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Birth:          ABT  572 Uppsala, Sweden

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eadgils
Eadgils, Adils, Aðils, Adillus, Aðísl at Uppsölum, Athisl, Athislus or Adhel was a semi-
legendary king of Sweden, who is estimated to have lived during the 6th century.[1]

Beowulf and Old Norse sources present him as the son of Ohthere and as belonging to 
the ruling Yngling (Scylfing) dynasty. These sources also deal with his war against 
Onela, which he won with foreign assistance: in Beowulf he gained the throne of 
Sweden by defeating his uncle Onela with Geatish help, and in two Scandinavian 
sources (Skáldskaparmál and Skjöldunga saga), he is also helped to defeat Onela in 
the Battle on the Ice of Lake Vänern, but with Danish help. However, Scandinavian 
sources mostly deal with his interaction with the legendary Danish king Hrólfr Kraki 
(Hroðulf), and Eadgils is mostly presented in a negative light as a rich and greedy 
king.
Name[edit]

The Norse forms are based an older (Proto-Norse) *Aþagislaz (where *aþa is short for 
*aþala meaning "noble, foremost" (German 'adel') and *gislaz means "arrow shaft"[2]). 
However, the Anglo-Saxon form is not etymologically identical. The A-S form would 
have been *Ædgils, but Eadgils (Proto-Norse *Auða-gislaz, *auða- meaning "wealth") 
was the only corresponding name used by the Anglo-Saxons.[3] The name Aðils was 
so exceedingly rare even in Scandinavia that among almost 6000 Scandinavian runic 
inscriptions, it is only attested in three runestones (U 35, DR 221 and Br Olsen;215).
[4]

Beowulf[edit]

The Anglo-Saxon epic poem Beowulf, composed sometime between the 8th century 
and the 11th century, is (beside the Norwegian skaldic poem Ynglingatal from the 9th 
century) the oldest source that mentions Eadgils.

The text of Beowulf implies that the Swedish king Ohthere died and that his younger 
brother Onela succeeded him, because Ohthere's two sons, Eadgils and Eanmund had 
to seek refuge with Heardred, Hygelac's son and successor as king of the Geats.[5] 
This caused Onela to attack the Geats, and Heardred was killed. Onela returned home 
and Beowulf succeeded Heardred as the king of Geatland. In the following lines, 
Onela is referred to as the Scylfings' helmet and the son of Ongenþeow, whereas 
Eadgils and Eanmund are referred to as the sons of Ohtere:

...Hyne wræc-mæcgasofer sæ sohtan, suna Ohteres:hæfdon hy forhealden helm 
Scylfinga,þone selestan sæ-cyninga,þara þe in Swio-rice sinc brytnade,mærne 
þeoden. Him þæt to mearce wearð;he þær orfeorme feorh-wunde hleatsweordes 
swengum, sunu Hygelaces;and him eft gewat Ongenþiowes bearnhames niosan, 
syððan Heardred læg;let þone brego-stol Biowulf healdan,Geatum wealdan: þæt wæs 
god cyning.[6] ...Wandering exilessought him o'er seas, the sons of Ohtere,who had 
spurned the sway of the Scylfings'-helmet,the bravest and best that broke the rings,in 
Swedish land, of the sea-kings' line,haughty hero. Hence Heardred's end.For shelter 
he gave them, sword-death came,the blade's fell blow, to bairn of Hygelac;but the son 
of Ongentheow sought againhouse and home when Heardred fell,leaving Beowulf lord 
of Geatsand gift-seat's master. – A good king he![7]  

Later in the poem, it tells that during the battle, Eadgils' brother Eanmund was killed 
by Onela's champion Weohstan, Wiglaf's father. In the following lines, Eanmund also 
appears as the son of Ohtere and as a brother's child:

...hond rond gefeng,geolwe linde, gomel swyrd geteah,þæt wæs mid eldum 
Eanmundes laf,suna Ohteres, þam æt sæcce wearðwracu wine-leasum Weohstanes 
banameces ecgum, and his magum ætbærbrun-fagne helm, hringde byrnan,eald 
sweord eotonisc, þæt him Onela forgeaf,his gædelinges guð-gewædu,fyrd-searo fuslic: 
no ymbe þa fæhðe spræc,þeah þe he his broðor bearn abredwade.[8] ...The linden 
yellow,his shield, he seized; the old sword he drew: --as heirloom of Eanmund earth-
dwellers knew it,who was slain by the sword-edge, son of Ohtere,friendless exile, erst 
in fraykilled by Weohstan, who won for his kinbrown-bright helmet, breastplate 
ringed,old sword of Eotens, Onela's gift,weeds of war of the warrior-thane,battle-gear 
brave: though a brother's childhad been felled, the feud was unfelt by Onela.[7]  

Eadgils, however, survived and later, Beowulf helped Eadgils with weapons and 
warriors. Eadgils won the war and killed his uncle Onela. In the following lines, Eadgils 
is mentioned by name and as the son of Ohtere, whereas Onela is referred to as the 
king:

Se þæs leod-hryres lean gemundeuferan dogrum, Eadgilse wearðfea-sceaftum feond. 
Folce gestepteofer sæ side sunu Ohtereswigum and wæpnum: he gewræc 
syððancealdum cear-siðum, cyning ealdre bineat.[9] The fall of his lord he was fain to 
requitein after days; and to Eadgils he provedfriend to the friendless, and forces 
sentover the sea to the son of Ohtere,weapons and warriors: well repaid hethose 
care-paths cold[10] when the king he slew.[7]  

This event also appears in the Scandinavian sources Skáldskaparmál and Skjöldunga 
saga - see below.

Norwegian and Icelandic sources[edit]

The allusive manner in which Eadgils and his relatives are referred to in Beowulf 
suggests that the scop expected his audience to have sufficient background 
knowledge about Eadgils, Ohthere and Eanmund to understand the references. 
Likewise, in the roughly contemporary Norwegian Ynglingatal, Eadgils (Aðils) is called 
Onela's enemy (Ála[11] dólgr), which likewise suggests that the conflict was familiar to 
the skald and his audience.

The tradition of Eadgils and Onela resurfaces in several Old Norse works in prose and 
poetry, and another matter also appears: the animosity between Eadgils and Hrólfr 
Kraki, who corresponds to Hroðulf in Beowulf.

Ynglingatal[edit]

The skaldic poem Ynglingatal is a poetic recital of the line of the Yngling clan. They 
are also called Skilfingar in the poem (in stanza 19), a name that appears in its 
Anglo-Saxon form Scylfingas in Beowulf when referring to Eadgils' clan. It is presented 
as composed by Þjóðólfr of Hvinir by Snorri Sturluson in the Ynglinga saga.

Although its age has been debated, most scholars hold to date from the 9th century.
[12] It survives in two versions: one is found in the Norwegian historical work Historia 
Norvegiæ in Latin, and the other one in Snorri Sturluson's Ynglinga saga, a part of his 
Heimskringla. It presents Aðils (Eadgils) as the successor of Óttarr (Ohthere) and the 
predecessor of Eysteinn. The stanza on Aðils refers to his accidental death when he 
fell from his horse:

Þat frá ek enn,at Aðils fjörvivitta vettrum viða skyldi,ok dáðgjarnaf drasils bógumFreys 
áttungrfalla skyldi.Ok við aurœgir hjarnabragnings bursum blandinn varð;ok 
dáðsælldeyja skyldiÁla dólgrat Uppsölum.[13] Witch-demons, I have heard men 
say,Have taken Adils' life away.The son of kings of Frey's great race,First in the fray, 
the fight, the chase,Fell from his steed – his clotted brainsLie mixed with mire on 
Upsal's plains.Such death (grim Fate has willed it so)Has struck down Ole's [Onela's] 
deadly foe.[14]  

Note that Eadgils' animosity with Onela also appears in Ynglingatal as Aðils is referred 
to as Ole's deadly foe (Ála dólgr). This animosity is treated in more detail in the 
Skjöldunga saga and Skáldskaparmál, which follow.

The Historia Norwegiæ, which is a terse summary in Latin of Ynglingatal, only states 
that Eadgils fell from his horse and died during the sacrifices. In this Latin translation, 
the Dísir are rendered as the Roman goddess Diana:

Cujus filius Adils vel Athisl ante ædem Dianæ, dum idolorum, sacrificia fugeret, equo 
lapsus exspiravit. Hic genuit Eustein, [...][15]
 
His son Adils gave up the ghost after falling from his horse before the temple of Diana, 
while he was performing the sacrifices made to idols. He became sire to Øystein, [...]
[16]
  

The same information is found the Swedish Chronicle from the mid-15th century, which 
calls him Adhel. It is probably based on the Ynglingatal tradition and says that he fell 
from his horse and died while he worshipped his god.

Íslendingabók[edit]

In Íslendingabók from the early 12th century, Eadgils only appears as a name in the 
listing of the kings of the Yngling dynasty as Aðísl at Uppsala. The reason what that 
the author, Ari Þorgilsson, traced his ancestry from Eadgils, and its line of succession 
is the same as that of Ynglingatal.
i Yngvi Tyrkjakonungr. ii Njörðr Svíakonungr. iii Freyr. iiii Fjölnir. sá er dó at Friðfróða. 
v Svegðir. vi Vanlandi. vii Visburr. viii Dómaldr. ix Dómarr. x Dyggvi. xi Dagr. xii Alrekr. 
xiii Agni. xiiii Yngvi. xv Jörundr. xvi Aun inn gamli. xvii Egill Vendilkráka. xviii Óttarr. 
xix Aðísl at Uppsölum. xx Eysteinn. xxi Yngvarr. xxii Braut-Önundr. xxiii Ingjaldr inn 
illráði. xxiiii Óláfr trételgja...[17]
As can be seen it agrees with the earlier Ynglingatal and Beowulf in presenting 
Eadgils as the successor of Óttarr (Ohthere).

Skjöldunga saga[edit]

The Skjöldunga saga was a Norse saga which is believed to have been written in the 
period 1180-1200. The original version is lost, but it survives in a Latin summary by 
Arngrímur Jónsson. Arngrímur's summary relates that Eadgils, called Adillus, married 
Yrsa with whom he had the daughter Scullda. Some years later, the Danish king Helgo 
(Halga) attacked Sweden and captured Yrsa, not knowing that she was his own 
daughter, the result of Helgo raping Olava, the queen of the Saxons. Helgo raped 
Yrsa as well and took her back to Denmark, where she bore the son Rolfo (Hroðulf). 
After a few years, Yrsa's mother, queen Olava, came to visit her and told her that 
Helgo was her own father. In horror, Yrsa returned to Adillus, leaving her son behind. 
Helgo died when Rolfo was eight years old, and Rolfo succeeded him, and ruled 
together with his uncle Roas (Hroðgar). Not much later, Roas was killed by his half-
brothers Rærecus and Frodo, whereupon Rolfo became the sole king of Denmark.

In Sweden, Yrsa and Adillus married Scullda to the king of Öland, 
Hiørvardus/Hiorvardus/Hevardus (Heoroweard). As her half-brother Rolfo was not 
consulted about this marriage, he was infuriated and he attacked Öland and made 
Hiørvardus and his kingdom tributary to Denmark.

After some time, there was animosity between king Adillus of Sweden and the 
Norwegian king Ale of Oppland. They decided to fight on the ice of Lake Vänern. 
Adillus won and took his helmet, chainmail and horse. Adillus won because he had 
requested Rolfo's aid against king Ale and Rolfo had sent him his berserkers. 
However, Adillus refused to pay the expected tribute for the help and so Rolfo came 
to Uppsala to claim his recompense. After surviving some traps, Rolfo fled with Adillus' 
gold, helped by his mother Yrsa. Seeing that the Swedish king and his men pursued 
him, Rolfo "sowed" the gold on the Fyrisvellir, so that the king's men would pick up 
the gold, instead of continuing the pursuit.

As can be seen, the Skjöldunga saga retells the story of Eadgils fighting his uncle 
Onela, but in this version Onela is no longer Eadgils' uncle, but a Norwegian king of 
Oppland. This change is generally considered to be a late confusion between the core 
province of the Swedes, Uppland, and its Norwegian namesake Oppland.[18] 
Whereas, Beowulf leaves the Danish court with the suspicion that Hroðulf (Rolfo 
Krage, Hrólfr Kraki) might claim the Danish throne for himself at the death of Hroðgar 
(Roas, Hróarr), it is exactly what he does in Scandinavian tradition. A notable 
difference is that, in Beowulf, Eadgils receives the help of the Geatish king Beowulf 
against Onela, whereas it is the Danish king Hroðulf who provides help in 
Scandinavian tradition.

Skáldskaparmál[edit]

Skáldskaparmál was written by Snorri Sturluson, c. 1220, in order to teach the ancient 
art of kennings to aspiring skalds. It presents Eadgils, called Aðils, in two sections.

The first section is the Kálfsvísa of which Snorri quotes small parts:[19]

Ali Hrafni,es til íss riðu,en annarr austrund Aðilsigrár hvarfaði,geiri undaðr.[20] Áli rode 
Hrafn,They who rode onto the ice:But another, southward,Under Adils,A gray one, 
wandered,Wounded with the spear.[21]  

This is a reference to the Battle on the Ice of Lake Vänern, during which Eadgils slew 
Onela and which also appears in the Skjöldunga saga. There is also second stanza, 
where Eadgils is riding his horse Slöngvir, apparently a combination famous enough to 
be mentioned.

Björn reið Blakki,en Bíarr Kerti,Atli Glaumi,en Aðils Sløngvi,Högni Hölkvi,en Haraldr 
Fölkvi,Gunnarr Gota,en Grana Sigurðr.[20] Björn rode Blakkr,And Bjárr rode Kertr;Atli 
rode Glaumr,And Adils on Slöngvir;Högni on Hölvir,And Haraldr on Fölkvir;Gunnarr 
rode Goti,And Sigurdr, Grani.[21]  

Eadgils' horse Slöngvir also appears in Snorri's later work, the Ynglinga saga.

Snorri also presents the story of Aðils and Hrólfr Kraki (Hroðulf) in order to explain why 
gold was known by the kenning Kraki's seed. Snorri relates that Aðils was in war with 
a Norwegian king named Áli (Onela), and they fought in the Battle on the Ice of Lake 
Vänern. Aðils was married to Yrsa, the mother of Hrólfr and so sent an embassy to 
Hrólfr asking him for help against Áli. He would receive three valuable gifts in 
recompense. Hrólfr was involved in a war against the Saxons and could not come in 
person but sent his twelve berserkers, including Böðvarr Bjarki. Áli died in the war, 
and Aðils took Áli's helmet Battle-boar and his horse Raven. The berserkers demanded 
three pounds of gold each in pay, and they demanded to choose the gifts that Aðils 
had promised Hrólfr, that is the two pieces of armour that nothing could pierce: the 
helmet battle-boar and the mailcoat Finn's heritage. They also wanted the famous ring 
Svíagris. Aðils considered the pay outrageous and refused.

When Hrólfr heard that Aðils refused to pay, he set off to Uppsala. They brought the 
ships to the river Fyris and rode directly to the Swedish king's hall at Uppsala with his 
twelve berserkers. Yrsa welcomed them and led them to their lodgings. Fires were 
prepared for them and they were given drinks. However, so much wood was heaped 
on the fires that the clothes started to burn away from their clothes. Hrólfr and his men 
had enough and threw the courtiers on the fire. Yrsa arrived and gave them a horn full 
of gold, the ring Svíagris and asked them to flee. As they rode over the Fyrisvellir, 
they saw Aðils and his men pursuing them. The fleeing men threw the gold on the plain 
so that the pursuers would stop to collect it. Aðils, however, continued the chase on 
his horse Slöngvir. Hrólfr then threw Svíagris and saw how Aðils stooped down to pick 
up the ring with his spear. Hrólfr exclaimed that he had seen the mightiest man in 
Sweden bend his back.

Ynglinga saga[edit]

The Ynglinga saga was written c. 1225 by Snorri Sturluson and he used Skjöldunga 
saga as a source when he told the story of Aðils.[22] Snorri relates that Aðils 
succeeded his father Óttar (Ohthere) and betook himself to pillage the Saxons, whose 
king was Geirþjófr and queen Alof the Great. The king and consort were not at home, 
and so Aðils and his men plundered their residence at ease driving cattle and captives 
down to the ships. One of the captives was a remarkably beautiful girl named Yrsa, 
and Snorri writes that everyone was soon impressed with the well-mannered, pretty 
and intelligent girl. Most impressed was Aðils who made her his queen.

Some years later, Helgi (Halga), who ruled in Lejre, attacked Sweden and captured 
Yrsa. As he did not know that Yrsa was his own daughter, he raped her, and took her 
back to Lejre, where she bore him the son Hrólfr kraki. When the boy was three years 
of age, Yrsa's mother, queen Alof of Saxony, came to visit her and told her that her 
husband Helgi was her own father. Horrified, Yrsa returned to Aðils, leaving her son 
behind, and stayed in Sweden for the rest of her life. When Hrólfr was eight years old, 
Helgi died during a war expedition and Hrólfr was proclaimed king.

Aðils waged a war against king Áli (Onela of Oppland), and they fought in the Battle 
on the Ice of Lake Vänern. Áli died in this battle. Snorri writes that there was a long 
account of this battle in the Skjöldunga Saga, which also contained an account of 
how Hrólf came to Uppsala and sowed gold on the Fyrisvellir.

Snorri also relates that Aðils loved good horses and had the best horses in his days 
(interestingly, the contemporary Gothic scholar Jordanes noted that the Swedes were 
famed for their good horses). One horse was named Slöngvi and another one Raven, 
which he had taken from Áli. From this horse he had bred a horse also named Raven 
which he sent to king Godgest of Hålogaland, but Godgest could not manage it and 
fell from it and died, in Omd on the island of Andøya. Aðils himself died in a similar way 
at the Dísablót. Aðils was riding around the Disa shrine when Raven stumbled and 
fell, and the king was thrown forward and hit his skull on a stone. The Swedes called 
him a great king and buried him at Uppsala. He was succeeded by Eysteinn.

Hrólfr Kraki's saga[edit]

Hrólfr Kraki's saga is believed to have been written in the period c. 1230 - c. 1450.
[23] Helgi and Yrsa lived happily together as husband and wife, not knowing that Yrsa 
was Helgi's daughter. Yrsa's mother queen Oluf travelled to Denmark to tell her 
daughter the truth. Yrsa was shocked and although Helgi wanted their relationship to 
remain as it was, Yrsa insisted on leaving him to live alone. She was later taken by the 
Swedish king Aðils as his queen, which made Helgi even more unhappy. Helgi went to 
Uppsala to fetch her, but was killed by Aðils in battle. In Lejre, he was succeeded by 
his son Hrólfr Kraki.

After some time, Böðvarr Bjarki encouraged Hrólfr to go Uppsala to claim the gold that 
Aðils had taken from Helgi after the battle. Hrólfr departed with 120 men and his 
twelve berserkers and during a rest they were tested by a farmer called Hrani (Odin in 
disguise) who advised Hrólfr to send back all his troops but his twelve berserkers, as 
numbers would not help him against Aðils.

They were at first well received, but in his hall, Aðils did his best to stop Hrólfr with pit 
traps and hidden warriors who attacked the Danes. Finally Aðils entertained them but 
put them to a test where they had to endure immense heat by a fire. Hrólfr and his 
berserkers finally had enough and threw the courtiers, who were feeding the fire, into 
the fire and leapt at Aðils. The Swedish king disappeared through a hollow tree trunk 
that stood in his hall.

Yrsa admonished Aðils for wanting to kill her son, and went to meet the Danes. She 
gave them a man named Vöggr to entertain them. This Vöggr remarked that Hrólfr had 
the thin face of a pole ladder, a Kraki. Happy with his new cognomen Hrólfr gave 
Vöggr a golden ring, and Vöggr swore to avenge Hrólfr if anyone should kill him. Hrólfr 
and his company were then attacked by a troll in the shape of a boar in the service of 
Aðils, but Hrólfr's dog Gram killed it.

They then found out that Aðils had set the hall on fire, and so they broke out of the 
hall, only to find themselves surrounded by heavily armed warriors in the street. After a 
fight, king Aðils retreated to summon reinforcements.

Yrsa then provided her son with a silver drinking horn filled with gold and jewels and a 
famous ring, Svíagris. Then she gave Hrólf and his men twelve of the Swedish king's 
best horses, and all the armour and provisions they needed.

Hrólfr took a fond farewell of his mother and departed over the Fyrisvellir. When they 
saw Aðils and his warriors in pursuit, they spread the gold behind themselves. Aðils 
saw his precious Svíagris on the ground and stooped to pick it up with his spear, 
whereupon Hrólf cut his back with his sword and screamed in triumph that he had bent 
the back of the most powerful man in Sweden.

Danish sources[edit]

Chronicon Lethrense and Annales Lundenses[edit]

The Chronicon Lethrense (and the included Annales Lundenses) tell that when the 
Danish kings Helghe (Halga) and Ro (Hroðgar) were dead, the Swedish king 
Hakon/Athisl[24] forced the Daner to accept a dog as king. The dog king was 
succeeded by Rolf Krage (Hrólfr Kraki).

Gesta Danorum[edit]

The Gesta Danorum (book 2), by Saxo Grammaticus, tells that Helgo (Halga) repelled 
a Swedish invasion, killed the Swedish king Hothbrodd, and made the Swedes pay 
tribute. However, he committed suicide due to shame for his incestuous relationship 
with Urse (Yrsa), and his son Roluo (Hrólfr Kraki) succeeded him.

The new king of Sweden, Athislus, thought that the tribute to the Daner might be 
smaller if he married the Danish king's mother and so took Urse for a queen. However, 
after some time, Urse was so upset with the Swedish king's greediness that she 
thought out a ruse to run away from the king and at the same time liberate him of his 
wealth. She incited Athislus to rebel against Roluo, and arranged so that Roluo would 
be invited and promised a wealth in gifts.

At the banquet Roluo was at first not recognised by his mother, but when their 
fondness was commented on by Athisl, the Swedish king and Roluo made a wager 
where Roluo would prove his endurance. Roluo was placed in front of a fire that 
exposed him to such heat that finally a maiden could suffer the sight no more and 
extinguished the fire. Roluo was greatly recompensed by Athisl for his endurance.

When the banquet had lasted for three days, Urse and Roluo escaped from Uppsala, 
early in the morning in carriages where they had put all the Swedish king's treasure. In 
order to lessen their burden, and to occupy any pursuing warriors they spread gold in 
their path (later in the work, this is referred to as "sowing the Fyrisvellir"), although 
there was a rumour that she only spread gilded copper. When Athislus, who was 
pursuing the escapers saw that a precious ring was lying on the ground, he bent down 
to pick it up. Roluo was pleased to see the king of Sweden bent down, and escaped 
in the ships with his mother.

Roluo later defeated Athislus and gave Sweden to young man named Hiartuar 
(Heoroweard), who also married Roluo's sister Skulde. When Athislus learnt that 
Hiartuar and Skulde had killed Roluo, he celebrated the occasion, but he drank so 
much that he killed himself.

Archaeology[edit]

According to Snorri Sturluson, Eadgils was buried in one of the royal mounds of Gamla 
Uppsala, and he is believed to be buried in Adils' Mound (also known as the Western 
mound or Thor's mound) one of the largest mounds at Uppsala. An excavation in this 
mound showed that a man was buried there c. 575 on a bear skin with two dogs and 
rich grave offerings. There were luxurious weapons and other objects, both domestic 
and imported, show that the buried man was very powerful. These remains include a 
Frankish sword adorned with gold and garnets and a board game with Roman pawns 
of ivory. He was dressed in a costly suit made of Frankish cloth with golden threads, 
and he wore a belt with a costly buckle. There were four cameos from the Middle East 
which were probably part of a casket. The finds show the distant contacts of the 
House of Yngling in the 6th century.

Snorri's account that Adils had the best horses of his days, and Jordanes' account 
that the Swedes of the 6th century were famed for their horses find support in 
archaeology. This time was the beginning of the Vendel Age, a time characterised by 
the appearance of stirrups and a powerful mounted warrior elite in Sweden, which rich 
graves in for instance Valsgärde and Vendel.
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The twentieth king of the Yngling dynasty in Sweden was said to be Adil. This 
legendary monarch was married to Yrsa, the daughter of King Helge of Denmark. Yrsa, 
although Helge's daughter, had also been his lover and had born him a son name Rolf, 
who later became king of Denmark.

There was, predictably, a great deal of jealousy and fighting between Adil of Sweden 
and Helge of Denmark. In the end, Helge was treacherously murdered by Adil.

Adil did not live long after this. While at a great sacrifice in Uppsala, he died by falling 
from a horse, a death which was considered shameful. Yrsa's son Rolf, on the other 
hand, died in battle, which was considered glorious. Rolf's praises were then sung 
over all of Scandinavia.

(legends of early Swedish kings) [Royal Families of Medieval Scandinavia, Flanders, 
and Kiev]

Parents
EGILSSON Ottar "Vendrilkraka" (ABT  551 - )
----- ----- ()

Siblings
OTTARSSON Adil ("Athils") (ABT  572 - )

Marriage To HELGASDOTTIR Yrsa (ABT  565 - )
    m.  

Notes

Parents
HALFDANSSON Helgi (ABT  538 - )
____ Olof (ABT  540 - )

Children by HELGASDOTTIR Yrsa ABT  565 - 
ADILSSON Eystein (ABT  594 - )

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