Valhalla's Emma of Normandy True Story & How She's Related To Rollo
Vikings: Valhalla introduced Emma of Normandy, queen of England, who’s related to none other than Vikings’ Rollo – and here’s her story. One of the most popular historical dramas in recent years is Vikings, created by Michael Hirst (The Tudors), and based on real events, people, and a couple of legends as well from the Viking Age. Vikings premiered on the History Channel in 2013 and came to an end in 2020 after six seasons, but that wasn’t enough to tell the most exciting stories from the Viking Age, and so a sequel series, titled Vikings: Valhalla, was announced in 2019.
Vikings only told part of the most notable events of the Viking Age and introduced some of its most famous characters, such as the legendary warrior Ragnar Lothbrok (Travis Fimmel), his brother Rollo (Clive Standen), and his sons Björn Ironside (Alexander Ludwig), Ubbe (Jordan Patrick Smith), Hvitserk (Marco Ilsø), and Ivar the Boneless (Alex Høgh Andersen). Vikings explored the first years of the Viking Age, beginning with the Lindisfarne raid, and with the arcs of its main characters now over, it’s time to move forward with a sequel series set in a different era from the Viking Age and with new characters, of which some are related to those from Vikings.
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Vikings: Valhalla is set over a century after the events of Vikings, and it follows Leif Erikson (Sam Corlett), Freydís Eiríksdóttir (Frida Gustavsson), and Harald Sigurdsson (Leo Suter) who go on a journey that takes them across oceans and battlefields, from Kattegat to England and more, with the conflict between Vikings and English royals (Pagans vs Christians) as the backdrop. Among the characters they meet in England is Emma
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