S01E13: Stupid Deaths: Sigurd the Mighty | Horrible Histories

Duration: 1'42''

Synopsis

Sigurd the Mighty (Sigurd Eysteinsson), the second Viking Earl of Orkney, died in 892 AD from an infection caused by the severed head of his defeated enemy.

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