#everything up until Sigvaldi’s children are history accurate

[i-have-no-enemies]

So, I love history and I love Vinland saga, so let’s piece some of it together, shall we??

In the beginning of Vinland saga Leif tells Thorfinn about the king of Norway, who was the reason that so many had to flee to Iceland, well, that King was Harold Bluetooth.

Harold Bluetooth is also the man who created the Jomsvikings.

Harold Bluetooth had a brother named Strut-Harald.

Strut-Harald had three children, two of which are… Sagvaldi, and Thorkell.

And as we know, Sigvaldi had children, one of which was Helga, who later gave birth to Ylva, and then Thorfinn.

We already knew that Thorfinn was some kind of royalty, we knew as much because he is Thorkell’s grand nephew, and he is a Jarl, but I just find this family tree incredible, especially because that story made Thorfinn so angry, and at the time he had no idea that he was not the defendant of those that fled, but the descendant of the one who made others flee.