Inge II. (Sweden)

Inge II. , Inge the Younger , was a son of Halsten and was King of Sweden from around 1110 to the 1120s . He is said to have ruled together with his brother Philip from around 1110 to around 1118 .

Inge the younger may have been married to Saint Ragnhild von Södertälje , but this information is also available about his uncle Inge I. It is more likely that he was married to Ulvhild Håkonsdatter , the daughter of the Norwegian chief Håkon Finnson. According to various sources, Ulvhild was married to the Danish King Niels Svensson and later to the Swedish King Sverker I after Inge's death .

Little is known about Inge's reign. In any case, there were six dioceses in Sweden during his time: Sigtuna , Skara , Eskilstuna , Västerås , Linköping and Strängnäs . He may have lost Jämtland to Norway in 1111 . After Inge's death a chaotic time broke out in Sweden , which Norway and Denmark took advantage of. For example, the Norwegian King Sigurd I went on a crusade to the Kalmar area . 1,500 head of cattle and other valuables are said to have been taken out of the country. It is also reported that the campaign converted several pagan residents of Småland to the Christian faith.

Inge the Younger is said not to have been popular throughout the empire, and so the tribes in Västergötland first chose Ragnvald and then Magnus the Strong as their leader. There are sources that report that Inge was poisoned in Östergötland no later than 1123. With him, Erik Segersäll's line died out in the male line, unless Ragnvald Knaphövde, who died in the mid-1120s, belonged to this line.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Linqvist p. 47 refers to the Äldre Västgötalagens kungakrönika (royal chronicle of the older Västgöta law)

literature

• Lars O. Lagerqvist: Sverige och des regenter under 1000 år . Norrtälje 1976. ISBN 91-0-041538-3 . P. 45.

predecessor	Office	successor
Philip	King of Sweden around 1110–1125	Magnus