Clovis | founder of Frankish knigdom |
Abd Al-Rahman | Led Muslin invasion of France |
Brunhilda | Visigothic queen of Franks, blood-feuds |
Pepin of Herstal | Ruled Francia as Mayor, Duke and Prince of Franks |
Charles Martel | Mayor who saved Francia from Muslim Invasion |
Pepin the Short | First King of Carolingian Dynasty |
Charlemagne | Great Frankish Emperor |
Gregory of Tours | Wrote history of the Franks |
Alcuin of York | Anglo-Saxon Scholar who reorganized Frankish culture |
Widukind | Saxon resistance leader against Charlemagne |
Desiderius | Last Lombard king |
Pope Leo III | Crowned Charlemagne Emperor |
Ragnar Lothbrok | Viking who plundered Paris |
Ivar the Boneless | Led the Great Heathen Army |
Guthrum | Viking enemy of Alfred |
Erik the Red | Discovered Greenland |
Leif Erikson | Discovered America (Canada at least) |
Snorri Sturlson | Viking writer of Edda and Sagas |
Saxo Grammaticus | Wrote a history of Denmark |
Alfred the Great | Saved England from Vikings |
Canute the Great | Danish ruler of North Sea empire |
Rurik | founded Viking Russia |
St. Olga | Viking Russian queen who took terrible revenge |
Vladimir the Great | Converted the Russians to Christianity |