The Descendants of Sigurd | The Greatest Viking Dynasty

This video features the lives of many descendants of Sigurd Snake in the Eye.
Chapters:
00:00 Sigurd Snake in the Eye
02:13 Harthacnut I - Legendary King of Denmark
05:54 Gorm the Old - The Pagan King
10:14 Harald Bluetooth - The First Christian King of the Danes
18:54 Sweyn Forkbeard - The First Viking King of England
30:05 Canute the Great - King of the North Sea Empire
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[@sallystribrny9693]

I named my norwegian forest cat kitten Sigurd Snake in the Eye. I found a disemboweled mouse out in the garage this morning. He's living up to his name.

[@historyprofiles]

Awesome will probably call my next cat Ragnar tbh 😂 hope you enjoyed the video!

[@sallystribrny9693]

@@historyprofiles loved it!

[@DASR1967]

He was making a tribute to the gods

[@davea6314]

A Viking man can impress women by demonstrating how he takes his longship up a canal to deliver seeds which can be planted in fertile places.

[@davea6314]

@@ConontheBinarian It's one of the funniest lines that I have ever created, I have gotten mostly great feedback on its humor value. I earned a master's degree in history so I have subscribed to many history KZbinrs. When the topic of Vikings comes up, I get my jollies from recycling this, my original best Viking comedy. Lol

[@Midgard458]

It is messed up that in the series Vikings, they had Ivar murdering Sigurd Snake Eye with an axe. Also that they had Ivar going east among the Rus, instead of ruling Dublin, Ireland. It would have been so much better had they stuck with history instead of going off track!

[@historyprofiles]

I’m agree with this 100% it would have been way better if they stuck to the real history

[@verde629]

Yea they glorified Ivar and made his brothers weak besides Bjorn. Bjorn > Ivar

[@grazielaalmeida8438]

Also they made him become soft while in Rus only to after he went back to Kattega he become unhinged again. The person behind the script of the last season was bad.

[@NorvelCooksey]

Very well said

[@borreliaetc]

Agree!!

[@Son-of-Tyr]

Styrbjörn as in "Stir-Beyorn", my friend. Belief in the Æsir and the following of the old ways never died, they carried on with great discretion. Good job condensing so much information in such a relatively short video. Love your content, bud.

[@historyprofiles]

Thank you for watching it means a lot! I'm glad the following of the old ways never died, as the Pagans of Scandinavia would become oppressed by the Kings becoming Christian for political influence in my opinion, thank you so much for enjoying the content though, more coming soon!

[@jonswanson7766]

Styrbiorn the Strong by E. R. Edison is one of the great books. Every word is crafted perfectly. Our hearts are in the North!

[@mouthofthesouth4267]

​@@historyprofilesI'm so damn curious now but I'm leery of the DNA ancestry blood tests through the mail (cuz I don't know what they are doing with the results after they send the copy to me) but anyways I'm curious about the 🐍 in the 👁️ mark of Sigurd as I have the exact same thing in my right eye, I have O+ blood, and I know that I am from strong bloodlines of Irish, Danish/Welsh, Scottish and I don't know what else as I've never had my blood tested and what I do know is from family traditions I have been taught, but I'm not having any luck with my maiden name as far as what it says about my heritage....... So my question is do you know of any others in history with "Sharpe" as the surname?

[@mouthofthesouth4267]

​@@jonswanson7766I think I have their bloodlines in me too but I don't know how to be positive🤦🏼‍♀️ but I have the snake in the eye mark in my right eye, I'm blonde haired blue eyed naturally, O+ blood type, my maiden name is Sharpe (this I'm struggling to find a concrete answer as to where my surname is from) and I know this isn't any kind of science based truth or facts but I have been drawn to the North Sea and the surrounding areas and I have dreamt of Scottish and Irish landscapes since as far back as I can remember........ And my husband tells me if I have any kind of foreign lineage he'd bet his last dollar that my stubbornness and need to balance the scales when it comes to being done wrong or the fact that I can not stand any kind of injustice and I have been raised Christian but always have been drawn to runes and Norse mythology so much so that my mother threatened me that she'd have me exorcised if the heathens within me if I didn't stop talking about this pagan history nonsense 😡🤦🏼‍♀️(closed minded parents were such a pain in the ass and I right) I'm not going to say that I don't believe in the God of the Christian Bible but I don't think we have enough of the true information to make an educated decision whether or not there are other gods besides the one that Christianity worships 🤦🏼‍♀️ due to a lot of the Roman Catholic church injecting so many untruths and withholding so much history they didn't fit in their narrative and would therefore mess with their ability to control the masses😡 and that shit really boils my blood but I digress that's another issue for another video lol😂 but I would appreciate any historical info you might have that will help me with my ancestry quest lol I'm like a historical knowledge sponge 😂😊😂😊😂😂😊

[@MrTimstaaa]

I love the Viking history & stories. Such amazing people.

[@historyprofiles]

Thank you for watching!!!

[@jonswanson7766]

You Sir are an excellent person, Cheers!

[@teey1287]

Murdered raped and enslaved hundreds of thousands of people butyeah such amazing people aren’t they

[@ELKE-]

Great to get your notification! Thank you for this time of listening pleasure. Love this series of Vikings, narrated so well by you

[@historyprofiles]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@ELKE-]

@@historyprofiles Good morning Ollie! Yes, i did enjoy it. Thank you. Wish great Sunday

[@PNWCagey-Dub]

This is, imo, one of your best videos. 💖

[@irishgrl]

Riveting from start to finish ❤

[@kristitedrow1577]

Great video. Thank you.

[@melissavancleave8686]

So glad i found your channel. Thank you.

[@historyprofiles]

You are so welcome! im glad you enjoyed it!

[@plurplursen7172]

There is a direct bloodline from Queen of Denmark HM Magrethe II to Gorm the old ( first Danish king ), and from him to Sigurt snake in the eye. Amazing!

[@sarahgirlisit]

Keep them coming! ❤

[@historyprofiles]

More coming soon!

[@Purpledamselfly]

As always, I throughly enjoyed this! Thanks once again, and I’m looking forward to the next one!❤

[@historyprofiles]

More to come!

[@jared1870]

I enjoyed it immensely and wish it were longer, now I need to find another video to make finishing my project bearable.

[@historyprofiles]

Glad you enjoyed it Jared! More coming soon!

[@user-nj5bd8ly1y]

Splendid video sir! Many thanks!

[@historyprofiles]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@calcaleb7041]

Ollie back another great Viking history video 🤘🔥

[@historyprofiles]

More coming soon!

[@-RONNIE]

Thank you for the video it was full of information

[@historyprofiles]

Glad it was helpful!

[@teamsigurd1902]

I love your videos. Thanks to you to talk about Sigurd. He was a great great person and King.♡

[@historyprofiles]

Thank you so much for watching! It means a lot!!!

[@GHST995]

Always love your videos. Kickin ass in CK3 Norse Pagan for life!

[@historyprofiles]

Glad you enjoyed the video!

[@ScrapironRyann]

What a superb video, those images are amazing really sparks the imagination, I’ve always thought of aethelred as cowardly and clumsy in his oversized robes but seeing that picture brought a whole new perspective. I’ve read most of the prime sources and I haven’t been able to piece it all together like this, this has joined up all the dots for me thank you

[@historyprofiles]

Thank you so much for watching! It took so long to gather all the information from the sources to make the stories make sense! I hope you enjoyed the video!

[@irenejohnston6802]

Aethelraed means Noble Counsel. The epithet unraed meant he was given bad counsel. Not that he was a bad king. After all, conspiracy was rife. A friend one day might be an enemy the next.

[@paulleverton9569]

I've never figured out how King AElla managed to maintain a pit of venomous snakes in Northern England? Adders are the only indigenous venomous snake and they're far from common.

[@historyprofiles]

It could simply be a tale and Ragnar didn’t die that way or, he could have had the snakes imported, we often forget how trade was a massive thing in medieval times

[@rhzyo]

There also would have probably been alot more snakes around that time

[@paulleverton9569]

@@rhzyo The Medieval Warm Period didn't start until around 950AD, 83 years after the death of AElla. I'd be interested to learn by what reasoning you've decided that Northumbria had 'a lot more snakes' in the mid 9th Century. The fossil record shows that Ireland never had any snakes and Britain only ever had a few.

[@paulleverton9569]

@@historyprofiles I'm not sure how exotic reptiles could have been kept alive, prior to aquariums, heat mats and lamps - specially not in a 'pit' which I equate to a hole in the ground.

[@rhzyo]

@@paulleverton9569 you said it yourself that they had adders, so there would have been a bigger population back then, just like there would have been more deer or other native wildlife. Even if he did die by a pit of snakes they wouldn't have had to be venomous to kill him. I'm not sure if he died by snakes or dysentery(which is another tale) or any other way, I'm not even sure that the Ragnar everything talks about was even real, could have been multi ppl mixed into one story, we are yet to know.

[@robynpinto2606]

So interesting. Thank you

[@historyprofiles]

Thank you so much for watching! It means a lot!

[@tuesdayaprildawnneal1335]

Interesting information and great storytelling

[@Eli-pf5og]

Can’t wait for the other episodes. Great job sharing these stories. So many don’t understand why or how men arms do what they do. As a vet I appreciate your content.

[@historyprofiles]

Thank you so much for watching!!

[@Alexis.st90]

Goog world as always❤

[@Agapy8888]

Thanks Ollie.

[@historyprofiles]

Thank you for watching!

[@psforos]

Excellent.

[@historyprofiles]

Thanks for listening

[@GBFeb72]

Superb 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

[@historyprofiles]

Thank you for watching!

[@matthewwaters5317]

The pictures are really good, where do you find them

[@weirdtv7790]

Where are you getting all the pictures for the Vikings is it a show ?

[@historyprofiles]

It’s ai generated

[@glennmacleod3776]

Superb.

[@daneaxe6465]

This is interesting. At the tail end of backtracking my Bornholm line, Gorm the Old appeared. The connection is shaky but my biggest disappointment was the name....Gorm....the Old. We couldn't have a cool Viking name like Erik Blood Axe or Lars Skull Splitter. Not even Gorm the Great or the Mighty but the OLD.!! That dumped cold water on this branch so I dropped it to work other family branches. So this video shows up. Its the best I've seen for this topic, so professional looking and organized. It really adds to my understanding how these different names were connected. Gorm the Old has a lot more prestige now. Our family "anchors" are Zealand and Bornholm.

[@mktf5582]

Please keep doing = The Descendants of,but other families/dynasty's,especially the most distinguished members/warriors.

[@historyprofiles]

Any recommendations?

[@mktf5582]

@@historyprofiles British = Umfraville's - Neville's - Percy's,plus other Europeans.

[@Madmij]

Can you do a video on Somerled?

[@MCorpReview]

It’s amazing how gullible the kings were to let streona betray them multiple times. Thorkell is understandable 😅bcuz he’s such a valuable player 😮

[@historyprofiles]

I know…. It’s actually crazy how many times he turned his cloak. He must have been useful with immense political backing for them not to kill him. Either way he got what he deserved in the end

[@that1metalhead792]

Jomsborg is a name that only comes up by Icelandic scholars, the Danes and Saxons called it Julin/Vineta. Even after Icelanders used the term Jomsburg Saxo Grammaticus in his latin calles it Vineta which is related to the old latin name for West Slavs "Veneti"

[@TOKYO9AIN]

This popped up as I’m watching Vikings Valhalla.

[@JP-mn5iv]

My dads side of the family migrated to the US from Norway in the early 1800s….. their last name was Anno….. there is a town in Norway where they all came from where the last name originated where people still live today. They have traced the family lineage back to some Norwegian royalty…. Coincidentally Knute is a name that has been handed down for generations in my family and I believe it’s still being used by some of us to this very day.

[@Christopherurich33]

❤

[@historyprofiles]

Thank you for watching!!

[@jamesmcshane5248]

Am so glad am born in a time were we look back and think that's what thay were like and not born in the time to meet a viking

[@PaulaakaPaben]

I am A descendent from Ragnar, and Snake In The Eye! Also Rollo through another line!

[@spleenies2510]

Danny G from Smethwick is the real viking Big up

[@mattiaswilhelmsson4722]

I have real DNA of a Northman and we still lives today, i have grow my beard and hair for 6 month😉Skål

[@veronicajensen7690]

so have all in Northern Europe congratulations

[@jamesmcshane5248]

Who were bjorn kids and grand kids

[@pikkumika9960]

Probably it was Knut,not canute

[@veronicajensen7690]

yes Knutr , in modern Danish Knud

[@kilipaki87oritahiti]

Lol as a Norwegian isn’t it Svenn and Knut? Those two names in the thumbnail seems rather Celtic/Brythonic in how they are written rather than old Norse. At least today they wouldn’t be written like that in modern day Norwegian, as Svenn and Knut are clearly Norwegian and not Swedish or Danish.

[@veronicajensen7690]

in old Norse and I'm sure you know that was spoken by both Norwegians, Danes, Swedes and Icelanders his name was Knutr , in modern Danish it's Knud and very common and so is Svend (modern Danish) there is no doubt they were Danish it's not like Rollo whom we are not sure if he was Danish or Norwegian

[@jacobshocklie2928]

Sigurd snake in the eye is Sigurd Ring's Grandson! They are not the same person!

[@PrestonBessenger]

Hi there please do not confuse the Vikings series , as actual history . thanks .

[@FmC-805]

Probably here cause of Vinland Saga 😅

[@Turkish_Model_]

🇹🇷🇹🇷🇹🇷🇹🇷❣️❣️

[@user-ey8gc3wf1u]

How come nobody ever talks about Ragnar’s first wife Largaatha? She was a warrior in her own right and a queen, right? Why isn’t she ever mentioned?

[@Hollero71]

Lagertha is most likely a mythical character, same as Ragnar. She is mentioned briefly in the Gesta Danorum. There are no other historical records of her existence and Bjorn “Ironside” was actually the son of Aslaug. The Vikings tv shows are very entertaining but usually not historical. I would say the films/tv shows that are the most accurate are The Last Kingdom and The Northman.

[@user-ey8gc3wf1u]

@@Hollero71 yeah, I loved the last Kingdom thinking of watching it again just like I did Game of Thrones

[@Hollero71]

@@user-ey8gc3wf1u great show. The producer is actually a descendent of the historical Uthred. en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uhtred_of_Bamburgh This is the wiki link for the historical figure Uhtred is based on.

[@blueunicornhere]

So... the ragnar tales are re-tellings of volsungsaga. Sigurd "snake in the eye" and sugurd of the volsungs are not the same character. Faufnir was killed by sigurd of the volsungs. much like "ragnar shaggy grieves" is often said to have had magic fireproof pants but that too is just ripped off from volsungsaga. Im kind of tired of the conflation of stories. It muddies the lore.

[@gabemore1766]

My dna in wales shows I’m descendant from svern forkbeard

[@historyprofiles]

Thats awesome! I wish one of my ancestors was such a legendary figure!

[@gabemore1766]

@@historyprofiles the Welsh kingdom of Deheubarth, Was split up and Swansea which I’m from was founded in 1013 as a Viking settlement, established by the Danish King Sweyn Forkbeard he named this city after him ('Sweyns-ey' - Sweyn's island).

[@andrestein6022]

The amount of continuous rehashing, of the info on bloodlines is insufferable. Tell us once and be done with it

[@historyprofiles]

Sorry Andre, I know it the ancestry was repetitive but it’s a compilation video of the kings and it’s about the descendants of Sigurd so it’s the most important info really

[@andrestein6022]

@@historyprofiles hey other than that one detail really good stuff though

[@davidbenyahuda5190]

Perhaps some of us are unaware that we are discussing Israelites ie Shemites ie Black people. Stop lying.

[@andrestein6022]

@davidbenyahuda5190 nice thought crackhead, you sound like a black Israelite

[@veronicajensen7690]

are you for real @@davidbenyahuda5190

[@deewesthill1213]

That speech of Canute about the tides was of course a sly political and religious ploy to glorify his Christian piety.

[@historyprofiles]

Definitely, thank you so much for watching!

[@deewesthill1213]

@@historyprofiles I'll definitely keep on watching your videos!

[@irenejohnston6802]

I thought Canute was making the point that no matter how powerful. Even a king can't stem the tide.

[@deewesthill1213]

@@irenejohnston6802 It is obvious that no human being can control the tides. By pointing out the obvious and putting on an act of fake humbleness, Canute got praise and admiration for his piety.

[@jsigur157]

My last name is Sigur

[@akiraman7664]

How the shit on him in the series

[@Guztenify]

Are you for real? You spell the name Knut, "CANUTE" in the thumbnail..? Are your parents cousins or do you just chase clout?

[@veronicajensen7690]

because Brits know him as Canute

[@ThomasWBaldwin]

BALDR

[@hermitrob5481]

Poor video production. Watching the same pics over and over again is a drag. Just sayin

[@NorvelCooksey]

I love your channel, but for crying out loud we are NOT viking we are Norse men. Viking is what we did.

[@lytken]

Svend Tveskæg, Sigurd orm i øje, Knud den store use there proper name FFS instead og Americanize everything

[@matthewbutts2062]

I hate that they killed him off so early in Vikings. And turns out Canute was his decendant. Huge plot hole for the show.