The Last Kingdom has said goodbye to many fan-favourite characters throughout its five seasons on Netflix - but which of them were based on real people from history?

The Last Kingdom is on Netflix and here we take a look at some of the main characters from the show and how they compare to real-life people ...

The rest is celebrity polar bear history, as Knut became a media darling when his keeper, Thomas Doerflein, decided to raise the cub himself. (Doerflein died last year at age 44.) Now, the ...