King of the Swedes Egill Aunsson

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  • Name Egill Aunsson 
    Title King of the Swedes 
    Gender Male 
    Reference Number 824 
    Person ID I824  Thompson-Milligan
    Last Modified 12 Apr 2018 

    Father Aunn Gamli Jörundsson 
    Relationship natural 
    Family ID F624  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Children 
     1. Óttarr Vendilkráku Egilsson  [natural]
    Last Modified 12 Apr 2018 
    Family ID F623  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • 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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