-
became known as the
House of
Folkung (Folkungaätten in Swedish).
Later research, though,
showed that the
political Folkungs were not just
descendants of...
-
frustrated folkungs an
opportunity to
regain part of
their Viking Age glory.
Mostly free to act
without interference from the king,
folkungs would have...
- 1915, and July 1916. The two
volumes of
Folkunga Trädet (The Tree of the
Folkungs, 1905–07) are the inspired, epic
story of a clan of
Swede chieftains in...
- (Slaget vid Sparrsätra)
fought with
Folkung forces led by
pretender Holmger Knutsson, son of King
Canute II. The
Folkungs lost the
battle and were unable...
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outcome combined the
blood of
rival lines, as in 1250
Valdemar of the
Folkungs (then a minor, his
father Birger Jarl
acting as regent)
ascended the throne...
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August Strindberg included Engelbrekt in the 1899 five-act play Saga of the
Folkungs (Folkungasagan).
Engelbrekt became the
subject of
Engelbrekt (1928), an...
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utterly meagre. The
short chronicle of the
Westrogothic law says that "the
Folkungs took his life; his own brother-in-law did it to him in Gestilren". An annal...
- The
House of
Bjelbo (Swedish: Bjälboätten), also
known as the
House of
Folkung (Folkungaätten), was an
Ostrogothian Swedish family that
provided several...
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until his own
death in 1250. At first, he
reconciled with the
Folkung Party. The
Folkung Ulf Fase, who had been Jarl of the
realm under Canute II, continued...
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Folke Jarl and his party; however,
Folke was also
slain together with many
Folkungs. The
location of the
battle has been a
matter of
debate (Varv in Västergötland...
