Ingwær
Ingwær | |
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King of Northumbria | |
Reign | ?–910 |
Died | 5 August 910 Tettenhall, Mercia (modern day Wolverhampton) |
Old Norse | Ívarr |
House | Uí Ímair (possibly) |
Ingwær (also referred to as Ingvar, Ivar or Ivarr;
Biography
Following the
Identity
The identity of Ingwær and his brothers, and the nature of their rule, is subject to some debate. No coins bearing their names are known and it is possible they each ruled different parts of Northumbria, or even that they were simply commanders in the Viking army rather than kings, and their identification as such by contemporary sources is erroneous.[3] Ingwær is known to history through Æthelweard's Latin version of the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle; in the extant Old English manuscripts he does not appear, only his brothers Eowils and Halfdan.[1] The names of the three brothers are equivalent to the names of Ímar, Auisle, and Halfdan Ragnarsson, three Vikings active in the British Isles in the ninth century who may have been brothers. David Dumville has suggested this similarity could indicate Ingwær, Eowils and Halfdan are from the same family as the earlier trio, the Uí Ímair.[4] According to Clare Downham, "the coincidence is perhaps too striking to be ignored".[1]
Notes
References
Citations
Sources
- Downham, Clare (2007). Viking Kings of Britain and Ireland: The Dynasty of Ívarr to A.D. 1014. Edinburgh: ISBN 978-1-903765-89-0.
- Dumville, David N. (2004). "Old Dubliners and New Dubliners in Ireland and Britain: a Viking-Age Story". Medieval Dublin. 6: 78–93.
- Higham, N. J.; Hill, D. H. (11 October 2013). Edward the Elder: 899–924. Taylor & Francis. ISBN 978-1-136-34948-5.
- Logan, F. Donald (2005). The Vikings in History. Taylor & Francis. ISBN 978-0-415-32756-5.
- Rollason, David (25 September 2003). Northumbria, 500–1100: Creation and Destruction of a Kingdom. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-81335-8.