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Meet the real historical figures of Vikings Valhalla season 2

The historical drama is back with some new faces from the Viking Age.

The series was inspired by mythology and Viking sagas and is set 100 years after the events of the original Amazon Prime Video series.

The end of the Vikings Age was marked by the 1066 Battle of Stamford Bridge.

Leif Erikson was one of the most famous Viking explorers in history, and he was also known as Leif the Lucky.

He was believed to have been the first European to have set foot on North America - establishing a Norse settlement there in 1000 AD.

Freydís Eiríksdóttir was made famous for founding the first European settlement in Greenland. Meanwhile, Harald was the king of Norway from 1046 to 1066.

Language experts at Babbel gave insight into some of the other real historical figures.

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Vikings Valhalla: Leif and Yaroslav

Vikings Valhalla: Leif and Yaroslav are based on real life people (Image: NETFLIX)

Vikings Valhalla: Harald

Vikings Valhalla: Harald was a real King of Norway (Image: NETFLIX)

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Grand Prince Yaroslav the Wise

In the series, Yaroslav (Marcin Dorociński) is Harald's uncle whom he calls on for help so he can claim back the crown of Norway.

In real life, he was the Grand Prince of Kiev - baptised ‘George’, reigning from 1019 until he died in 1054.

With the support of the Vikings, he defeated Kiev in 1019, giving him the title of the Grand Prince of Kyiv.

Yaroslav was heavily religious and also head of the Russian Orthodox church, so would have spoken both Russian and Greek.

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Vikings Valhalla: Harald and Yaroslav

Vikings Valhalla: Harald and Yaroslav are related (Image: NETFLIX)

Emperor Romanos

In the historical drama, the emperor (Nikolai Kinski) fell for Eleana (Sofya Lebedeva) whom he made his Empress.

According to history, following the Norman conquest, Anglo-Saxons flocked to the Byzantine empire.

At the time, the Greek language was spoken as it served as a language of administration.

During his reign, he was determined to slow the decline of the Byzantine military and to stop Turkish incursions into the Byzantine Empire. However, in 1071 he was captured at the Battle of Manzikert.

Vikings Valhalla: Freydis

Vikings Valhalla: Freydis is based on a real explorer (Image: NETFLIX)

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George Maniakes

George Maniakes (Florian Munteanu) is based on a historical figure known as Gyrgir.

George was a general of the Byzantine Empire of Byzantine Greek during the 11th century.

His greatest achievement was the partial reconquest of Sicily from the Arabs in 1038.

Here, he was helped by the Varangian Guard led by Harald Hardrada, who later became king of Norway.

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