals of Xanten
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in the entry for the year 845, while the entry for the year 845 in the
Annals of Saint Bertin does not mention him by name.
In March 845, Regenheri attacked Paris with a large fleet. Having defeated a West Frankish military force he was free to move on Paris.
Charles the Bald
Charles the Bald (french: Charles le Chauve; 13 June 823 – 6 October 877), also known as Charles II, was a 9th-century king of West Francia (843–877), king of Italy (875–877) and emperor of the Carolingian Empire (875–877). After a ser ...
, the king of West Francia, was compelled to pay 7,000 pounds of silver for the Vikings to withdraw. Reginheri was probably allied with the
Danish
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* Something of, from, or related to the country of Denmark
People
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* Culture of Denmark
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king
Horik I
Horik I or Hårik (died 854) was a king of the Danes. He was co-ruler from 813, and sole king from c. 828 until his violent death in 854. His long and eventful reign was marked by Danish raids on the Carolingian Empire of Louis the Pious, son a ...
, but no details about him are known. According to the Annals of Xanten, he was said to have been killed in 845. It is probable that the Raginarius mentioned by
Rimbert Saint Rimbert (or Rembert) (''c.'' 830 - 11 June 888 in Bremen) was archbishop of Hamburg-Bremen, in the northern part of the Kingdom of East Frankia from 865 until his death in 888. He most famously wrote the hagiography about the life Ansgar, th ...
is identical to Reginheri. It is often assumed that Reginheri represents the historical core of the story of
.
Sources
* Gwyn Jones: A History of the Vikings. 2. Aufl. Oxford 1984, S. 212f.
*
Rory McTurk
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: Ragnarr Lodbrok in the Irish Annals? In: Proceedings of the Seventh Viking Congress. Dublin 1976, S. 93–123.
* Donnchadh Ó Corráin: High-Kings, Vikings and other Kings. In: Irish Historical Studies 22, 1979, S. 283–323.
9th-century Danish people
Viking warriors
9th-century Vikings
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