- After returning from his journey to win Thora’s hand in marriage, Ragnar had to fight a civil war for another time in Denmark.
- Thora Town-Hart (, Thora Borgarhjört) was the daughter of Herrauðr, the earl of Götaland and a wife of Ragnar Loðbrók.
- While they seemed like a perfect match, Ragnar divorced Lagertha to marry Thora Borgarhjört.
- Not long thereafter, Ragnar divorced Lagertha in order to mary Thora Borgarhjört (who was the daughter of the King of Sweden Herraud).
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- One such figure worth mentioning is Thora Borgarhjört, the daughter of Herrauðr, the earl of Götaland and wife of Ragnar Loðbrók, a Viking hero.
- According to Saxo Grammaticus’s 13th-century Gesta Danorum (‘deeds of the Danes’), Herraud, Earl of Götaland, commanded his daughter, Thora Borgarhjört...
- Thora is quite a common predominantly feminine, but very seldom masculine first name.
- Ragnar then decided to divorce Lagertha and married his second wife, Thora Borgarhjört (Eve Conolly).