Notes: One of the Danish kings responsible for the marytrdom of King Edmund 6 of East Anglia.
Recorded Name (16)
... Inwari ... (1)
Asser.VitAlfredi 54
Hinguar (4)
Abbo.PassioEadmundi 5
Abbo.PassioEadmundi 7
Abbo.PassioEadmundi 9
Abbo.PassioEadmundi 10
Hinwar (1)
Byrhtferth.VitOswaldi i.4
Iguuar (2)
Ęthelweard.Chron iv.2 (p. 35)
Ęthelweard.Chron iv.3 (p. 43)
Imar (2)
AnnalsFragIrel 180.459
AnnalsUlster 871.2
Ingwer (1)
ASC <879> B
Inwer (1)
ASC 879 C
Inwęr (1)
ASC 878 AG
Iomhor (1)
AnnalsFragIrel 144.393
Iuuar (1)
Ęthelweard.Chron iv.2 (p. 36)
Iwer (1)
ASC 878 DE
Personal Information (41)
ethnicity (7)
Byrhtferth.VitOswaldi i.4 (Dane)
Abbo.PassioEadmundi 5 (Dane)
Abbo.PassioEadmundi 5 (of the Northern peoples)
Abbo.PassioEadmundi 6 (of the Danish and Alanic people)
Abbo.PassioEadmundi 9 (Dane)
Abbo.PassioEadmundi 11 (Dane)
Abbo.PassioEadmundi 7 (foreigner)
moral (21)
Abbo.PassioEadmundi 5 (hardened with the frost of his own wickedness)
Abbo.PassioEadmundi 5 (follower of the antichrist)
Abbo.PassioEadmundi 5 (tyrant)
Abbo.PassioEadmundi 5 (cruel)
Abbo.PassioEadmundi 6 (most impious)
Abbo.PassioEadmundi 7 (deadly)
Abbo.PassioEadmundi 7 (a terror by land and sea)
Abbo.PassioEadmundi 7 (most clement)
Abbo.PassioEadmundi 8 (barbarous)
Abbo.PassioEadmundi 8 (with false benevolence)
Abbo.PassioEadmundi 8 (cunning)
Abbo.PassioEadmundi 9 (most impious)
Abbo.PassioEadmundi 5 (savage)
Abbo.PassioEadmundi 5 (so cruel by the freocity of his nature)
Abbo.PassioEadmundi 5 (incapable of feeling for the ills of mankind)
Abbo.PassioEadmundi 9 (insatiably greedy)
Abbo.PassioEadmundi 9 (savagely ferocious)
Abbo.PassioEadmundi 10 (tyrant)
Abbo.PassioEadmundi 10 (impious)
Abbo.PassioEadmundi 10 (gallows-slave)
Abbo.PassioEadmundi 9 (insatiably greedy)
other (6)
Abbo.PassioEadmundi 7 (most invincible)
Abbo.PassioEadmundi 7 (so great a power)
Abbo.PassioEadmundi 9 (son of the devil)
Abbo.PassioEadmundi 9 (chief follower of the devil)
Ęthelweard.Chron iv.2 (p. 35) (Tyrannus)
Ęthelweard.Chron iv.3 (p. 43) (Tyrannus)
psychological (1)
Abbo.PassioEadmundi 6 (his Achimeniam madness)
religion (6)
Abbo.PassioEadmundi 9 (pagan)
Abbo.PassioEadmundi 11 (pagan)
Abbo.PassioEadmundi 12 (pagan)
Abbo.PassioEadmundi 12 (worshipper of an alien sect)
Anon.LiberEliensis I preface (pagan)
Anon.LiberEliensis I.39 (pagan)
Office (11)
Dux (3)
Abbo.PassioEadmundi 5
Abbo.PassioEadmundi 9 (heathen dux)
Abbo.PassioEadmundi 10
Emperor (1)
Abbo.PassioEadmundi 7 (greatest emperor)
King (5)
Abbo.PassioEadmundi 7
Ęthelweard.Chron iv.2 (p. 36)
Anon.LiberEliensis I preface
Anon.LiberEliensis I.39
Anon.LiberEliensis I.42
Tyrant (2)
Abbo.PassioEadmundi 10 (tyrant)
Abbo.PassioEadmundi 5 (tyrant)
Status (2)
Tyrannus (2)
Ęthelweard.Chron iv.2 (p. 35)
Ęthelweard.Chron iv.3 (p. 43)
Personal Relationship (23)
Ivar 1 Brother (Consanguineal kinship) of ~ (1)
of Halfdan 2: ASC 878 ADEG, <879> B, 879 C
~ Brother (Consanguineal kinship) of Ivar 1 (8)
Anonymous 310: of Ivar 1: Asser.VitAlfredi 54
Anonymous 310: of Ivar 1: ASC 878 ADEG, <879> B, 879 C
Halfdan 2: of Ivar 1: ASC 878 ADEG, <879> B, 879 C
Anonymous 919: of Ivar 1: Ęthelweard.Chron iv.3 (p. 43)
Halfdan 2: of Ivar 1: Anon.LiberEliensis I.39
Eowils 2: of Ivar 1: Anon.LiberEliensis I.39
Halfdan 2: of Ivar 1: Anon.LiberEliensis I.42
Eowils 2: of Ivar 1: Anon.LiberEliensis I.42
~ Comitatus (General relationship) of Ivar 1 (1)
Anonymi 1736: of Ivar 1: Abbo.PassioEadmundi 7
Ivar 1 Companion (General relationship) of ~ (2)
of Ubba 5: Abbo.PassioEadmundi 5
of Ubba 5: Abbo.PassioEadmundi 5
Ivar 1 Enemy (General relationship) of ~ (2)
of Edmund 6: Abbo.PassioEadmundi 8
of Edmund 6: Abbo.PassioEadmundi 5
~ Follower (General relationship) of Ivar 1 (1)
Anonymi 1731: of Ivar 1: Abbo.PassioEadmundi 6
~ Grandson, sons son (Consanguineal kinship) of Ivar 1 (1)
Sihtric 1: of Ivar 1: AnnalsFragIrel 180.459
Ivar 1 Leader (General relationship) of ~ (3)
of Anonymi 1731: Abbo.PassioEadmundi 5
of Anonymi 1736: Abbo.PassioEadmundi 11
of Anonymous 702: Abbo.PassioEadmundi 11
Ivar 1 Lord (General relationship) of ~ (3)
of Anonymi 1731: Abbo.PassioEadmundi 7
of Anonymous 702: Abbo.PassioEadmundi 9
of Anonymi 1731: Abbo.PassioEadmundi 7
~ Subject (General relationship) of Ivar 1 (1)
Anonymi 1736: of Ivar 1: Abbo.PassioEadmundi 10
Possession (7)
fleet: Abbo.PassioEadmundi 6
a great fleet: Abbo.PassioEadmundi 7
sword: Abbo.PassioEadmundi 6
sword: Abbo.PassioEadmundi 8
axes: Abbo.PassioEadmundi 8
sword: Abbo.PassioEadmundi 8
sword: Abbo.PassioEadmundi 11
Event (25)
Battle (1)
Edmund 6.battle against Anonymi 34: Edmund 6 chose to do battle against Anonymi 34.: Ęthelweard.Chron iv.2 (p. 36) (870)
Burial (1)
Ivar 1-Anonymi 1736.disposal of Edmund 6s body: Edmund 6's body was left and his head hidden in a nearby wood by Anonymi 1736 and Ivar 1.: Abbo.PassioEadmundi 11 (869)
Burning (1)
Ivar 1.raiding a city of Edmund 6s kingdom: Ivar 1 set a city on fire and ordered the massacre of the inhabitants.: Abbo.PassioEadmundi 5 (869)
Capture (3)
Edmund 6.being killed by Ivar 1: Danish chieftains Ivar 1 and Ubba 5 arrived to plunder the provinces of the Northumbrians and East Angles. Ivar 1 captured the king [Edmund 6], who made no resistance, but threw away is weapons and lay praying flat on the ground; and after various tortures he was beheaded. : WilliamofMalmesbury.GestaPontificumAnglorum ii.74.21
Ivar 1.capturing of Edmund 6: Ivar 1 ordered that Edmund 6 be surrounded and taken prisoner.: Abbo.PassioEadmundi 10 (869)
Olaf 1-Ivar 1.bringing of captives to Dublin: Olaf 1 and Ivar 1 brought captives with them from Alba [i.e., Scotland] to Dublin.: AnnalsUlster 871.2 (871)
Conquest (1)
Ivar 1.subjection of diverse lands: Ivar 1 had subjugated lands to himself by arms.: Abbo.PassioEadmundi 7
Death/dying (1)
Ivar 1.death: Ivar 1 passed away.: Ęthelweard.Chron iv.2 (p. 36) (870)
Decision-making (1)
Edmund 6.battle against Anonymi 34: Edmund 6 chose to do battle against Anonymi 34.: Ęthelweard.Chron iv.2 (p. 36) (870)
Defence (1)
Ivar 1.leaving a guard with his fleet: Ivar 1 did not dare to leave his fleet without a strong force.: Abbo.PassioEadmundi 6 (869)
Enquiry (1)
Ivar 1.questioning of Anonymi 1733: Ivar 1 questioned Anonymi 1733 about Edmund 6.: Abbo.PassioEadmundi 6 (869)
Flight (1)
Ivar 1.ransacking Ely: The pagan King Ivar 1 and his allies, thoroughly ransacked the place, having killed some of the women living there and put to flight the rest.: Anon.LiberEliensis I preface
Grant and Gift (1)
Edmund 6.giving his wealth to Ivar 1: hereditary wealth: Abbo.PassioEadmundi 6 (869)
Hiding/harbouring/sanctuary (1)
Ivar 1-Anonymi 1736.disposal of Edmund 6s body: Edmund 6's body was left and his head hidden in a nearby wood by Anonymi 1736 and Ivar 1.: Abbo.PassioEadmundi 11 (869)
Imprisonment (1)
Ivar 1.capturing of Edmund 6: Ivar 1 ordered that Edmund 6 be surrounded and taken prisoner.: Abbo.PassioEadmundi 10 (869)
Interrogation (1)
Ivar 1.questioning of Anonymi 1733: Ivar 1 questioned Anonymi 1733 about Edmund 6.: Abbo.PassioEadmundi 6 (869)
Invasion (2)
Ivar 1 and Ubba 5.devastation of the kingdom of the Northumbrians: Ivar 1 and Ubba 5 attacked and subdued the kingdom of the Northumbrians.: Abbo.PassioEadmundi 5
Ivar 1-others.arrival in Britain in 866: In 866 ... when King Ęthelred 15 was ruler of the Western Saxons, there arrived in Britain a fleet of pagans from Denmark under King Ivar 1, together with his two brothers, Eowils 2, Halfdan 2, and a man called Ubba 5, his colleague in all trickery and malice and very like him in all respects, having as companions those three kings, Hęsten 1, Bagsecg 1 and Guthrum 1 and their forces, together with a very large contingent of chieftans and nobles ... They were accompanied by an immense multitude of bold warriors and they spent the winter in the kingdom of the East Angles.: Anon.LiberEliensis I.39 (866)
Journey (6)
Anonymous 659-Ubba 5-Ivar 1.going to England: Anonymous 659 came to England with the ship-army of Ubba 5 and Ivar 1.: Byrhtferth.VitOswaldi i.4
Ivar 1 and Ubba 5.journey from the North: Ivar 1 and Ubba 5 came to Britain from the North: Abbo.PassioEadmundi 5
Ivar 1.departing: Ivar 1 departed with Anonymi 1731 to engage in devastation elsewhere: Abbo.PassioEadmundi 12
Ivar 1.following Anonymous 702: Ivar 1 followed Anonymous 702 with a great war-band (Anonymi 1736 9) to find Edmund 6: Abbo.PassioEadmundi 7 (869)
Ivar 1.journey from the north-eastern region: Ivar 1 left Ubba 5 and suddenly approached East Anglia from the north-eastern region with a great fleet.: Abbo.PassioEadmundi 5 (869)
Olaf 1-Ivar 1.journey from Scotland to Dublin with prisoners: Ólįfr 1-Ķvarr 1 with two hundred ships (Anonymi 2073) came from Scotland to Dublin with many British, Scottish and Saxon prisoners (Anonymi 2074).: AnnalsFragIrel 144.393 (871)
Killing/murder (5)
Edmund 6.being killed by Ivar 1: Danish chieftains Ivar 1 and Ubba 5 arrived to plunder the provinces of the Northumbrians and East Angles. Ivar 1 captured the king [Edmund 6], who made no resistance, but threw away is weapons and lay praying flat on the ground; and after various tortures he was beheaded. : WilliamofMalmesbury.GestaPontificumAnglorum ii.74.21
Edmund 6.martyrdom: Edmund 6 was savagely beaten, tied to a tree where he was tortured with lashes and his whole body pierced with arrows, and then decapitated.: Abbo.PassioEadmundi 10-11 (869)
Ivar 1.murder of Anonymi 1734: Ivar 1 murdered Anonymi 1734: Abbo.PassioEadmundi 6 (869)
Ivar 1.raiding a city of Edmund 6s kingdom: Ivar 1 set a city on fire and ordered the massacre of the inhabitants.: Abbo.PassioEadmundi 5 (869)
Ivar 1.ransacking Ely: The pagan King Ivar 1 and his allies, thoroughly ransacked the place, having killed some of the women living there and put to flight the rest.: Anon.LiberEliensis I preface
Martyrdom (2)
Edmund 6.being killed by Ivar 1: Danish chieftains Ivar 1 and Ubba 5 arrived to plunder the provinces of the Northumbrians and East Angles. Ivar 1 captured the king [Edmund 6], who made no resistance, but threw away is weapons and lay praying flat on the ground; and after various tortures he was beheaded. : WilliamofMalmesbury.GestaPontificumAnglorum ii.74.21
Edmund 6.martyrdom: Edmund 6 was savagely beaten, tied to a tree where he was tortured with lashes and his whole body pierced with arrows, and then decapitated.: Abbo.PassioEadmundi 10-11 (869)
Message-sending (1)
Ivar 1.sending of Anonymous 702 to Edmund 6: Ivar 1 sent Anonymous 702 to order Edmund 6 to submit and to share his wealth, and to threaten Edmund 6 with torture if he did not agree.: Abbo.PassioEadmundi 7 (869)
Plundering (2)
Edmund 6.being killed by Ivar 1: Danish chieftains Ivar 1 and Ubba 5 arrived to plunder the provinces of the Northumbrians and East Angles. Ivar 1 captured the king [Edmund 6], who made no resistance, but threw away is weapons and lay praying flat on the ground; and after various tortures he was beheaded. : WilliamofMalmesbury.GestaPontificumAnglorum ii.74.21
Ivar 1.ransacking Ely: The pagan King Ivar 1 and his allies, thoroughly ransacked the place, having killed some of the women living there and put to flight the rest.: Anon.LiberEliensis I preface
Praying (1)
Edmund 6.being killed by Ivar 1: Danish chieftains Ivar 1 and Ubba 5 arrived to plunder the provinces of the Northumbrians and East Angles. Ivar 1 captured the king [Edmund 6], who made no resistance, but threw away is weapons and lay praying flat on the ground; and after various tortures he was beheaded. : WilliamofMalmesbury.GestaPontificumAnglorum ii.74.21
Raiding (4)
Ivar 1 and Ubba 5.attempt to destroy Britain: Ivar 1 and Ubba 5 attempted to bring about the destruction of all Britain.: Abbo.PassioEadmundi 5
Ivar 1 and Ubba 5.devastation of the kingdom of the Northumbrians: Ivar 1 and Ubba 5 attacked and subdued the kingdom of the Northumbrians.: Abbo.PassioEadmundi 5
Ivar 1.departing: Ivar 1 departed with Anonymi 1731 to engage in devastation elsewhere: Abbo.PassioEadmundi 12
Ivar 1.raiding a city of Edmund 6s kingdom: Ivar 1 set a city on fire and ordered the massacre of the inhabitants.: Abbo.PassioEadmundi 5 (869)
Search (1)
Ivar 1.following Anonymous 702: Ivar 1 followed Anonymous 702 with a great war-band (Anonymi 1736 9) to find Edmund 6: Abbo.PassioEadmundi 7 (869)
Factoids linked indirectly to Ivar 1 (11)
Occupation (8)
Fleet of Ivar 1 (1)
Anonymi 34: Ęthelweard.Chron iv.2 (p. 35)
Messenger of Ivar 1 (1)
Anonymous 702: Abbo.PassioEadmundi 7
Sailor of Ivar 1 (2)
Anonymi 1731: Abbo.PassioEadmundi 7
Anonymi 1731: Abbo.PassioEadmundi 7
Warrior of Ivar 1 (4)
Anonymi 1731: Abbo.PassioEadmundi 5
Anonymi 1731: Abbo.PassioEadmundi 7
Anonymous 702: Abbo.PassioEadmundi 7
Anonymous 702: Abbo.PassioEadmundi 10
Status (3)
Captive of Ivar 1 (3)
Anonymi 2168: AnnalsUlster 871.2
Anonymi 2169: AnnalsUlster 871.2
Anonymi 2170: AnnalsUlster 871.2