Interestingly, no other known man or woman is mentioned as often in rune stone inscriptions as Queen Thrya, not even her husband, who was a king. So the next time you peruse some Viking history ...

After Alfred, Anglo-Saxon kings took the Danelaw land territories back from the Vikings. Alfred's grandson, Athelstan, pushed English power north as far as Scotland. He was the first 'King of all ...

New analysis of the world-famous Jelling Stone in Denmark suggests that a Viking queen was much more powerful than previously thought. Queen Thyra is best known as the wife and mother of early ...