Swedish jarls information

Swedish jarls were powerful noblemen in Sweden. There usually was only one holder of the title at a time, second only to the King of Sweden. For special...

Birger Jarl (c. 1210 – 21 October 1266), also known as Birger Magnusson, was a Swedish statesman and regent, jarl, and a member of the House of Bjelbo...

the Crazy the Jarls of Orkney the Jarls of Møre the Jarls of Lade The usage of the title in Sweden was similar to Norway's. Known as jarls from the 12th...

"Ulf jarls herkomst". vikingekonger.dk. Retrieved May 1, 2018. Heimskringla (1964 ed.). University of Texas Press. p. 408. ISBN 0292730616. Ulf Jarl (Nordisk...

John I (Swedish: Johan Sverkersson; c. 1201 – 10 March 1222) was King of Sweden from 1216 until his death in 1222. John was the son of King Sverker II...

Ulf Tostesson was a jarl and the son of the Viking Skogul Toste. He was the brother of Sigrid the Haughty, and his son was Ragnvald Ulfsson. v t e...

although Sweden was still ecclesiastically subordinated to the Danish archbishop in Lund. After a request by the king, his jarl Ulf, and the Swedish bishops...

potential for confusion. The House of Bjelbo produced most of the jarls in Sweden in the 11th, 12th and 13th centuries until the title was abolished...

Hakon Jarl Runestones in Sweden may refer to him. Haakon became jarl after his father was killed by King Harald Greycloak's men in 961. Haakon Jarl warred...

Birger Jarls torn (Swedish for Birger Jarl's Tower) is a defensive tower on the northwest corner of Riddarholmen, an islet in Gamla Stan, the old town...

Hebbes Bro Birger Jarls torn Mårtelius, Johan (1999). "Södra innerstaden". In Olof Hultin (ed.). Guide till Stockholms arkitektur (in Swedish) (2nd ed.). Stockholm:...

powerful Jarls, especially his brother-in-law Birger Jarl, whose descendants ruled as kings after his death. Eric was the son of Eric X of Sweden and Richeza...

(Swedish: Folke den tjocke), according to Gesta Danorum by the 12th century Danish chronicler Saxo Grammaticus, was the most powerful man in Sweden around...

leadership of Birger Jarl. Sweden had held a foothold within Finland, specifically Finland Proper since the First Swedish Crusade. Swedish missionary attempts...

Swedish: Erik Segersäll; c. 945 – c. 995) was a Swedish monarch as of around 970. Although there were earlier Swedish kings, he is the first Swedish king...

context the distinction between jarls and kings did not become significant until the late 11th century and the early jarls would therefore have had considerable...

the Swedish king failed to deliver his daughter, Ragnvald realized that he was in trouble. He has not only fallen out of grace with the Swedish king...

Riddarholmstorget, but was in the mid-19th century renamed Birger Jarls torg after Birger Jarl, traditionally attributed as the founder of Stockholm. A statue...

Birger Brosa Old Norse: Birgir Brósa (died 9 January 1202) was jarl of Sweden from 1174 to 1202. He was a son of Bengt Snivil and a member of the powerful...

member the house of Folkung (Folkungaätten). After jarl Charles had been killed during the Swedish attack against Estonians at the Battle of Lihula in...

Hakon Jarl, and both runologists and historians have debated whether they are one and the same, or two different men. Moreover, all known Hakon Jarls have...

the lands around Ladoga as a marriage gift. They were administered by Swedish jarls, such as Ragnvald Ulfsson, under the sovereignty of the Novgorod Republic...

Sweden (1280–1321) Birger Brosa (died 1202), Swedish jarl Birger Gregersson (c. 1327 – 1383), Archbishop of Uppsala Birger Jarl (1210–1266), Swedish statesman...

decisive address of the Swedish army in support of her stepson, Magnus the Good. Astrid was born to King Olof Skötkonung of Sweden and his Obotritian mistress...

the bishop in Scania took care of the churches of the Geats, and the Swedish Jarl Gnif strengthened his people in the Christian faith." Nothing more is...

Jon Jarl was a Swedish jarl at the end of the 12th and in the early 13th centuries. He is mentioned in Eric's Chronicle from the 1320s to have spent years...

Magnus II; Swedish: Magnus Henriksson (c. 1130 – 1161) was a Danish lord and king of Sweden between 1160 and 1161. He is often seen by posterity as a usurper...

to get back to Sweden. In the 520s, Ohthere led a large raid to Denmark and plundered the Danish coast. A Danish army led by two Jarls, however, was waiting...

House of Bjelbo was a Swedish magnate in mid-12th century. Some more or less romantic later literature has given him the title of jarl, although no proper...