King Yngvarr EYSTEINSSON, Of Uppsala

Abt 616 -

• Name	Yngvarr EYSTEINSSON
  Prefix	King
  Suffix	Of Uppsala
  Birth	Abt 616	Sweden
  Gender	Male
  Group	KING
  	Designated Royal King
  _UID	D7531D1E15524645B0986238C8B10221D578
  Death	Stein, Estland
  Person ID	I28755	Carney Wehofer 2024 Genealogy
  Last Modified	5 Feb 2012

  
  

  Father	King Eysteinn ADILSSON, Of Upsalla,   b. Abt 594, Sweden d. Maelare Lake, Sweden
  Family ID	F12542	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Children	1. King Braut-Onund INGVARSSON,   b. Abt 636, Sweden d. Yes, date unknown
  Family ID	F12541	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	29 Aug 2016

  
  

• Notes

  ·succeeded his father to the kingdom of Uppsala ·a great warrior, and often lay out with his warships; for the Swedish dominions were much ravaged then by Danes and East-country men † death in Stein, Estland. ·One summer he went with his forces to Estland, and plundered at a place called Stein. The men of Estland came down from the interior with a great army, and there was a battle; but the army of the country was so brave that the Swedes could not withstand them, and King Yngvar fell, and his people fled. burial 1 . ·He was buried close to the seashore under a mound in Estland; and after this defeat the Swedes returned home. Thjodolf sings of it thus: -- "Certain it is the Estland foe The fair-haired Swedish king laid low. On Estland's strand, o'er Swedish graves, The East Sea sings her song of waves; King Yngvar's dirge is ocean's roar Resounding on the rock-ribbed shore." . ·made a peace with the Danes; but betook himself to ravaging the East country in return