Stenkil Ragnvaldsson King of Sweden

• Preferred Name: Stenkil Ragnvaldsson King of Sweden^[1]
  
• Alternate Name: Stenkil
  
• Alternate Name: Stænkil Ragnvaldsson
  
• Alternate Name: Ragnvaldsson
  
• Gender: M
  
• Burial: AFT 25 SEP 1066 in Levene, Västra Götaland, Sweden at LATI: N8.3333 LONG: E2.9
  
• Alt.+Birth: ABT 1020 in Aldeigjuborg, Staraya Ladoga, Russia (Russian Federation)
  
• Birth: 1025 in Västergötland, Sweden at LATI: N8.0167 LONG: E3.05
  
• FSID: MNRR-QYH
  
• Royal House: with note: Description: Steinchetel
  
• Alt.+Death: ABT APR 1066 in Kungskullen, Levene, Västergötland, Sweden
  
• Death: 25 SEP 1066
  
• Title (Nobility): BET 1060 AND 1066 with note: Description: King of Sweden
  
• Notes:

  === Life Sketch ===
  SHORT STORY:
  - Stenkil's father is Ragnvald THE OLD, not Ragnvald ULFSSON.
  - Stenkil's mother is Astrid Njalsdotter.
  
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  The details:
  
  Note that there are differing theories regarding Stenkil's parents, and that *Ragnvald the Old* and *Ragnvald Ulfsson* are likely two different people.
  
  From the Wikipedia entry for Astrid Njalsdotter:
  
  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Astrid_Njalsdotter
  
  "Astrid Njalsdotter [...] was a Norwegian noblewoman who married *Ragnvald the Old* and became the ancestress of the Swedish Stenkil dynasty [...].
  
  "Our only source for Astrid is "Hervarar saga ok Heiðreks," which says that she was the daughter of Njal Finnsson from Halogaland.[...] According to the saga, she gave birth to Stenkil who became a Jarl in Sweden and later inherited the kingdom in c. 1060. Since her grandsons, the Swedish kings Halsten and Inge the Elder, may have been born around 1050-1060, her marriage probably took place in the 1020s or 1030s. Nothing is known about the time when she died.
  
  "Her husband *Ragnvald the Old* is otherwise unknown. IN OLDER HISTORIOGRAPHY IT WAS COMMON TO IDENTIFY HIM WITH *RAGNVALD ULFSSON*, a Swedish or Geatic Jarl who served under King Olof Skötkonung in the early 11th century.[...] However, THIS RAGNVALD WAS MARRIED TO THE NORWEGIAN PRINCESS INGEBORG TRYGGVASDOTTER and the father of Ulf and Eilif, >>>and is nowhere associated with Stenkil.<<< A SECOND MARRIAGE OF RAGNVALD TO ASTRID IS THEREFORE MERE GUESSWORK.[...]"
  
  From the Wikipedia entry for Stenkil:
  
  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stenkil
  
  "The Hervarar saga [...] describes Stenkil as the son of *Ragnvald the Old* and Astrid Njalsdotter, the daughter of Njal Finnsson [...]. *Later historians* have [named the father of Stenkil as] "Ragnvald Ulfsson," who was the earl of Staraja Ladoga and the grandson of the legendary Viking Skoglar Toste. BUT THIS PRESUMED FAMILY-CONNECTION IS NOT SUPPORTED BY ANY OTHER SOURCES AND MUST THEREFORE BE REGARDED AS VERY UNCERTAIN. The Icelandic sagas mention a wife and two sons to Ragnvald Ulfsson but none are identical with Stenkil and his mother Astrid.[...]"
  
  From the Wikipedia entry for Ingeborg Tryggvasdotter:
  
  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ingeborg_Tryggvasdotter
  
  "Ingeborg Tryggvasdotter was the daughter of Tryggve Olafsson, the granddaughter of Harald Fairhair, and the sister of Olaf I of Norway. She married the Swedish earl *Ragnvald Ulfsson* [...]. >>They had two sons<<, Uleb Ragnvaldsson and Eilif, who became earls in Kievan Rus'."
  
  From the Wikipedia entry for Ragnvald Ulfsson:
  
  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ragnvald_Ulfsson
  
  "He has been considered to have fathered king Stenkil, with Astrid Nialsdotter from Norway. HOWEVER THIS IS BASED ON LATER ICELANDIC SOURCES, and [linked to] Ragnvald the Old of [the] Hervarar saga."
  
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  BIO
  BIO: from http://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/SWEDEN.htm#Christinadied1122 as of 5/1/2016
  
  STENKIL Ragnvaldson, son of RAGNVALD Ulfsson Jarl in Västergötland & his second wife Astrid Njalsdotter (-1066).
  
  Stenkil Ragnvaldsson
  Noteringar
  Stenkil, född ca 1028, ( troligen före 1020 med tanke på att hans påstådda far dog däromkring) död ca 1066, kung av Sverige som regerade på 1060-talet. Stenkil föddes i Gårdarike (nuvarande
  
  === From Ancestral File (TM), data as of 2 J ===
  From Ancestral File (TM), data as of 2 January 1996.
  
  === Ruled 1060 - . ===
  Ruled 1060 - .
  
  === ПРИМЕЧАНИЯ ===
  NAME: LHS8-7Q5
  
  === Se pl. 23 Her finnes bl.a. hustruer. ===
  Se pl. 23 Her finnes bl.a. hustruer.
  
  === ruled in Sweden from 1060-1066. (BGS) At ===
  ruled in Sweden from 1060-1066. (BGS) At first Stenkil was Earl in Vastergotland. then King of Sweden from 1056 until his death. ruled in Sweden from 1060-1066. (BGS) !GENERAL:Ancestral File (TM), Ancestral File (TM), The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, June 1998 (c), data as of 5 JAN 1998 Repository: Family History Library 35 N West Temple Street Salt Lake City, UT 8415 !GENERAL:Heimskringla, Snorre Sturlason, Magnus Barefoot's Saga !GENERAL:Ancestral File (TM), Ancestral File (TM), The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, June 1998 (c), data as of 5 JAN 1998
  
  === King of Sweden (1060-66) he was the son- ===
  King of Sweden (1060-66) he was the son-in-law of the previous ruler Emund the Aged, but Stenkil was elected king.
  
  === Jarl v. Swithjod, Kg. v. Schweden 1056 ===
  Jarl v. Swithjod, Kg. v. Schweden 1056
  
  === ! Europasche Stammtafeln neue folge vol ===
  ! Europasche Stammtafeln neue folge vol 2 tafel 115;
  
  === THE PLANTAGENET ANCESTRY (GS NUMBER Q940 ===
  THE PLANTAGENET ANCESTRY (GS NUMBER Q940D 2T) P.26; KONIGF., GEN., HIST., TAB., TAB 12 P.152;
  
  === Line 119995 from GEDCOM File not recogni ===
  Line 119995 from GEDCOM File not recognizable or too long: NAME Stenkil /RAGNVALDSSON KING OF SWEDEN/ From Ancestral File (TM), data as of 2 January 1996.
  
  === Inherited the throne in 1060 from his s ===
  Inherited the throne in 1060 from his step-father, King Emund.When pursued by King Harald, Earl Haakon fled to Stenkil andspent the summer and Steinkel gave him the revenues from theVermaland district where he spent the next winter.
  
  === King of Sweden in 1066. ===
  King of Sweden in 1066.
  
  === Svitjords jarl, senere konge av Sverige ===
  Svitjords jarl, senere konge av Sverige 1056-61.
  
  === My PAF Notes ===
  from thepeerage.com, 6/2009:
  Stenkil Ragnvaldsson, King of Sweden1
  M, #113053, d. 1066
  Stenkil Ragnvaldsson, King of Sweden|d. 1066|p11306.htm#i113053|unknown of Ragnwald, Jarl of Ragnwald||p11306.htm#i113056||||||||||||||||
  Last Edited=15 Jul 2005
  Stenkil Ragnvaldsson, King of Sweden was the son of unknown of Ragnwald, Jarl of Ragnwald.2 He married daughter of Sweden, daughter of Edmund 'the Old' of Sweden , King of Sweden.2 He died in 1066.2
  Stenkil Ragnvaldsson, King of Sweden succeeded to the title of King Stenkil of Sweden in 1060.2
  Children of Stenkil Ragnvaldsson, King of Sweden and daughter of Sweden
  Inge I, King of Sweden + d. 11121
  Halstan Stenkilsson, King of Sweden + 2
  Citations
  [S38 ] John Morby, Dynasties of the World: a chronological and genealogical handbook (Oxford, Oxfordshire, U.K.: Oxford University Press, 1989), page 151. Hereinafter cited as Dynasties of the World.
  [S16 ] Jirí Louda and Michael MacLagan, Lines of Succession: Heraldry of the Royal Families of Europe, 2nd edition (London, U.K.: Little, Brown and Company, 1999), table 27. Hereinafter cited as Lines of Succession.

• m. 1047

1. Inge Stenkilsson, b. ABT 1049 in Uppsala, Sweden     d. ABT 1110 in Västergötland, Sweden
2. Helena Stenkilsdotter, b. ABT 1042 in Sweden    

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