King of Sweden. He was the last definite king of the Steinchetellian Dynasty, the second son of King Alstan (Hallsten). He has been counted (speculatively) as Ingold V, going by the most ancient Nordic history (as explained under 5th century King Ingwin), but used no numeral. His year of birth here is an approximation. Records, which are scant and sometimes contradictory, have him reigning jointly with his elder brother King Philip of Sweden from before 1118 and/or taking over that year after Philip's death. He seems to have been dethroned in or around 1125-1126 during the brief reign of (his cousin?) King Reginald Knobhead of Sweden, then to have returned to the throne and reigned on until his death. Married first to Queen Ragenilda, who was revered as holy and may have been released from the marriage to devote herself to church work, Ingold subsequently married the controversial young Lady Wolfhilda from Norway, whom history has accused of arranging his death by poison after about 10 years of marriage. This king had no known children. Official records of the royal burials at Vreta have not survived the ravages of fire and war and the religious upheavals of the centuries, but it has been assumed with reasonable certainty that these members of the dynasty were interred here. Though the grave monument designed for Ingold in the 16th century appears to be correctly placed over his and his brother’s bones, the Latin inscription on it identifies his brother Philip as his father, his father Alstan as his uncle and Queen Helen of Sweden, the wife of his uncle King Ingold the Elder, as his.
King of Sweden. He was the last definite king of the Steinchetellian Dynasty, the second son of King Alstan (Hallsten). He has been counted (speculatively) as Ingold V, going by the most ancient Nordic history (as explained under 5th century King Ingwin), but used no numeral. His year of birth here is an approximation. Records, which are scant and sometimes contradictory, have him reigning jointly with his elder brother King Philip of Sweden from before 1118 and/or taking over that year after Philip's death. He seems to have been dethroned in or around 1125-1126 during the brief reign of (his cousin?) King Reginald Knobhead of Sweden, then to have returned to the throne and reigned on until his death. Married first to Queen Ragenilda, who was revered as holy and may have been released from the marriage to devote herself to church work, Ingold subsequently married the controversial young Lady Wolfhilda from Norway, whom history has accused of arranging his death by poison after about 10 years of marriage. This king had no known children. Official records of the royal burials at Vreta have not survived the ravages of fire and war and the religious upheavals of the centuries, but it has been assumed with reasonable certainty that these members of the dynasty were interred here. Though the grave monument designed for Ingold in the 16th century appears to be correctly placed over his and his brother’s bones, the Latin inscription on it identifies his brother Philip as his father, his father Alstan as his uncle and Queen Helen of Sweden, the wife of his uncle King Ingold the Elder, as his.
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