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Vikings: Ubbe offers to share Margrethe with Hvitserk

Vikings is airing on History and Prime Video and the series is now in its sixth and final season. Many main characters have come and gone throughout the series, and one character fans are remembering is Margrethe (played by Ida Marie Nielsen). Here is everything we know about how Margrethe died on Vikings.

How did Margrethe in Vikings die?

Margrethe used to work as a slave in Kattegat before she was freed by Ubbe (Jordan Patrick Smith) who had fallen in love with her.

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She became the shared lover of Ubbe and his brother Hvitserk (Marco Ilsø) and brother Sigurd (David Lindström).

Their brother Ivar (Alex Høgh Andersen) was jealous as he also wanted to be romantically involved with Margrethe.

Ivar's brothers managed to persuade Margrethe to have sex with him, but he was unable to complete the act.

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He threatened to kill her as he was worried she would tell his brothers about his inability to have sex.

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Vikings: Margrethe wanted to be queen of Kattegat (Image: Sky/History)

Vikings: Ubbe freed Margrethe from slavery (Image: Sky)

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Margrethe managed to persuade Ivar not to kill her as the Gods would consider him a coward.

Unable to keep the secret, Margrethe told Ivar's brothers of what really happened and his death threat.

Soon the news of Ivar's inability to have sex reached everyone, and he became vengeful.

Ivar approached Margrethe in the middle of the night and told her he found out about her revealing his secret.

Later in the series, Ubbe married Margrethe, and she became a shared lover between Ubbe and Hvitserk.

Vikings: Margrethe's desire for power drove her insane (Image: History)

She survived through to season five, but her desire to gain more power ended up driving her mad.

She threatened to kill Bjorn Ironside (Alexander Ludwig), saying Ubbe should be the rightful King of Kattegat.

Ubbe ended up falling out with her and he had an affair with Torvi (Georgia Hirst) which made Margrethe even angrier.

Ivar told Hvitserk she has become possessed by evil, but Hvitserk was adamant he wanted to help her.

He had seen a vision of Margrethe stabbing him, and he told Hvitserk she needed to be dealt with as she was a threat.

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Vikings: Margrethe became the wife of Ubbe (Image: History)

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She later woke up to see three men at the foot of her bed, who turned out to be Ivar's guards.

She tried to run away from them but a knife is thrown into her back, followed by another knife in her chest. The third man killed her by cutting her throat.

Actress Nielsen shared a video of herself joking about how her character had been dead for two years.

She said: "I have actually been dead for two years now. Yeah, it is two years ago since I filmed that scene and I have been keeping this huge secret, and it feels so nice that you know now.

"I am very sad that Margrethe had such a tragic death that was not her wish. But it was good, she’ll be fine, she will be fine where ever she is now."

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The star cried as she talked about her character's death in a video on Instagram.

She was seen wiping a tear away as she thanked fans for watching her on the show.

She said: "You are the best fans and you make me so happy. Really thank you so much. Now I’m getting emotional. I don’t know why I’m filming it, it’s not very nice."

Fans had mixed reviews about Margrethe, as they did not like the fact she was so adamant to be queen.

However, one fan said on Twitter: "I know I shouldn't, but I feel bad for Margrethe...#Vikings."

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