The Most Deadly Vikings Ever | How Danes Conquered Europe

In this video, we delve deep into the dark and enigmatic past of the Danish Vikings, shining a light on the most deadly seafarers of their time.
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[@user-cg1ni7ub9i]

My Grandfather was a Danish and my Grandmother was German on my Father side. My Mother’s Father was Irish and his Mother was German . The Family I was raised in was Wonderful with cousins and Aunts and Uncles all Blessings to Me. The state of American at this time causes Me Sadness and the State of the World is Truly Sad. The World of Today is Truly A Battle Field Between the Battle of Good and Evil

[@southbirdsouthbird]

I can't believe that you didn't mention that the Norman "French", who conquered England under William the Conqueror in 1066, were actually Danish Vikings who had been bought off by the French king and given Normandy ("land of the North men") 200 years earlier in exchange for agreeing not to invade France/Paris anymore. Those are my people!

[@thethinredline4714]

so true

[@Kanfachan]

By the time of the Duke William conquered the Kingdom of England the Normans had ceased to be culturally Vikings and had become almost entirely integrated into the religious, sociopolitical, linguistic and economic landscape of the surrounding region of Gaul.

[@elvenkind6072]

Gange-Rolf was the son of Ragnvald Mørejarl. Norsk, ikke Dansk.

[@thethinredline4714]

there is no doubt that the majority of the people setling in Normandy were Danish and when these people came in need of protection from the French it was the Danish king Svend forkbeat who sailed down there and forced the French to guarantee their independence and their DANISH laws just like in the Danelaw area of England. The Norwegians mainly went to Iceland , Greenland, the Faroe and Orkney Islands, Scotland and Ireland. The Swedish mainly went to Russia The Danish mainly went to England and France None of this was exclusively but it was definitely the most common and if you look at the geography it is also logical@@elvenkind6072

[@thethinredline4714]

it is not quite so simple, look at the Bayeux tapestry it is made in normandy perhaps around 1070 and is often used to illustrate the Vikings@@Kanfachan

[@Callisto_Arcas]

Great video! It was concise, easy to follow, and very interesting! Looking forward to more!

[@Mma-basement-215]

Can't wait for the next video please keep them coming

[@johnking6252]

Gotta luv the Vikings wherever they go. I luv their Cruise ships .👍

[@Mma-basement-215]

Wow awesome content im all in brother

[@Piratesjunior]

Nice , keep it up you will get even more subscribers soon

[@grey_melancholy]

This channel gonna grow

[@MrAlanfalk73]

This is why English has so many old Danish words in it.

[@sabreakkari7910]

Sigtrigr or stigtrigr was another beast of Danes who ran England until betrayed by the British of coarse

[@Son-of-Tyr]

Off by 50-100 years on the birth of Vikings, my friend. Viking battle graveyard was found on the island of Saaremaa dating to around 650-700 A.D. All said though, i really enjoyed the video. Well done. Impressive how much info you managed to condense into such a short video.

[@veronicajensen7690]

most people only know the Viking age from when British monks began to write about raids in England, but you are correct it started much earlier

[@keithwald5349]

The Vikings may have appeared to be brutal, but perhaps they were just "misunderstood."

[@tarl1812]

William was a Viking and the Normans were the French word for Northman.

[@thethinredline4714]

and Normans were mainly of Danish origin

[@MarcusKallman]

The viking leader that attacked Paris name was Regnerus and no one knows if this is the same person as Ragnar Lodbrok, whos existence can't be proved.

[@GlobalRage]

BS History written by Catholic Monks. Danes knew about England pre-Viking and in fact pre-Roman times. Even the Greeks knew about the tin in 500 BC, "Old Europe" was shipping ingots of the stuff- and it has been found in Cyprus and Israel.

[@matt.c5041]

Can't wait for your video 👌

[@cloudthekell]

Sometimes facts become legends then those become myths, of course they probably knew at some point there was land but the newer generations had no idea after a long period of time. All they had to rely on were myths of a land far West and that’s all it took for them to set sail.

[@cp2410]

Well, the monks were there in the 700's and 800's and it's hard to believe the monks made everything up when they wrote down what they saw.

[@GlobalRage]

Who paid for the paper and ink? As for Christianity it was there well before 700. What did Alcuin say? "Quid Hinieldus cum Christo?" @@cp2410

[@jimbusmaximus4624]

​@@cp2410 ....have you read what they wrote? It was not entirely non-fiction.

[@nikolajbrammer7086]

As a dane myself I wonder where you get your sources from? 😂

[@achrafelh]

great vid, can u do one about their battles in muslim spain and south europe

[@user-sg5hi2bb3o]

👍

[@Yogi32112]

New Subscriber here, ❤from india🇮🇳

[@penguinhistorymedia]

Thank you! We have more great stories coming up!

[@Blue138UEF]

Hi my Indo-European cousin! How's our ancestor god Ishtar over there?

[@proudsaiyanprince2651]

I am SO sick of seeing leather armor, leather wrist bands and furs. You didn’t show a single historically accurate description of a Norse warrior.

[@sabreakkari7910]

Almighty ragnor lothbrok must be. As he was known sea god. And was put in the diares of all those whosaw him0:58

[@nickeypetersen5622]

Should I feel proud or ashamed as a 🇩🇰🤔

[@mrvinyl-mrchili9583]

🇩🇰💪

[@caythorgrimson]

the rule is no fear the born death the no fear

[@matematikniels]

Historians have researched all this. None of their results are present in this video.

[@lennartjonasson5710]

1:03 Father ans son with pen and paper!! So historical wrong.

[@thequestlordsteviequest]

Yes haha I'm a viking

[@bryanhurd9955]

Their ancestors opened the gates

[@jamesvandemark2086]

Sorry- have to hand it to the Norwegian vikings of Trondhem: our Norwegian family's ancestors. They bypassed Britain, hitting Ireland instead. Any vikiings represented a real threat, though.

[@torbenjohansen6955]

Anglo Saxons having Longbows ???? ( Longbows are Welsh back then Not "English"........... There where no English back in the 850th only Angles, Saxons and Jutes. And they used the same type og weapons as the Vikings did ( The Jutes came from what is now Jutland. ( west Denmark today )The Angels came from southern Jutland ( what is now southern Denmark and northern Germany. The first English Longbowmen came from Wales. BUT that was first long time after the Normans Conquered England. ( Hastings 1066) shields, spears, swords and even Dane axes where used on both sides. during the Viking raides. Please dont make one party look stronger as they where. Just to make the other party that defeated them look more Awesome than they where.

[@Satori.108]

Hvad er det for noget fis.

[@cymro6537]

But yet ,they never conquered Wales.... 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿✊

[@cymro6537]

@@descent-gq5my Neither were the Vikings

[@rogerolsen8012]

stopp use pictures off fjords and mountains when you tells about dannish vikings,only norway have that

[@anders9646]

No denmark also have fjords

[@rogerolsen8012]

not real fjords wids mountains@@anders9646

[@user-bl6so2iw3y]

Danish vikings conquered England & Normandy but defeated by german king Otto & forced to convert to christianity 😂

[@paganlife1373]

Not Lindesfarne life's progressive

[@crazycat7547]

If this comment gets 100 likes I will build a Viking longship, gather the boys then sail to England, then we will steal something and sail back to Denmark concluding the last Viking raid in history.

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[@rolandrabier5984]

The vikings did not attack hard targets, but rather monasteries or remote villages. It was the Norwegians who invated Iceland, Greenland and Vinland.

[@veronicajensen7690]

if they only attacked monasteries they would not have ruled most of England

[@finnhansen7171]

the norwegians did'nt invade iceland, or greenland as they were mostly empty of people living there to begin with. instead they colonized them . nor did they invade vinland which did have an indigious population. they were peacefull immigrants until the indians got rid of them. the danish vikings attacked both london and paris,not just small villages and monasteries , they invaded england many times finally conquering the whole country twice. first by danish king svend forkbeard and later by his son king knut (canute) the great ! before that the angles , saxons and jutes -all of danish dna and not german genetics also invaded england etc.

[@heinedenmark]

Not Danes.. but Jutes.

[@thethinredline4714]

virkelig

[@heinedenmark]

@@thethinredline4714 Ja.. ligesom Kimbrerne var Jyder. Øerne var lidt et miksmas indtil Harald Blåtand kom til magten.

[@thethinredline4714]

overhovedet ikke enig, fx foregår Beowulf efter sigende på Sjælland og den Danske kongeby i tidlig tid har altid været set som Lejre og iøvrigt glemmer du skåne landene som er den sidste af de tre Danske løver og alle spillede en omtrent lige stor rolle. Du kunne fx læse Adam af Bremen beskrivelse af Danmark fra omkring 1060@@heinedenmark

[@steffenb.jrgensen2014]

No the Jutes were kicked out around 500 AC by the Danes

[@nicolajl.7849]

Real Jutes were kicked out by Danes causing the English migration period around 500 AD along with the Angles. We still call them Jutes now cause they live in Jutland.

[@user-bl6so2iw3y]

Norwegians were much stronger & fiercful than Danes. Norwegians destroyed Holy Roman forces in Battle of Danewirke, but when they left Danes lost to Holy Roman army & forced to accept the christianity.

[@nicolajl.7849]

Norwegians weren't nearly as effective as the Danes, while it's true that they were wild. They had no structure and were late to unite. That's why Denmark had by far the most significant settlements and raids while Norway is mostly famous for settling in barren lands. Also Norway mostly third-partied areas that were already in conflict, for example Denmark during summer when they were busy fighting the HRE and/or England or France. Norway also didn't succeed in taking England in their attempts. I'm not trying to belittle Norwegian viking age in any way, but they can't compare to the Danes. Who had much more success.

[@rogerolsen8012]

if you danes was so inportent as vikings the creaters off viking films and series should stop use our beutefull fjords and mountains inn the series and films,they should show your boring nature@@nordicpatriot

[@veronicajensen7690]

it's not really fjords or mountains that decide who is most fierce, it's certainly beautiful but it's not what makes a nation, that said I don't compare the Vikings that way, they all made a mark Norweigians, Danes and Swedes @@rogerolsen8012

[@finnhansen7171]

@@rogerolsen8012 as a dane i too am tired of danish vikings being portrayed as coming from norway. it probably has something to do with the movie makers thinking that rugged mountains of norway somehow better fit the image of these tough vikings than flat danmark. its easier to grow crops on soil than mountains and cliffs. in the viking age 50% of the scandinavian people were danes ;25% norwegian and 25% swedish

[@stevencigar9897]

@@finnhansen7171 me too

[@diabollikealldaddy]

Maybe its where your hart lies and so is everyone a bit bias, but I can almost say "know" that the Norwegians at one time surpassed the Danes, not in influentional ways but definetly in brutallity and warfare, look at the marine battles. The Danes had larger numbers but they could not get a win over the Norwegians. It was even so that the Danes asked the Norwegians for help in certain battles,.. look at the Vikings from Trondheim and Halogaland. BADASS MOFOS!😂 look up the battle of 'Hrjorungavag' where the Danes even called upon the Jomsvikings and lost. But there is much passion in what you told mate,... keep it up!

[@penguinhistorymedia]

Thank you! Many actually believe that the term 'Danes' did not exclusively refer to the country of origin, but that it was more of a title given to certain Vikings. This is supported by the fact that DNA and archaeology suggests that for some Viking bands, "Viking" was a job description, not a matter of heredity. So it's very likely that many Norwegians and Swedes could have been mistakenly identified as 'Danes' by the Franks and Anglo-Saxons, simply because they either didn't know any better, OR that it became a title given to certain Viking bands. It's hard to say! The Viking saga is so complex!

[@hugin4178]

NO Mate The Norwegian were under The Rule of the Danes for a Long TIME The Danes were the Most Prominent in England "Dane Law" Not Norwegian Law 😉🇩🇰

[@diabollikealldaddy]

@@hugin4178 i never said they weren't under Danish rule, but the Norwegians LET the Danes rule over them, it was not done by force. The Norwegians were lose groups/ kingships and were not United as a country. King Harald united Norway and ruled it as one country. The Danes did not surpas the Norwegians in force, as i said in influence and numbers, YES but not in brutallity and warfare. So YES they were under Danish rule but only because the Norwegians LET the Danes rule them. If i'm wrong, please give me a Saga or battle where it is mentioned that the Danes defeated the Norwegians.

[@diabollikealldaddy]

@@penguinhistorymedia well thats true but thats mainly in Historic 'England' They were also called the Norsemen, which was more of a reference to people from Historic Scandinavia,.. Danes were more in the picture because they had the geographical advantage over the rest of Scandinavia, and could move more freely into Europe

[@hugin4178]

@@diabollikealldaddy Are you Norwegian 😊 here is a artikel in Danish. A Norwegian and A Danish professor talk about the Danish, Norwegian Viking period

[@irakligzirishvili155]

40 000 Georgian vs 300 000 Turco-Persian. en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Didgori Guess who won this battle ...

[@diabollikealldaddy]

But, what has this to do with the Danish rule over Europe?

[@irakligzirishvili155]

Just wanted to suggest a topic for a new video. As for the Vikings, there was only one battle between the Vikings and the Georgians, where the Vikings were defeated. en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Sasireti Throughout its history, Georgia has been distinguished by the strongest fighters with amazing victories in wars, because the history of Georgia from the beginning was a struggle with the biggest empires of the world to save its land and religion. However, little is known to the world about this small wonderland. Georgia has many incredible victory stories, and I hoped that people interested in military history would find it interesting to learn about the history and culture of Georgia, with its independent and centuries-old identity.

[@diabollikealldaddy]

True, but we dont know how many georgians fought in that battle. And it was in the late viking age where most of the scandinavians were converted to Christianity, what in MY opinion was the downfall of the Viking succes and strength..

[@gasgazman9698]

the Danes!!