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From: Jared Olar <>
Subject: Re: Sven Estridssons ancestors (was Sigrid...)
Date: Sun, 16 Jun 1996 15:26:29 -0500
In-Reply-To: <4pps34$nl6@mn5.swip.net>


On Thu, 13 Jun 1996 wrote:

> After following the discussion on Sigrid, I looked into a Danish book
> and realised that Sven Estridsson four oldest surviving sons were
> named Knut, Harald, Olof a Erik. Sven seems to completely neglected his
> father Ulf. Has he only selected names of kings? Knut and Harald is
> of course the Danish ones he is related to, but couldn't Olof and Erik
> be the Swedish one especially if he was related to them?
> Regards
> Ulf
>
Hmm . . . . you might be onto something there. On the other hand, the
sagas claim that Svein's father Jarl Ulf was the son of Thorgils
Sprakalegg, said to be son of Styrbjorn hin Sterki, son of Olaf, King at
Uppsala, brother of Erik the Victorious. If Svein really was descended from
Swedish kings in the male-line, it is conceivable that there were Olafs
or Eriks among the offspring of Styrbjorn and Sprakalegg after whom Svein
might have named his sons . . . . It all depends on how much stock we
can place in the saga pedigree of Jarl Ulf.

Jared Olar

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