Ingjald centralizing Sweden

Ingjaldr hinn illráði or Ingjald illråde ("ill-ruler"), ca 640 - ca 650, was a legendary Swedish king of the House of Ynglings. He was the son of Anund. Hugo Hamilton, 1830 This image is in the public domain because its copyright has expired in the United States and those countries with a copyright term of life of the author plus 100 years. ... Hugo Hamilton, 1830 This image is in the public domain because its copyright has expired in the United States and those countries with a copyright term of life of the author plus 100 years. ... Events May 28 - Severinus becomes pope, but dies the same year. ... Events Arab conquest of Persia, establishment of Islam as state religion Hindu empire in Sumatra Croats and Serbs occupy Bosnia Khazars conquer Great Bulgarian Empire in southern Russia building of St. ... The Ynglings (Heimskringla), Scylfings (Beowulf) or Sons of Frey (Gesta Danorum and Ynglingatal) were the oldest known Scandinavian dynasty. ... Anunds mound, a grave associated with Anund. ...

Youth

The Heimskringla relates that the viceroy of Fjädrundaland was named Ingvar and he had two sons, Alf and Agnar, who were of the same age as Ingjald. Svipdag the Blind was the viceroy of Tiundaland, the province of Uppsala where the Tings and the Yule (Midwinter) sacrifices were held (see the Temple at Uppsala). Heimskringla is the Old Norse name of a collection of sagas recorded in Iceland around 1225 by the poet and historian Snorri Sturluson (1179-1242). ... A viceroy is a royal official who governs a country or province as a substitute for the monarch. ... Fjärdhundraland or the land of the four hundreds is since 1296 a part of the province of Uppland. ... Tiundaland is a historic region, Folkland, and since 1296 part of the modern province of Uppland. ... Gamla Uppsala is an area rich in archaeological remains seen from the grave field whose larger mounds (left part) are close to the royal mounds. ... Ting is a carbonated beverage popular in the Caribbean and difficult to find most other places. ... Yule was the winter solstice celebration of the Germanic pagans still celebrated by Ásatrúar. ... The Temple at Uppsala was a Temple in Gamla Uppsala (Old Uppsala), near modern Uppsala, Sweden, created to worship the Norse gods of ancient times. ...

Ingjald's unmanliness is reported

One Midwinter, when Ingjald and Alf were six years old, many people had assembled at Uppsala for the sacrifices. Alf and Ingjald played, but Ingjald found that he was the weaker boy and became so angry that he almost started to cry. His foster-brother Gautvid led him to his foster-father Svigdag the Blind and told Svipdag about Ingjald's lack of manliness and strength. Svipdag said that it was a shame and the next day he gave Ingjald a roasted wolf's heart to eat. From that day, Ingjald became a very ferocious person and had a bad disposition. This image is in the public domain because its copyright has expired in the United States and those countries with a copyright term of life of the author plus 100 years. ... This image is in the public domain because its copyright has expired in the United States and those countries with a copyright term of life of the author plus 100 years. ... Gamla Uppsala is an area rich in archaeological remains seen from the grave field whose larger mounds (left part) are close to the royal mounds. ...

Anund arranged a marriage for his son Ingjald with Gauthild, the daughter of the Geatish king Algaut, who was the son of Gautrek the Mild and the grand-son of Gaut. Gautrek consented as he believed that Ingjald had inherited his father's disposition. Gauthild's maternal grandfather was Olof the Sharp-sighted, the king of Nerike. Anunds mound, a grave associated with Anund. ... Geatish kings existed since the provinces of Götaland/Gautland/Geatland are considered to have been more or less independent with their own petty kings. ... Algaut was a Geatish king who ruled West Götaland according to the Heimskringla. ... Gautreks saga (Gautreks Saga) is an Old Norse saga written towards the end of the 13th century which survives only in much later manuscripts. ... Gaut, or Gautr, commonly assumed to mean father or ruler, is one of the names used for Odin, the god of ancient northern mythology. ... The Icelandic sagas relate of a number of kings of Nerike who ruled during the mythological past of Scandinavia. ... Nericia, also Nerike or Närke, is a historical Province or landskap in middle Sweden. ...

The deceit

Snorri Sturluson relates that when his father Anund had died, Ingjald became the king of Sweden. The kings at Uppsala were the foremost among the kings of the various provinces since Odin ruled the country, and they were the supreme chiefs of the other kingdoms since the death of Agne and Sweden was divided between Erik and Alrik. The descendants of these two kings had spread, cleared land and settled new territories, until there were several petty kings. Snorri Sturluson (1178 â€“ September 23, 1241) was an Icelandic historian, poet and politician. ... Gamla Uppsala is an area rich in archaeological remains seen from the grave field whose larger mounds (left part) are close to the royal mounds. ... This article needs a complete rewrite for the reasons listed on the talk page. ... Agne or Agni Skjafarbonde was king of Sweden, of the House of Yngling. ... Alrik and Erik fighting Alrek and Eirík (Old Norse Alrekr and Eiríkr ) were two legendary kings of Sweden. ... Alrik and Erik fighting Alrek and Eirík (Old Norse Alrekr and Eiríkr ) were two legendary kings of Sweden. ...

In honour of his own ascendance to the throne, Ingjald invited the kings, the jarls and other important men to a grand feast in a newly built hall, just as large and sumptuous as the one in Uppsala. It was called the hall of the seven kings and had seven high seats. Algaut the Geatish king of West Götaland, King Ingvar of Fjädrundaland with his two sons Agnar and Alf, King Sporsnjall of Nerike and King Sigvat of Attundaland came but not King Granmar of Södermanland. The kings filled all seven seats but one. All the prominent people of Sweden had seats, except for Ingjald's own court whom he had sent to his old hall in Uppsala. Jarl is the Scandinavian language cognate of Earl. ... Hall has several meanings. ... Algaut was a Geatish king who ruled West Götaland according to the Heimskringla. ... Geatish kings existed since the provinces of Götaland/Gautland/Geatland are considered to have been more or less independent with their own petty kings. ... ... Fjärdhundraland or the land of the four hundreds is since 1296 a part of the province of Uppland. ... The Icelandic sagas relate of a number of kings of Nerike who ruled during the mythological past of Scandinavia. ... Nericia, also Nerike or Närke, is a historical Province or landskap in middle Sweden. ... Attundaland or the land of the eight hundreds is since 1296 a part of the province of Uppland. ... Granmar was a king of Södermanland, in Snorri Sturlusons Heimskringla. ... Sudermannia or Södermanland, is a historical province or landskap on the south eastern coast of Sweden. ...

According to the custom of the time for those who inherited kings and jarls, Ingjald rested at the footstool until the Bragebeaker was brought in. Then he was supposed to stand up, take the beaker and make solemn vows, after which he would ascend his father's high seat. However, when the beaker was brought in, he took a bull's horn and made the solemn vow that he would enlarge his own kingdom by half towards all the four quarters, towards which he pointed his horn, or die. Jarl is the Scandinavian language cognate of Earl. ... The bragarfull promise-cup or bragafull best cup or chieftains cup was in Norse culture a particular drinking from a cup or drinking horn on ceremonial occasions, often involving the swearing of oaths when the cup or horn was drunk by a chieftain or passed around and drunk by...

When all the prominent guests were drunk, he ordered Svipdag's sons, Gautvid and Hylvid, to arm themselves and their men and to leave the building. Outside, they set fire to the building which burnt down and those who tried to escape were killed.

Thus Ingjald made himself the sole ruler of the domains of the murdered kings.

Wars

Granmar won allies in his son-in-law the sea-king Hjörvard of the Ylfings and his father-in-law Högne the Geatish king of East Götaland. They successfully withstood Ingjald's invasion where Ingjald realised that the men from the provinces he had conquered were not loyal to him. After a long standstill there was peace for as long as the three kings lived. However, one night Ingjald and his men sourrounded a farm where Granmar and Hjörvard were at a feast and burnt the house down. He late disposed of five more kings, and he thus earned the name Illråde (ill-ruler) as he fulfilled his promise. This is a disambiguation page. ... Hjörvard was the name of several characters in Norse mythology. ... The Wulfings, Wylfings or Ylfings were a prominent family/clan in Beowulf, Widsith and the Norse sagas. ... Högne is a king of Ostrogothia who appear in Norse mythology. ... Geatish kings existed since the provinces of Götaland/Gautland/Geatland are considered to have been more or less independent with their own petty kings. ... ...

Snorri Sturluson tells that it was a common saying that Ingjald killed twelve kings by deceiving them that he only wished for peace, and that he thus earned his cognomen Illråde (ill-ruler or ill-adviser). Snorri Sturluson (1178 â€“ September 23, 1241) was an Icelandic historian, poet and politician. ...

Downfall

Ingjald and his daughter Åsa

Ingjald had two children, a son Olof Trätälja and a daughter Åsa. His daughter had inherited her father's psychopathic disposition. She married king Gudröd of Skåne. Before she murdered her husband she managed to make him kill his own brother Halfdan the Kind, the father of the great Ivar Vidfamne. Ingjald and his daugther Åsa. ... Ingjald and his daugther Åsa. ... Olaf Tree Feller (Old Norse: Ólafr trételgja, Swedish: Olof Trätälja, Norwegian: Olav Tretelgja) was the son of the Swedish king Ingjald Ill-ruler of the House of Yngling according to Heimskringla. ... â–¶ (help· info) (also known as Scania) is the southernmost historical province (landskap) of Sweden. ... Hervarar saga ok Heidhreks is a fornaldarsaga from the 13th century using material from an older saga. ... Ívarr inn víðfaðmi or Ivar Vidfamne was a semi-legendary king of Sweden c. ...

In order to avenge his father, Ivar Vidfamne gathered a vast host and departed for Sweden, where he found Ingjald at Ræning. Ræning is probably Rällinge on the island of Fogdö in Lake Mälaren, or Rönö Hundred in Södermanland, mentioned on a runestone as "rauniki". When Ingjald and his daughter realized that it was futile to resist, they set the hall on fire and succumbed in the flames. Ívarr inn víðfaðmi or Ivar Vidfamne was a semi-legendary king of Sweden c. ... Location map Mälaren details, with Stockholm urban area pink. ... Rönö Hundred, or Rönö härad, was a hundred of Sudermannia in Sweden. ... Södermanland is the name of a geographical region in Sweden which can refer to: Sudermannia, or Södermanland - a historical Province of Sweden Södermanland County, or Södermanlands län - a current County of Sweden Part of Stockholm County, or Stockholms län - a current County of Sweden...

It is interesting to note that Ynglingatal does not appear to describe Ingjald as an evil king. It calls his life a brave life frœknu fjörvi.

Ingjald has often been seen as the one who unified Sweden.

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Secondary sources

Nerman, B. Det svenska rikets uppkomst. Stockholm, 1925.

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