Birger Jarl or Birger Magnusson; (c. 1210 – 21 October 1266) was a Swedish statesman, Jarl of Sweden and a member of the House of Bjelbo, who played a pivotal role in the consolidation of Sweden....
Eric "X" (Swedish: Erik Knutsson; Old Norse: Eiríkr Knútsson; c. 1180 – 10 April 1216) was the King of Sweden between 1208 and 1216.more...
Valerius was the Swedish Archbishop 1207–1219 (or as late as 1224). He was the fifth archbishop after the establishment of the see in 1164....
Ingrid Ylva of Bjelbo (born c. 1180s, died c. 1250–1255), was a Swedish noblewoman, the wife of Magnus Minnesköld of Bjälbo and the mother of regent Birger Jarl. The exact years of her birth and death are unclear; a traditional year quoted for her death i...
Queen consort of Sweden, spouse of King Eric X and mother of King Eric XI....
Bishop of Skara, 1219-1228....
Charles the Deaf from the House of Bjelbo was the jarl of Sweden during 1216–1220. His father was magnate Bengt Snivil. He was the brother of Magnus Minnesköld and jarl Birger Brosa and father of jarl Ulf Fase. Charles died at the Battle of Lihula in Esto...
Karl Magnusson (died 1220) from the House of Bjelbo was the Bishop of Linköping during 1216-1220. He died at the Battle of Lihula in Estonia....
King of Denmark from 1202 until his death in 1241. The nickname Sejr is a later invention and was not used during the Kings own lifetime. Sejr means victory in Danish.more...
Swedish king elected in 1216....
King of Sweden in 1222–1229 and 1234–1250....
King of Sweden from 1229 until his death in 1234....
Hákon Hákonarson was King of Norway from 1217 to 1263. His reign lasted for 46 years, longer than any Norwegian king before him. Hákon was born into the troubled civil war era in Norway, but his reign eventually managed to put an end to the internal confl...
Ulf Fase (died 1247) was the jarl of Sweden c 1221-47. His nickname "Fase" (sometimes written Fasi) has not been convincingly explained but may indicate "The Dreadful". Ulf belonged to the House of Bjelbo.more...
Holmger Knutsson (1210s-1248) was a Swedish nobleman and a claimant to the Swedish throne during the reign of King Eric XI of Sweden....
Gregers Birgersson (died January 15, 1276) Greger/Gregory/Gregorius was a Swedish knight and an illegitimate son of Birger Jarl of Bjälbo, of the Folkung family. He was born out of wedlock by an unknown woman. He was the grandson of Magnus Minnesköld and ...
Eskil Magnusson was the lawspeaker of Västergötland in Sweden c. 1215–1227, and is the first attested lawspeaker in what is now Sweden about whom we have any extensive information. He was a member of the Folkung dynasty, which in the 1250s became Sweden&a...
A son of Magnus Minniskiöld and brother of Birger Jarl. He succeeded his brother Karl Magnusson as Bishop of Linköping and died in 1237....
A son of Magnus Minniskiöld and brother of Birger Jarl; died in 1268....
William of Modena (c. 1184 – 31 March 1251) was an Italian clergyman and papal diplomat. He was frequently appointed a legate, or papal ambassador by the popes Honorius III and Gregory IX, especially in Livonia in the 1220s and in the Prussian questions o...
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