Yngling Family

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Perhaps the name of this FS-page should be "The Legendary Yngling Family" in order to separate them from families that can be supported by sources??

The family line of the Ynglinga family is mentioned in the Scandinavian sagas and legends. We really have no idea what is real, if any, when we are dealing with that kind of time period. Later rulers, who actually might be historical, will also have "adjusted" the family lines in order to connect with the Ynglinga family.

This page is a place to gather the different lines of the Ynglinga family mentioned in different sagas/legends. (It will be translated later.)

Från Wikipedia; En drott (fsv. drotin, isl. dróttinn) var under fornnordisk tid en man som hade ett krigsfölje (isl. drótt), en hird, det vill säga vad vi skulle kalla en hövding, småkonung eller furste. Suffixet -en (samma suffix som i Oden) föll senare bort eftersom man felaktigt tolkade det som bestämd artikel. I formen drots eller riksdrots kvarlevde titeln in i medeltiden. En drotts hustru kallades drottning, vilket fortfarande är namnet på en kungs hustru eller en kvinnlig monark på de nordiska språken. - Bör skrivat något om titeln kung verses drott - hur skall man förklara?

• Note: Haralds slekt fra Odin, enligt Hvordan Norge ble bebygd/Hversu Noregr byggdist;

Bure heter en konge som hersket over Tyrkland. Hans sønn var Bor. Bor var far til Odin Åsakonge, far til Frøy, far til Njord, far til Frøy, far til Fjolne, far til Svegde, far til Vanlande, far til Visbur, far til Domalde, far til Domar, far til Dyggve, som vi kaller Trygve, far til Dag, far til Agne Skjalvsbonde, far til Alrek, far til Yngve, far til Jørmunfrode, som vi kaller Jørund, far til Ån den gamle, som vi kaller Aun, som ni vintre drakk av horn for alders skyld før han døde. Aun var far til Egil Tunnedolg, far til Ottar Vendelkråke, far til Adil i Uppsala, far til Øystein, far til Yngvar den gråhårede, far til Braut-Anund, far til Ingjald den illråde, far til Olav Tretelgja, far til Halvdan Kvitbein, far til Øystein, far til Halvdan den gavmilde og matgjerrige, far til Gudrød Veidekonge, far til Halvdan Svarte, far til Harald Hårfagre.

• Enligt Ynglingatal skall Ynglingaätten ha regerat från Uppsala från tiden före Kristus till någon gång på 600-talet. Ungefär samma information finns i Gesta Danorum som placerar Frejs söner i Uppsala. Snorre Sturlasson berättar att 400- och 500-talskungarna Aun, Egil Tunnadolg och Adils ligger begravda i Gamla Uppsala. Det engelska Beowulfkvädet anförs ofta som ett oberoende belägg för att dessa kungar skall ha existerat. Efter de arkeologiska undersökningar som gjorts daterades gravarna till ungefär samma period som dessa kungar bör ha levat baserat på andra detaljer i historierna. https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gamla_Uppsala

• Ynglingaätten enligt Ynglingatal; Fjölner, Svegder, Vanlande, Visbur, Domalde, Domar, Dyggve, Dag, Agne, Erik och Alrik, Yngve och Alf, Jorund, Aun den gamle (även Ane), Egil Tunnadolg (även Angantyr), Ottar Vendelkråka, Adils den mäktige, Eystein (Östen), Yngvar, Bröt-Anund (ibland Önund), Ingjald Illråde, Olof Trätälja, Halvdan Vitben, Eystein Halvdansson, Halvdan, Gudröd Vejdekonung, Olof Geirstadaalf, Ragnvald Hederhög.

The section below is copied from former category; List of Swedish Monarchs (now a free-space page).

House of Yngling

The kings before year 800 can be considered fictional characters. The sources for their existens are stories such as Ynglingasagan by Snore Sturlason, written early 13th century, (it is considered to be far from a reliable source)^[1] and Beuwulf, an English heroic poem which oldest written source is from year 1000. The Danish historian Saxo Grammaticus, wrote down Gesta danorum at the end of the 12th century and its value as a source has been questioned. According to Snorre the early kings were called drott, a title similar to king. The Ynglinga-kings are to be considered as fictional characters but they are a part of the cultural inheritance.

• Oden, a.ka. Sigge Fridulfsson, 100 B.C.
• Njord of the Vanir
• Yngve-Frej, son of Njord and the founder of the house of Ynglinga. He made Uppsala the capital of power and culture.
• Fjolner, son of Yngve-Frej, drowned in a barrel of mead when visiting the Danish king Frod.
• Sveigder, son of Fjolner, disapeared into a rock and was never seen again.
• Vanlande, died when an incubus rode him.
• Visbur, son of Vanlande, his two sons from his first marriage burned down the house he was in.
• Domalde, son from Visbur's second marriage, was sacrificed because of bad harvests.
• Domar, died of natural couses.
• Dyggve, the first to be called king according to Snorre Sturlason, died of natural couses.
• Dag, so clever that he could understand the singing of birds, died during a raiding against Denmark.
• Agne, went on a raiding against Finland where he killed the chief Froste. Agne was hanged in his own neck chain as revange for Froste's death by Froste's daughter Skjalv.
• Alrek and Erik, sons of Agne, killed each other when they were out riding horses.
• Yngve and Alf, sons of Alrek, killed each other by sword in a fight over Alf's wife Bera.
• Hugleik, son of Alf, died in a battle agians the sea king Hake.
• Hake, was killed by Yngve's sons Jorund and Erik.
• Jorund, was captured and hanged during a raid in Denmark.
• Aun the Old, a.k.a. Ane, was dethroned after twenty winters by the Danish prince Halvdan.
• Halvdan, died after twenty winters
• Aun returns, sacrifices a son to Odin in order to have a long life and is rewarded with 60 years., he Was dethroned after another 20 years on the throne by Åle "the Strong".
• Åle, killed by Starkade "the old" after 20 years on the throne.
• Aun returns once more and when he is 120 years old he sacrifices another son to live another 10 years, he continues to do this every 10 years and lives to be 200 years old.
• Egil, son of Aun, (Angantyr according to the saga about Beuwulf) killed by a bull or in a battle against the king of the Geates, Hugleik.
• Ottar Vendelkråka, son of Egil,
• Ale, brother of Ottar, driven away by his nephew Adil (who was helped by Beuwulf).
• Adil, died when he fell off his horse.
• Östen, son of Adil, burned to death by the sea king Sölve.
• Sölve, killed by the Svea-people.
• Yngvar, son of Östen, died during a raid in Estonia.
• Anund, son of Yngvar, died in a land slide.
• Ingjald, burned himself and his men to death when attacked by the Danish king Ivar Vidfamne.
• Ivar Vidfamne (c. 655- c. 695), is said to have ruled over the kingdom Svea, the Danes, Kurland, Saxland, Estonia and a fifth of England. Died during a raid in Karelian.
• Harald Hildetand (c. 705 - 750), nephew of Ivar, died as an old man in a battle.
• Sigurd Ring (c. 750 - c. 770), Harald's step-son, burned himself to death in a battle.
• Ragnar Lodbrok (c. 770 - c. 785)^[2]
• Östen Beli^[3]

Sources

1. ↑ Fredrik Charpentier Ljungqvist, Den Långa Medeltiden - De nordiska ländernas historia från folkvandringstid till reformation (2015), Dialogos, Stockholm
2. ↑ Wikipedia: List of Semi-Legendary Kings of Sweden
3. ↑ Wikipedia: List of Semi-Legendary Kings of Sweden