Legendary Swedish king. He lived approximately 500 to 575 and reigned over Swealand, or the central Swea Region part of Sweden which developed into that country by about 980 A.D. Belonging to the ancient Yngling Dynasty of Upsala, according to Icelandic historian Snorri Sturluson, he was the son of King Ohthere. His importance is clearly evidenced by the huge mound at Old Upsala, also called Thor's Tumulus, which Prof. Birger Nerman and others have considered to be his grave. It is the newest of the three in a row which, with wonders-of-the-world dimensions, are the veritable pyramids of Swedish history and archaeology. His Queen's name Ursa (Yrsa) equals Beorna, or female bear. She was a daughter of King Helge of Denmark and had had her famous son Rolf the Scrawny by him before coming far north to marry King Eadgils, whose story has him as a great Swea warrior. He led a major military campaign against the Goths in the south and was instrumental in uniting Swealand and Gothenland in a very early stage of the founding of the modern kingdom. An opponent uncle, Olaf (I) a.k.a. Ale, fell on the ice of Lake Väner, the Scandinavian Peninsula's largest inland body of water, in this conflict. Eadgils has been counted as the greatest of all the Yngling rulers. When he was old and riding in a sacrificial ceremony at Upsala, his horse tripped and dumped the King on a rock, which killed him.
Legendary Swedish king. He lived approximately 500 to 575 and reigned over Swealand, or the central Swea Region part of Sweden which developed into that country by about 980 A.D. Belonging to the ancient Yngling Dynasty of Upsala, according to Icelandic historian Snorri Sturluson, he was the son of King Ohthere. His importance is clearly evidenced by the huge mound at Old Upsala, also called Thor's Tumulus, which Prof. Birger Nerman and others have considered to be his grave. It is the newest of the three in a row which, with wonders-of-the-world dimensions, are the veritable pyramids of Swedish history and archaeology. His Queen's name Ursa (Yrsa) equals Beorna, or female bear. She was a daughter of King Helge of Denmark and had had her famous son Rolf the Scrawny by him before coming far north to marry King Eadgils, whose story has him as a great Swea warrior. He led a major military campaign against the Goths in the south and was instrumental in uniting Swealand and Gothenland in a very early stage of the founding of the modern kingdom. An opponent uncle, Olaf (I) a.k.a. Ale, fell on the ice of Lake Väner, the Scandinavian Peninsula's largest inland body of water, in this conflict. Eadgils has been counted as the greatest of all the Yngling rulers. When he was old and riding in a sacrificial ceremony at Upsala, his horse tripped and dumped the King on a rock, which killed him.
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