The True Story of Hvitserk

The True Story of Hvitserk | Vikings

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The Story of Hvitserk it set at the height of Viking age in the 9th century. During this time the Norsemen were raiding lands indiscriminately, England, Paris, the Mediterranean the list goes on; no lands were safe from their wrath. Hvitserk was a key player during the time of the Great Heathen army and their conquest of most of England. However, there is one issue with the tale of Hvitserk, many sources mention a son of Ragnar named Halfdan who accompanied his brothers to England. Due to Halfdan and Hvitserk not being mentioned in any of the same sources, many historians believe that they are the same person and that Hvitserk was perhaps the nickname of Halfdan. Regardless, we will explore all sources regarding the life of Hvitserk and Halfdan assuming they were indeed the same person.
Sources: THE DANISH HISTORY - BOOKS I-IX: www.gutenberg.org/files/1150/...
The Tale of Ragnar and his Sons: www.germanicmythology.com/FORN...
The Anglo Saxon Chronicle

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@ginelkasias Жыл бұрын

They really disrespected him on vikings

@svenkrules9855 Жыл бұрын

They turned him into a crackhead. If that ain't racially motivated, I don't know what is.

@KlaustheViking Жыл бұрын

I didn’t like the character in the series but I suppose that’s what happens when there isn’t too much to go off of in regards to what we know about these individuals.

@ds698 Жыл бұрын

Vikings disrespected all of Scandinavian culture and history. It never deserved to be on the history channel and the history channel doesn’t deserve to be called such.

@KlaustheViking Жыл бұрын

@@ds698 That’s a bit much to say.

@jonniemckaig883 Жыл бұрын

They disrespected a lot of historical figures in that show. Aslaug being one that really irks me...

@invincibleluis Жыл бұрын

More Norse and Viking history, hell yeah. Much appreciated.

@zafferung4440 Жыл бұрын

Yes, because there's not enough of it on this channel...

@BriefCaseOfficial Жыл бұрын

Another really great video, very interesting that some Scholars believe that Halfdan and Hvitserk were the same person, I can see that maybe they were

@akindejiakinwande5143 Жыл бұрын

Halfdan Hvistek was the Same man in all three Stories, was indeed a legend.

@historyprofiles Жыл бұрын

Thank you so much for watching!

@saymyname2417 Жыл бұрын

I read that Halfdan was his real name and Hvisterk was a nickname which meant 'white shirt'. Idk if that's true or why he would be called like that, though 🤔.

@OldSkoolWax 3 ай бұрын

Halfdan was also a kind of nickname, it means Half Dane @@saymyname2417

@berenicewaters4096 Жыл бұрын

Another amazing video from HP, I wish I could ve witnessed that period of time. Thanks for the upload.

@NoahsArt93 Жыл бұрын

So happy to have seen all the videos of all the sons of Ragnar Lothbrok. Hvitserk was my fav charcter in vikings. Happy to learn the actual history of him.

@tbonepumper5623 Жыл бұрын

He was the worst clown in the show

@federicoramanugraha3535 Жыл бұрын

@@tbonepumper5623 he is a good warrior

@Alex-kf5ji Жыл бұрын

No that was sigard

@ELKE- Жыл бұрын

Thank you for another epic Vikings story. As always great sound and narration. I enjoyed very much!

@historyprofiles Жыл бұрын

Thank you so much for watching!!!!

@ELKE- Жыл бұрын

@@historyprofiles No mention! Thank you!

@DManLewis1 Жыл бұрын

I will never understand why the show vikings didnt show hvitserk as the legend he was. They made him loser mostly. Instead of a legend mostly.

@historyprofiles Жыл бұрын

I agree, it was sad what they did to him

@brooke6549 Жыл бұрын

Same with Sigurd, so many lost opportunities including Ivars rule in Dublin and so much more. Although I liked Hvitserk in Vikings, probably my favorite character and the acting from Marco ilsø. Still they should’ve done him more justice with the writing.

@DatBoiChris420 Жыл бұрын

@@brooke6549 I believe if they wasn't being canceled we would've actually gotten to see alot more of the sons story

@brooke6549 Жыл бұрын

@@DatBoiChris420 Wish that would’ve been the case. I would’ve been interested in all of that and all the people who were casted for the sons were great Really loved Vikings so it’s a shame we couldn’t get more of the story

@grazielaalmeida8438 6 ай бұрын

All family have it's stars, and between the ragnarssons Ivar shines, being overshadowed only by his half brother Björn.

@Agapy8888 Жыл бұрын

Loved this narration.

@historyprofiles Жыл бұрын

Thank you so much Ayape!

@shaybamiah8840 Жыл бұрын

Very insightful!!

@TannersGrow Жыл бұрын

love all of your stuff man a simple touch that would go really far is i dont know if youve seen Thoughty2 hes another history type youtuber but he has these simple animations that show what hes talking about should look into it looks relatively simple

@rarelljohnson8309 Жыл бұрын

Raganr lothbrok most likely had so many kids he couldn't keep count claiming only the ones who he had close relationships with there mothers or claiming the sons who made a name for themselves

@caniblmolstr4503 Жыл бұрын

Or here's a radical idea.... People claimed him to be their father the moment they did something... Ptolemy also claimed to be a bastard of Philip and hence the real successor to Alexander. Pyrrhus claimed that his cousin Alexander came to him in a dream and made him his successor. So there are prior examples.

@historyprofiles Жыл бұрын

I agree, there are many of his sons whom I still havent covered.....

@brooke6549 Жыл бұрын

@@caniblmolstr4503 Well Hvitserk (Halfdan), Ivar, Sigurd, Ubba, bjorn were definitely Ragnar sons considering everything, including the events leading up to his death and before.

@caniblmolstr4503 Жыл бұрын

@@brooke6549 If yes.. Then why did Ivar separate from the group and go to the Hebrides. Wouldn't he want to continue on with his brothers? Also if Ivar was the oldest (Yes in the Sagas Ivar is the oldest and Bjorn the youngest. Some other things the series got wrong) why didn't he inherit his father's lands? Sigurd got it There are ample evidences for Sigurd, Hafdan and Ubba to be brothers. A little for Bjorn and none for Ivar. In fact in the Irish texts Ivar has a different father and brothers. Go figure

@brooke6549 Жыл бұрын

@@caniblmolstr4503 You forgot about the great heathen army. Which consisted of them all Ivar, Sigurd, Ubbe, Bjorn, Hvitserk and no I’m not just talking about the events they portrayed in the show Vikings. Plus afterwards Ivar didn’t leave England right away. Neither did Ubbe (Ubba). There’s a lot of reports and even directly from England of them two being together. Ivar however eventually left. Though Ubbe and him caused a lot of chaos together. Ubbe didn’t end up leaving England, all sources point to him dying in England after being defeated by Alfred.

@carrioncrow7687 Жыл бұрын

I'm always looking forward to your video's on Ragnar Lothbrok and his sons. Are you going to make a video about Halfdan as well?

@brooke6549 Жыл бұрын

Halfdan was an alias used by Hvitserk, same with how one is believed for Ivar too later on by using ímar.

@carrioncrow7687 Жыл бұрын

I think a lot people have generally different opinions about that, which is why I'm curious about History Profiles' opinion on the matter, seeing as he knows so much about history

@historyprofiles Жыл бұрын

@@carrioncrow7687 I agree, they were probably the same man, Halfdan and Hvitserk were the same in my opinion

@grazielaalmeida8438 6 ай бұрын

They made him Ivar's puppet brother in the show. Also I din't know that even the terrifying vikings knew something about Rome, and were slightly afraid of it, though the romans have had fallen severals centuries before the viking era.

@mrvinyl-mrchili9583 Жыл бұрын

Another amazing video . I think Halfdan was his name & hvitserk his nickname

@rlspluto5811 Жыл бұрын

The show viking was truly beautiful and amazing but so many characters have been shamed and dishonored most were made like the were weak and betrayal men. I wish vikings make a true historical like this make every man who was worth being spoke of appear and do what they exactly did on the show

@lsrpjune3500 Жыл бұрын

Thing is dude. They didn’t write things down so we really don’t know who these men were. They could’ve very well been scandalous men. Either way it doesn’t mean that the legacy the Norwegians/Danes and Swedes had left on the world diminishes any less.

@lsrpjune3500 Жыл бұрын

And by that I mean, from what I understand is the sagas came way after. Way after. So their just stories and artifacts.

@caniblmolstr4503 Жыл бұрын

The Last Kingdom was better

@rlspluto5811 Жыл бұрын

@@caniblmolstr4503 it was just faker season 1-3 was good rest was just a drag

@trj1442 Жыл бұрын

Gee that would have been a terrible time to have lived. Thankyou for another excellent episode.

@historyprofiles Жыл бұрын

Thank you so much for watching!

@rhondalawrence8352 Жыл бұрын

Great vid these r my peeps.

@michaelcribb7205 Жыл бұрын

So there was a bishop heahmund i might of misspelled it his character in vikings was awesome

@freyjasvansdottir9904 Жыл бұрын

Hvitserkr just means he was often wore white robes, it’s just a nickname or an ickname as it would have been known at the time

@andrewlerdard-dickson5201 Жыл бұрын

What of Ragnar Lodhbrok's Son.....Ubbi Ragnarsson ?.......Who'm had campaigned around East Anglia

@craigthornton5831 Жыл бұрын

It was Ubbe that led the army was it no?

@loganneu5769 Жыл бұрын

Loved It what confuses me is that did they all raid together in England to kill Aella then split off or did they split off at first then Ivar killed aella by himself or any of the sons

@MonkzVR 2 ай бұрын

They really did not do Ragnar’s sons justice in the show.

@michaelbehrens1660 Жыл бұрын

I think these men were very discriminating in target selection for raids. Their mastery of the martial arts leads me to believe scouting, reconnaissance, and information acquisition was a sharp skill set for them.

@davidnolan9989 Жыл бұрын

Martial arts is composed these guys were bezerkers the complete opposite

@memelydcatting3049 Жыл бұрын

Sounds like Ragnar left sons every where

@makyestjulien1886 Жыл бұрын

U should do haestan from the last kingdom

@caniblmolstr4503 Жыл бұрын

You mean Jarl Hastein of Montaigu from Ck3

@makyestjulien1886 Жыл бұрын

@@caniblmolstr4503 correct

@kendriajones5689 Жыл бұрын

How were they the same person because in the show there is a character with that name who fights alongside Ubba

@jvharbin8337 Жыл бұрын

Why would you choose to be bound and burned?

@historyprofiles Жыл бұрын

No idea J V that’s how he wanted to go out according to one of the tales

@sahirdamani1264 Жыл бұрын

Valhalla

@Alex.af.Nordheim Жыл бұрын

Hearing "Whiteshirt" as his first name is kinda strange to my ears, it's like we are talking about "the boneless" or "Ironside"

@deenagara9151 Жыл бұрын

Sorry for being late, he had a unique name too!

@spence3338 Жыл бұрын

omg the sagas of the ragnarsons

@kaleahcollins4567 Күн бұрын

Why did they change this story so much in the show vikings 😢they didnt have to. Truth is so much better then the fiction

@ryankelly4018 Жыл бұрын

Does it not say he died in the battle of strangford Lough not Dublin

@michaelscortez4341 Жыл бұрын

Truly a Ragnarson

@gearlooze Жыл бұрын

"Hvitserk" means "white shirt" afaik. Might be a nickname like Lothbrok (woolly pants).

@supernova7848 Жыл бұрын

Like Beserker = Bear Shirt

@parse.thoughtspace 2 ай бұрын

Unfortunate that this time period in that region was not documented. Most of all of the accounts are surely fictional.

@Motivationalwisdomspeech Жыл бұрын

dublin yeeeow 🇮🇪🇮🇪🇮🇪

@alfie8708 Жыл бұрын

First guy was probably a different guy but the other 2 we’re probably the same

@trtg.1998 Жыл бұрын

Fun Fact: The name Hvitserk actually just means white shirt. So his actual name probably was Halfdan.

@Sarge80 Жыл бұрын

Agreed it was probably Halfdan, although we will never know for sure, Bjorn was usually called Ironside, so i can see why they would call Halfdan Hvitserk.

@dmoustuber494 Жыл бұрын

Why in Vikings(netflix) halfdan is not brother of ivar sigurd bjorn Hvisterk?

@matthoward7645 Жыл бұрын

Diff halfdans...

@kaleahcollins4567 Күн бұрын

Ragnar had many sons. So i dnt believe they are the same. Just because they arent written together doesnt mean he didnt exist. But maybe 🤔 it could be because many people have chanhed there names when they change titles.

@SupNerdsItsBran 2 ай бұрын

Wait barid mac imair was Ivars son.... so halfdan was killed by his nephew wtf.

@historyprofiles 2 ай бұрын

Yea I highlight this in my descendants of ivar video and my great heathen army documentary, both videos on my channel if you want to check them out

@samwill7259 Жыл бұрын

Whoever anglicized Viking names needed to be reminded people actually had to READ them at some point

@finnhansen7171 Жыл бұрын

the name halfdan means half dane

@supernova7848 Жыл бұрын

What of the nickname “ the black” ? coz he was known as Halfdan The Black

@argeadworldwide Жыл бұрын

@@supernova7848 They usually had nicknames like that based off of appearance, so he might've had black hair or something he wore was black.

@olafharoldsonnii4713 Жыл бұрын

@@argeadworldwide You numbskull. Black hair was common in the Viking age. Swarthy is referring to his skin complexion. He was called the black because of his dark skin complexion

@olafharoldsonnii4713 Жыл бұрын

@@argeadworldwide if something he wore was black, they would’ve said black shirt or black pants. Not black itself…

@sams901 Жыл бұрын

I don't know why but I feel so much closer to the viking era by listening to these tales than just watching the series...

@bobbehwitchie Жыл бұрын

I want to ask you for your permission to reference your videos in my Twitch live streams. I'd love to be able to reference your streams with historical facts from the sagas. I'm playing God of War 4. I'd love to be able to throw facts out while being able to reference ur content. With a response.... I won't bring ur content up.

@bobbehwitchie Жыл бұрын

I'm a small streamer, and I'd love to be able to share your KZfaq page on the sole reason I just love ur content

@historyprofiles Жыл бұрын

You have full permission ! Thank you so much !

@magnushorus5670 Жыл бұрын

I just COULD NOT take that actor seriously at all... He was soooo pathetically cringey. He wasnt a Viking, he was a Back Street Boy. Ivar and Uba were good but the other brothers were boy band bitches other than Bjorn but he wasnt pretty simple minded though....

@magnushorus5670 Жыл бұрын

@Ice Age Baby good point

@josefsall9761 Жыл бұрын

@x1viper392 Жыл бұрын

So weird this just happened to be uploaded right after I finished vikings lol

@johnrogers8836 Жыл бұрын

His semi legendary father was potentially an amalgamation of multiple Norse hero’s, so why not at least one of his sons. It’s not as if he lacked any.

@mbm8690 10 ай бұрын

Without the knowledge of the sources it all sounds like just some other fairytale - I'd prefer to r e a l l y know, how can we tell if its historically correct without prooven facts ?

@yooreekfan Жыл бұрын

8th comment

@Kiraxxx2931 Жыл бұрын

Now the descendants of those vikings are mostly transgenders or gays. Bad in worst 😂

@caniblmolstr4503 Жыл бұрын

Not necessarily... Most Vikings went with the Northern Army right? So now you know why Britain invaded every country

@magnusthered4973 Жыл бұрын

@@caniblmolstr4503 doesn’t that also technically mean that’s also the reason for America’s constant “liberations”

@markettechniques Жыл бұрын

You have a distorted view of the west. About 1% of the population are gay. The rest are fighting men like me. Good luck rusky I bet you've never been to anywhere in the west or if you had you would realise your talking shit

@BabyBaumer1991 Жыл бұрын

Not all of us

@caniblmolstr4503 Жыл бұрын

@@magnusthered4973 Probably... Though I would like to add culture is not genetic.