The First Viking Kingdom in Frisia? | History of the Netherlands 826 - 852 AD

The Vikings are famous for their colonies in Britain and Ireland, like the Danelaw around York and of course the now capital of Ireland Dublin, not to mention Normandy in Northern France that still bears their name after its foundation by Rollo or Hrolf De Gange. But somewhere that doesn't get a lot of attention in the Viking Age is the Netherlands, known as Frisia during this time, even though they have a fascinating Viking Age History of their own from Holland to Friesland. In this video I'll be talking about the start of a Viking kingdom in Frisia with the very first benefice of the Danish King Harald Klak around Rüstringen in East Frisia, and the implications of this for how we view the identity of those living in the Netherlands of over a thousand years ago.

This video is being made in connection with the Leeuwarden Cultural Capital 2028 Project and is part of a series on the Viking Age in the Netherlands that will be hosted here on my channel History With Hilbert.

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Music Kindly Provided By:

Baldrs Draumar:
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Mentioned Videos:

The Start of the Viking Age in the Netherlands:
   • How Did the Viking Age Start in Frisia? | ...  

Were the Normans Viking or French?
   • How did the Vikings Become French? | The O...  

Related Videos of Mine:

Why Did the Viking Age Begin?
   • Why Did The Viking Age Begin ?  

Why Didn't The Vikings Colonise North America?
   • Why Didn't the Vikings Colonise North Amer...  

The Netherlands, Holland & The Low Countries:
   • The Netherlands, Holland and The Low Count...  

How to Tell Apart Dutch, Afrikaans & Frisian:
   • How to tell apart Dutch, Afrikaans and Fri...  

What is the Frisian Heart Sumbol?
   • What is this Symbol? - The History of the ...  

The History of the Vikings in England:
   • The History of the Vikings in England (AD....  

The Frisians in Beowulf:
   • The Frisians in Beowulf - Analysing The Ba...  

Why Did the Frisians Conquer Rome?
   • Why Did the Frisians Conquer Rome in the 9...  

Viking Age Helmets:
   • Why Do We Know So Little About Viking Helm...  

Further Reading:

Online:

Central Because Liminal: Frisia in a Viking Age North Sea World - Nelleke IJssennagger:
https://www.rug.nl/research/portal/en...

Books:

Luit van der Tuuk - De Friezen
Luit van der Tuuk - Noormannen in de Lage Landen
Nelleke IJssennagger & John Hines - Frisians and their North Sea Neighbours

Articles:

Simon Coupland - Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea: Hoards in Ninth Century Frisia
Simon Coupland - From Poachers To Gamekeepers: Scandinavian Warlords and Carolingian Kings

Primary Sources:

Annals of St Bertin
Annals of Xanten
Annals of Fulda
Frankish Annals
Beowulf
Life of St Boniface

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Baldrs Draumar - Fan Fryslans Ferline
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Danheim - War of the North
Danheim - Folkvangr

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