Jutland, but according to later tradition Zealand, Scania and Halland) in about 916. According to the Ragnarssona þáttr, he nevertheless lost Viken (Oslofjord) that had been part of the Danish realm in the 9th century. He was the father of Gorm the Old, the king of Denmark. Gorm succeeded his father as king and married Thyra. Gorm's son, Harald Bluetooth succeeded his father as king and married possibly three times with Gunhild, Tove and Gyrid. Harald had a son named Sweyn Forkbeard. Sweyn succeeded his father as king and married Gunhild (Świętosława of Poland). They had a son named Cnut the Great. Sweyn also ruled England in his lifetime and established the Danish Empire. When Sweyn died, his elder son Harald Svendsen became the king of Denmark, while England's former king, Ethelred, reclaimed the throne. Following Harald's death, his brother Cnut the Great became king, re-established the Danish North Sea Empire. He married Emma of Normandy with whom he had a son named Harthacnut. When Cnut died (and after the brothers of Harthacnut also had died), Harthacnut became king of Denmark and England. Upon his death, Edward the Confessor became ruler of England in 1042. Sweyn Forkbeard also had a daughter, Estrid, from whom all ruling kings and queens of Denmark after 1047 descend. Sigurd's daughter Áslaug, as mentioned above, married Helgi the Sharp of the Dagling dynasty. They had a son named Sigurd Hart, who married a woman named Ingeborg. Sigurd Hart and Ingeborg had children named Guttorm Sigurdsson and Ragnhild Sigurdsdotter. When Sigurd Hart's uncle, king Fróði of Ringerike died, Sigurd Hart supposedly went to Norway to succeed him as king of Ringerike. In popular culture Sigurd Snake-in-the-eye features prominently in the History Channel's historical drama television series Vikings played by David Lindström. Sigurd is also one of the antagonists in the video game Mount and Blade: Viking Conquest. Sigurd is also mentioned as a brother of Halfdan Ragnarsson in Assassin’s Creed Valhalla. References Sources Tale of Ragnar's Sons (Ragnarssona þáttr) Tale of Ragnar Lodbrok (Ragnars saga Loðbrókar) Further reading Waggoner, Ben (2009) The Sagas of Ragnar Lodbrok (The Troth) External links The Tale of Ragnar's Sons - translation by Peter Tunstall Norwegian petty kings 9th-century rulers in Europe Viking warriors 9th-century Danish people 9th-century Norwegian people 9th-century Vikings