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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. Han omtalas på 1180-talet som dux Sweorum, [2] [förtydliga] men i de flesta källorna som Sweorum et Guttorum Dux.
- Latin: Dux Sweorum, Sweorum et Guttorum Dux
- 1174–1202
- Birger Bengtsson
- Knut jarl
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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. Faderns namn var efter en anteckning från Värnhems kloster Bengt Snivils; han är tydligen uppkallad efter sin mors farbror, den prins Bengt, som föll vid konung Knuts sida år 1086.
Other notable jarls from the family were Birger Brosa, Charles the Deaf, Ulf Fase, and Birger jarl. In the early 13th century, some members of the family moved to Norway, and held the office of jarl there. Noteworthy is that regardless of the ruling royal family, Bjelbos continued to hold the position of the jarl in the kingdom.
- None; extinct
- Olaf II of Denmark
- 12th century
- Folke the Fat
After 1174, Canute was ably supported in his rule by the jarl (earl) Birger Brosa who died in 1202. In many ways, the long reign of Canute brought Sweden closer to a Catholic-European state model.
When Birger Brosa Bengtsson was born in 1130, in Bjälbo, Östergötland, Sweden, his father, Jarl Bengt Folkesson (Snivil), was 20 and his mother, Sigrid Ulfhild Björnsdotter Lakman, was 15. He had at least 3 sons and 2 daughters with Brigida Haraldsdatter Gille av Norge.
