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Ragnar Sigurdsson
0740–0845
era: sagasupport: unsourced-entryresearch: tradition-enteredpublication: publicon the spine
which grandparent's branch?
Through Grandma Donna Ruth Lawton
the parent-to-child line from Donna Ruth Lawton (37 hops)
- Donna Ruth Lawton · 1925–1988 — the branch head
- ↑ father — Rollin Eugene Lawton · 1894–1974 walked provider link
- ↑ father — Rufus Elijah Lawton · 1872–1954 walked provider link
- ↑ mother — Harriet Phylena Fuller · 1844–1899 walked provider link
- ↑ mother — Eunice L. Maxson · 1812–1873 walked provider link
- ↑ father — Jared Maxson · 1764–1850 walked provider link
- ↑ father — Stephen Maxson · 1735–1794 walked provider link
- ↑ mother — Thankful Betty Randall · 1702–1785 walked provider link
- ↑ father — Matthew Randall · 1671–1735 walked provider link
- ↑ father — John Randall I · 1640–1684 walked provider link
- ↑ mother — Margaret Trevisa · 1613–1668 walked provider link
- ↑ mother — Margaret Courtenay · 1574–1658 walked provider link
- ↑ mother — Katherine Reskymer · 1540–1576 walked provider link
- ↑ father — William Reskimer · 1501–1565 walked provider link
- ↑ mother — Catherine Trethurffe · 1480–1535 walked provider link
- ↑ mother — Elizabeth de Courtenay · 1447–1510 walked provider link
- ↑ mother — Margaret Carminow · 1425–1512 walked provider link
- ↑ father — Thomas Carminow of Boconnoc · 1396–1442 walked provider link
- ↑ father — Sir William de Carminow · 1377–1406 walked provider link
- ↑ mother — Alice Tynten · 1324–1356 walked provider link
- ↑ mother — Elizabeth Bloyou · 1301–1371 walked provider link
- ↑ mother — Joan de Bodrugan · 1284–1331 walked provider link
- ↑ mother — Sybil de Mandeville · 1264–1307 walked provider link
- ↑ father — Walter of Manderville · 1220–1267 walked provider link
- ↑ mother — Christine FitzRobert Countess Of Essex · 1187–1232 walked provider link
- ↑ mother — Gunnora de Valognes · 1166–1212 walked provider link
- ↑ father — Robert de Valognes · 1136–1184 walked provider link
- ↑ father — Sir Roger de Valognes · 1081–1141 walked provider link
- ↑ mother — Albreda De Ryes-Gifford De Bolbec · 1052–1096 walked provider link
- ↑ mother — Albérade Gifford de Bolbec-de la Hayes Dame des Préaux · 1024–1055 walked provider link
- ↑ father — Honfroi Humfridum de Veulles du Ponteaudemer · 0980–1044 walked provider link
- ↑ mother — Wevia de Crépon · 0952–0990 walked provider link
- ↑ mother — Princess Gynrithe Olafsdottir Of Denmark · 0923–1002 walked provider link
- ↑ father — King Olof Björnsson · 0885–0964 walked provider link
- ↑ father — Prince of Sweden Bjorn III Eriksson · 0872–0956 walked provider link
- ↑ father — Eric Edmundsson · 0849–0900 walked provider link
- ↑ mother — Alof Ragnarsdottír · 0837–0871 walked provider link
- ↑ father — Ragnar Sigurdsson · 0740–0845 walked provider link
check all four grandparent branches
- Jack Benedum Sutphen — no direct path recorded here
- Donna Ruth Lawton — ancestor on this branch
- Don Ray Remington — no direct path recorded here
- Marilyn Lowry — no direct path recorded here
This identifies the family-tree route, not an inherited DNA segment.
parents, marriages and children
- father Sigurd Ring Randversson · 0715–0810 — walked provider link
- mother Queen Alfhild Ingebjorg Gandolfsdottir · 0728–0810 — walked provider link
marriage
Ragnar Sigurdsson & Queen Thora Herraudrsdottír Of Sweden · 0765–Deceased
children of this couple (1)
- child Alof Ragnarsdottír · 0837–0871
marriage
Ragnar Sigurdsson & Queen Aslaug Sigurdsdottir Of Norway, Sweden And Denmark · 0755–0867
children of this couple (3)
- child Björn Ragnarsson · 0794–0891
- child Sigurd Snake-in-the-Eye (Sigurd Ragnarsson) · mid 9th century–0887? (traditional; possibly the Sigfred killed in West Francia 887)
- child Sigurd Snake-in-the-Eye (Sigurd Ragnarsson) · mid 9th century–0887? (traditional; possibly the Sigfred killed in West Francia 887)
Children listed here may not be the complete family — this edition follows the founder's blood line; siblings, other marriages and descendants largely live beyond the published record (coverage, not contradiction).
sources and research notes
era ≠ support: “saga” dates the evidence; “unsourced-entry” assesses it — one never derives the other. Attribution distinguishes, never ranks.
- documentary record — FamilySearch M8WZ-XZY (retrieved 2026-09-16) · open the provider record — opens a new tab
- tradition — saga — era-heuristic + academic consensus: legendary
- Legendary Viking hero; per legend king of Sweden and Denmark; traditional death 865 in Northumbria; most stories regarded by modern academia as fiction though parts may be historical. — Wikipedia (tertiary index) · source — opens a new tab
- Carried by: Saga of Ragnar Lothbrok, Tale of Ragnar's Sons, Heimskringla, Hervarar saga, Sögubrot (13th-c. Icelandic tradition); Chronicon Roskildense c.1138 ('Lothpardus', father of Ywar); Sven Aggesen c.1190; Saxo Grammaticus Gesta Danorum c.1200 Book IX; Ragnarsdrápa (attrib. Bragi Boddason, 9th c.); Krakumal (12th c.); Maeshowe runic inscription (early 12th c.). — Wikipedia source survey · source — opens a new tab
- Historical candidates — a chieftain 'Reginherus' led the 845 siege of Paris; a Ragnar was granted Torhout by Charles the Bald c.841; identifications with Horik I (d.854) or Reginfrid (d.814) have 'failed because of the difficulty in reconciling the various accounts and their chronology'. — Wikipedia (historicity section) · source — opens a new tab
- Wives/children per tradition: Thora Borgarhjort (sons Erik, Agnar; Saxo adds Radbard, Dunvat, Sigurd Snake-in-the-Eye, Björn Ironside, Agnar, Ivar); Kráka/Aslaug, secret daughter of Sigurd Fafnesbane (sons Ivar the Boneless, Björn Ironside, Hvitserk, Ragnvald, Sigurd Snake-in-the-Eye); Saxo adds Ladgerda and others. The walked FS record carries exactly two children: Alof (by Thora — OUR blood) and Björn Ironside (by Aslaug). — Wikipedia + walked FamilySearch record · source — opens a new tab
- Death: defeated in Northumbria with two ships; King Ælla had him thrown into a snake pit (sagas; Saxo likewise — a fate paralleling Gunnar of Burgundian legend). Sons' revenge: the Great Heathen Army invaded c.865–866 led by Ivar, Ubba, Halfdan, Björn, Hvitserk, Sigurd Snake-in-the-Eye; Ivar led until c.870 (Æthelweard records his death 870). — Wikipedia · source — opens a new tab
- Maeshowe inscription phrase 'her sons' has prompted a theory Lodbrok was originally conceived as a woman — archived as a curiosity of the source record. — Wikipedia · source — opens a new tab
- spiritual reflection (founder (reserved — his own words) · reserved: personal spiritual reflections (Seiðr-related experiences) will be preserved here in the founder's own words, dated and attributed. Personal importance without biological-descent verification — the lens never upgrades evidence.)
- research status: tradition-entered — no attached sources harvested for this person; era-heuristic only
- publication: public
identity + address
- internal id: pf5d40516b8 (provider ids are references, not identity)
- ref: familysearch M8WZ-XZY
- bnr://skaists.dev/blood/pf5d40516b8