King of the Swedes Óttarr Vendilkráku Egilsson

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Óttarr Vendilkráku Egilsson, King of the Swedes was the son of Egill Aunsson, King of the Swedes.1 Óttarr Vendilkráku Egilsson, King of the Swedes succeeded to the domains and kingdom after his father.1 He launched a raid against the homeland of King Frode, when he learned the latter was away, he sailed over to Denmark, and ravaged there without opposition. As he heard that a great many people were collected at Sealand, he proceeded westward to the Sound, and sailed north about to Jutland; landed at Lymfjord; plundered the Vend district; burned, and laid waste, and made desolate the country he went over with his army.1 Óttarr Vendilkráku Egilsson, King of the Swedes also went by the name of Ottar "Vendel-crow". He continued to refuse the Danes under King Frode his due taxes, and this caused them to come to blows.1 He was the successor of Egill Aunsson, King of the Swedes; King of the Swedes.2 King of the Swedes at Uppsala, Sweden, between 456 and 460.1,2 Óttarr Vendilkráku Egilsson, King of the Swedes was the predecessor of Adils Óttarson, King of the Swedes; King of the Swedes.1,2 Óttarr Vendilkráku Egilsson, King of the Swedes died. When the earls heard that the Swedish king was laying Denmark waste, they collected an army, hastened on board their ships, and sailed by the south side to Lymfjord. They came unexpectedly upon Ottar, and the battle began immediately. The Swedes gave them a good reception, and many people fell on both sides; but as soon as men fell in the Danish army other men hastened from the country to fill their places, and also all the vessels in the neighbourhood joined them. The battle ended with the fall of Ottar and the greater part of his people.1 Óttarr Vendilkráku Egilsson, King of the Swedes was buried in Vendil, Jutland. The Danes took his body, carried it to the land, laid it upon a mound of earth, and let the wild beasts and ravens tear it to pieces. Thereafter they made a figure of a crow out of wood, sent it to Sweden, and sent word with it that their king, Ottar, was no better than it; and from this he was called Ottar Vendelcrow.

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Óttarr — . [Group Sheet]

1. Adils Óttarson

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• Reference Number: 824

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Egill Aunsson, King of the Swedes was the son of Aunn Gamli Jörundsson, King of the Swedes.2 Egill Aunsson, King of the Swedes was rebelled against by a slave of his late father's named Tunne, who'd taken Aunn's treasure and buried it, and when Egil withheld the respect he felt he'd deserved, he unearthed the treasure and used it to gather about him men to pillage and maraud King Egil's lands, and Tunne won every battle they fought and eventually forced Egil to flee to Denmark.2 He was assisted against the usurper Tunne by King Frode the Bold of Denmark, who provided men, in exchange for the promise of a tax from Egil, and Egil therewith recovered Uppsala.2 He did not fulfill his promise of paying tax to Frode, but managed to remain friends with the king anyway.2 He was no warrior, but sat quietly at home.2 He succeeded as king in Sweden after his father's death.2 King of the Swedes at Uppsala, Sweden, between 448 and 456.3 He was the predecessor of Óttarr Vendilkráku Egilsson, King of the Swedes; King of the Swedes.2,3 Egill Aunsson, King of the Swedes died. King Egil was a great hunter, and often rode into the forest to chase wild animals. Once he rode out with his men to hunt in the forest. The king had traced an animal a long while, and followed it in the forest, separated from all his men. He observed at last that it was the bull, and rode up to it to kill it. The bull turned round suddenly, and the king struck him with his spear; but it tore itself out of the wound. The bull now struck his horn in the side of the horse, so that he instantly fell flat on the earth with the king. The king sprang up, and was drawing his sword, when the bull struck his horns right into the king's breast. The king's men then came up and killed the bull. The king lived but a short time, and was buried in a mound at Upsal.

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• Reference Number: 8140

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Aunn Gamli Jörundsson, King of the Swedes was the son of Jörundr Yngvesson, King of the Swedes.1 King at Wester Gotland.1 Aunn Gamli Jörundsson, King of the Swedes was deposed from Uppsala by Halfdan, son of Frode the Peaceful, son of Dan Mikellati, following twentyfive years of ruling Uppsala, and fled to Wester Gotland where he ruled another twentyfive years.1 He again fled to West Goterland while Olaf the Bold ruled in Uppsala for twentyfive years, until he was killed by Starkad "the Old".1 He returned to Uppsala, when he was sixty years of age, on Halfdan's death.1 He died. The answer from Odin on the sacrifice of his second son was that he should live as long as he gave him one of his sons every tenth year, and also that he should name one of the districts of his country after the number of sons he should offer to Odin. When he had sacrificed the seventh of his sons he continued to live; but so that he could not walk, but was carried on a chair. Then he sacrificed his eighth son, and lived thereafter ten years, lying in his bed. Now he sacrificed his ninth son, and lived ten years more; but so that he drank out of a horn like a weaned infant. He had now only one son remaining, whom he also wanted to sacrifice, and to give Odin Upsal and the domains thereunto belonging, under the name of the Ten Lands, but the Swedes would not allow it; so there was no sacrifice, and King On died, and was buried in a mound at Upsal. Since that time it is called On's sickness when a man dies, without pain, of extreme old age.

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Jörundr Yngvesson, King of the Swedes was the son of Yngve Alreksson, King of the Swedes.1 Jörundr Yngvesson, King of the Swedes recovered the lands of his father from Hake, the usurper.1 He and his brother proceeded up the Maelare lake, and advanced towards Upsal against King Hake, who came out against them on the Fyrisvoid with far fewer people. There was a great battle, in which King Hake went forward so bravely that he killed all who were nearest to him, and at last killed King Eric, and cut down the banner of the two brothers. King Jorund with all his men fled to their ships. King Hake had been so grievously wounded that he saw his days could not be long; so he ordered a warship which he had to be loaded with his dead men and their weapons, and to be taken out to the sea; the tiller to be shipped, and the sails hoisted. Then he set fire to some tar-wood, and ordered a pile to be made over it in the ship. Hake was almost if not quite dead, when he was laid upon this pile of his. The wind was blowing off the land -- the ship flew, burning in clear flame, out between the islets, and into the ocean. Great was the fame of this deed in after times.1 He died. Though ruler of a country; he was often in the summer out on war expeditions. One summer he went with his forces to Denmark; and having plundered all around in Jutland, he went into Lymfjord in autumn, and marauded there also. While he was thus lying in Oddesund with his people, King Gylog of Halogaland, a son of King Gudlog, of whom mention is made before, came up with a great force, and gave battle to Jorund. When the country people saw this they swarmed from all parts towards the battle, in great ships and small; and Jorund was overpowered by the multitude, and his ships cleared of their men. He sprang overboard, but was made prisoner and carried to the land. Gylog ordered a gallows to be erected, led Jorund to it, and had him hanged there. So ended his life.

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