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Ingjaldr Illråde Anundsson (abt. 660 - abt. 720)

Ingjaldr Illråde (Ingjald) "Illråde, Evilheart, Evil Advisor" Anundsson aka Önundsson, Onundsson
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Son of and [mother unknown]
Husband of — married [date unknown] [location unknown]
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Died about at about age 60 in Scandinaviamap
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Biografi

Ingjald Illråde (fornvästnordiska: Ingjaldr hinn illráði) var enligt Ynglingasagan kung av Ynglingaätten, son till Bröt-Anund. Han skall ha varit kung i Uppsala på 600-talet.

Medan Anund levde skaffade han en hustru till Ingjald: kung Algöts dotter Göthild. Med Göthild hade han två barn, Olof (Olof Ingjaldsson Trätälja) och Åsa, bortgift med Gudröd, kungen av Skåne.

Ingjald beskrivs som en grym och mycket skoningslös kung som, från att enbart ha härskat i Tiundaland skall ha enat Svitjod och även lagt under sig Västergötland och Närke genom att först bränna inne sex småkungar (däribland sin svärfar Algöt) vid ett gästabud och vid ett senare tillfälle angripa och innebränna Södermanlands kung som hade avstått från att komma till gästabudet. Östergötland ska dock ha lyckats bevara sin självständighet trots Ingjalds upprepade angrepp.

(Enligt SBL: Ingjald började sin regering med att i samband med sin fars gravöl i Uppsala låta innebränna sin svärfar samt konungarna i Attundaland, Fjädrundaland och Närke, varefter han lade under sig deras riken. Efter att förgäves ha sökt erövra Södermanland, innebrände han dess konung och dennes svärson på Selaön, varefter även detta rike blev hans. Sedan I:s dotter Åsa först eggat sin make konung Gudröd av Skåne att dräpa sin broder Halvdan och därefter låtit dräpa Gudröd, anfölls I av Halvdans son Ivar vidfamne. Inför hotet från dennes övermäktiga här lät I innebränna sig och Åsa. Därefter erövrade Ivar I:s rike, medan I:s son Olof trätälja gick i landsflykt. Denne skall ha blivit stamfar för Harald hårfagres dynasti.

Kärnan i Ynglingasagan, det enligt traditionen av den norske skalden Tjodolf från Hvin på 900-talet författade kvädet Ynglingatal, innehåller i fråga om I endast uppgifter om hans innebrännande i "Ræningi". Detta ortnamn har ansetts möjligen kunna vara en felskrivning för det senast på 1300-talet belagda, nu försvunna Revinge på Tosterön, Söd.)

Förutom i Ynglingasagan förekommer Ingjald också i Saxos Gesta Danorum, bok 7. Han presenteras där som bror till Ing och Olof som dog i strid mot Harald Hildetand.

Biography

Ingjald illråde or Ingjaldr hinn illráði (Ingold Ill-ruler or Ill-ready) was a legendary Swedish king of the House of Ynglings. Ingjald may have ruled in the 7th century, and he was the son of the former king Anund.

Ingjald had two children, a son Olof Trätälja and a daughter Åsa. His daughter had inherited her father's psychopathic disposition. She married king Guðröðr of Skåne. Before she murdered her husband she managed to make him kill his own brother Halfdan the Valiant, the father of the great Ivar Vidfamne.

In order to avenge his father, Ivar Vidfamne gathered a vast host and departed for Sweden, where he found Ingjald at Ræning. When Ingjald and his daughter realized that it was futile to resist, they set the hall on fire and succumbed in the flames.

OF INGJALD'S DEATH. Ivar Vidfavne came to Skåne after the fall of his uncle Gudrod, and collected an army in all haste, and moved with it into Sweden. Aasa had gone to her father before. King Ingjald was at a feast in Raening, when he heard that King Ivar's army was in the neighbourhood. Ingjald thought he had not strength to go into battle against Ivar, and he saw well that if he betook himself to flight his enemies would swarm around him from all corners. He and Aasa took a resolution which has become celebrated. They drank until all their people were dead drunk, and then put fire to the hall; and it was consumed, with all who were in it, including themselves, King Ingjald, and Aasa. Thus says Thjodolf: --

"With fiery feet devouring flame Has hunted down a royal game At Raening, where King Ingjald gave To all his men one glowing grave. On his own hearth the fire he raised, A deed his foemen even praised; By his own hand he perished so, And life for freedom did forego."


Research Note

Skirta Ingvarsson has been disconnected as son. He is possibly the son of Ingvar "The Tall" Eysteinsson, but he is not a son of Ingjald Illråde. Andersson-4409 13:02, 26 October 2018 (UTC)

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Anundsson-9 and Onundsson-15 appear to represent the same person because: These are brothers with almost same dates and other similarities. Please merge
posted by C. Mackinnon
Anundsson-9 and Onundsson-17 appear to represent the same person because: Clear match.
posted by Roy Østensen