{"slug": "ragnar-lodbrok", "label": "Ragnar Lodbrok", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ragnar_Lodbrok", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q314492", "qid": "Q314492", "description": "legendary king of Denmark and Sweden", "entries": 7, "years": 6, "span": [804, 896], "span_label": ["804 CE", "896 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Deaths", "count": 2}, {"title": "Conflict & Security", "count": 2}, {"title": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "count": 1}, {"title": "Exploration & Expansion", "count": 1}, {"title": "Crime & Justice", "count": 1}], "also_known_as": ["Ragnar Lothbrok"], "related": [{"slug": "vikings", "label": "Vikings", "shared": 3}, {"slug": "hastein", "label": "Hastein", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "sweden", "label": "Sweden", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "denmark", "label": "Denmark", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "france", "label": "France", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "england", "label": "England", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "west-francia", "label": "West Francia", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "charles-the-bald", "label": "Charles the Bald", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "rouen", "label": "Rouen", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "seine", "label": "Seine", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "norsemen", "label": "Norsemen", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "mediterranean-sea", "label": "Mediterranean Sea", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": 804, "year_label": "804 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": null, "text": "Ragnar Lothbrok Legendary Norse Viking hero and Scandinavian King.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1267076299#Deaths", "title": "804", "revid": 1267076299, "section": "Deaths"}}, {"year": 835, "year_label": "835 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": null, "text": "Ragnar Lodbrok, a Norse Viking ruler, rises to power. He becomes the scourge of France and England (approximate date).", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1352237336#Europe", "title": "835", "revid": 1352237336, "section": "Events › By place › Europe"}}, {"year": 845, "year_label": "845 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "March 28", "text": "March 28 or 29 (Easter) – Siege of Paris: Viking forces under the Norse chieftain Ragnar Lodbrok enter the River Seine, with a fleet of 120 longships (5,000 men). They pass through the city of Rouen and plunder the countryside. King Charles the Bald assembles an army and sends it to protect Paris, the capital of the West Frankish Kingdom. Ragnar routs the enemy forces, and hangs 111 of their prisoners in honour of Odin. Charles — to keep them from plundering his kingdom — pays a large tribute of 7,000 livres (pounds) of silver or gold, in exchange for their leaving. The Vikings also sack the cities of Hamburg and Melun.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1342044538#Europe", "title": "845", "revid": 1342044538, "section": "Events › By place › Europe"}}, {"year": 859, "year_label": "859 CE", "section": "Exploration & Expansion", "date": null, "text": "Summer – The Viking chieftains Hastein and Björn Ironside (a son of Ragnar Lodbrok) begin an expedition, and sail from the Loire River with a fleet of 62 ships, to raid cities and monasteries in the Mediterranean Sea.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1348997263#Europe", "title": "859", "revid": 1348997263, "section": "Events › By place › Europe"}}, {"year": 865, "year_label": "865 CE", "section": "Crime & Justice", "date": null, "text": "Viking king Ragnar Lodbrok is captured by the Northumbrians in battle, and killed by being thrown into a pit filled with venomous snakes, on the orders of King Ælla of Northumbria.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1341129586#Britain", "title": "865", "revid": 1341129586, "section": "Events › By place › Britain"}}, {"year": 865, "year_label": "865 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": null, "text": "Ragnar Lodbrok, king of Denmark and Sweden", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1341129586#Deaths", "title": "865", "revid": 1341129586, "section": "Deaths"}}, {"year": 896, "year_label": "896 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "A Viking pirate army under Hastein (a son of Ragnar Lodbrok) ravages the Welsh kingdoms of Brycheiniog and Gwent (approximate date).", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1346094345#Britain", "title": "896", "revid": 1346094345, "section": "Events › By place › Britain"}}]}