IVARR

ivarr, beinlausi (d. 873), son of ragnar lothbrok, the great viking chieftain, is known in english and continental annals as inuaer, ingwar or hingwar. he was one of the danish leaders in the sheppey expedition of 855 and was perhaps present at the siege of york in 867. the chief incident in his life was his share in the martyrdom of st edmund in 870. he seems to have been the leader of the danes on that occasion, and by this act he probably gained the epithet "crudelissimus" by which he is usually described. it is probable that he is to be identified with imhar, king of the norsemen of all ireland and britain, who was active in ireland between the years 852 and 873, the year of his death.