Lord Wigea is an Ealdorman of the Kingdom of Northumbria. Lord Wigea is an advisor of King Ælle.
Biography
Season 1
Along with his fellow nobleman Lord Edgar, he was tasked with command the first Northumbrian counterattack against the Northern raiders led by Ragnar Lothbrok. Despite outnumbering them, the Vikings prevailed in battle against the Northumbrians, causing Wigea and Edgar to flee. Angered by what he perceived as cowardice from Lord Wigea, King Ælle would later execute Wigea by throwing him in the snakepit.
Trivia
- Ealdorman were the early Anglo-Saxon equivalent of the Norse title of Jarl (earl), which largely had replaced the former in English society after the conquest of the Danelaw by King Aethelstan in the early 10th century C.E.
Gallery
Season 1 Episode 6; Burial of the Dead
Appearances
| Season One Appearances | ||||
| Rites of Passage | Wrath of the Northmen | Dispossessed | ||
| Trial | Raid | Burial of the Dead | ||
| A King's Ransom | Sacrifice | All Change | ||