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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.
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, 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.
- Latin: Dux Sweorum, Sweorum et Guttorum Dux
- 1174–1202
- Birger Bengtsson
- Knut jarl
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Discover life events, stories and photos about Birger Brosa Bengtsson (1130–1202) of Bjälbo, Östergötland, Sweden.
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Birger Brosa (Old Norse: Birgir Brósa) was Riksjarl of Sweden from 1174 to 1202. He was a son of Bengt Snivil and a member of the powerful House of Bjälbo. Before 1170, Birger married Brigida Haraldsdotter, the daughter of Norwegian King Harald Gille.
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 ...
Birger Brosa - Svenskt Biografiskt Lexikon. Meriter | Biografi | Författare | Källor och litteratur. Birger Brosa. Död:1202. Jarl. Band 04 (1924), sida 415. Meriter. Biografi. Birger (I), i isländska källor kallad Brosa (leende), var enligt Saxo sonson till den Folke, vilken som brud hemförde en av Knut den heliges döttrar.
