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Birger Brosa ( Old Norse: Birgir Brósa; died 9 January 1202) was jarl of Sweden from 1174 to 1202. [1] Biography. He was a son of Bengt Snivil and a member of the powerful House of Bjälbo. In the medieval texts he is either called the jarl of the Swedes or the jarl of the Swedes and the Geats.
Birger Brosa, död 9 januari 1202 på Visingsö, var svensk jarl 1174–1202 och bar en lilja som vapen. Tillnamnet "Brosa", som sägs betyda 'den leende', är bara känt från västnordiska källor från 1200- och 1300-talet.
May 15, 2023 · Birger Brosa (Old Norse: Birgir Brósa where Brósa means "smiling"), jarl of Sweden 1174-1202, d. 9 January 1202 on Visingsö, was a son of Bengt Snivil and a member of the powerful House of Bjälbo. In the medieval texts he is either called the jarl of the Swedes or the jarl of the Swedes and the Geats.
Birger Brosa eller Birger av Bjälbo (død 9. januar 1202 på Visingsö) var jarl av Sverige 1174–1202 og en av de aller største statsmenn i Sverige gjennom tidene. Birger Brosa var sønn av Bengt Snivil og en gang før 1170 giftet han seg med kongsdatteren Brigida Haraldsdatter, datter av kong Harald Gille av Norge.
King Olav IV. v. t. e. The House of Bjelbo [a] ( Swedish: Bjälboätten ), also known as the House of Folkung [b] ( Folkungaätten ), was an Ostrogothian Swedish family that provided several medieval Swedish bishops, jarls and kings. [2] It also provided three kings of Norway and one king of Denmark in the 14th century.
Birger, thus most likely born at the time of the Battle of Gestilren in 1210 and named after his uncle Birger Brosa (one of the most potent men of the era, who died in 1202), started his career in the mid-1230s by marrying Ingeborg Eriksdotter, the sister of King Eric XI of Sweden according to the Eric Chronicles (Erikskrönikan), following ...
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While his older brother Birger Brosa held the office of Riksjarl between 1174 and 1202, the younger Magnus lived at the family estate Bjälbo, in the current Mjölby municipality, Östergötland, Sweden. It has been assumed that he was the Lawspeaker of Östergötland, though this is not documented.
