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The Vikings were raiders from Scandinavia who, during the period now called the Viking Age, terrorized coastal Europe for hundreds of years. Most were formidable warriors, but few among them were as terrifying as the King’s elite bodyguard: the huscarls. While most Vikings wielded simple spears, the huscarls had a much more brutal weapon.

Queen Christina Facts. After a dark childhood with her insane mother, Christina gave up her crown—and that's just the beginning of her scandalous story.

The Vikings were raiders from Scandinavia who terrorized Europe for centuries. But how much of what we know about them is myth? Who really were the Vikings?

History has never been kind royal mistresses—but nobody suffered like the beautiful Hedvig Taube, the mistress of King Frederick I.

History has never been kind royal mistresses—but nobody suffered like the beautiful Hedvig Taube, the mistress of King Frederick I.

Sophia of Nassau thought she’d get her moment in the political spotlight after the king's passing, but that plan backfired.