Ulf Tostesson, Jarl of Skara

Male 930 - 950  (20 years)


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  • Name Ulf Tostesson 
    Suffix Jarl of Skara 
    Birth 930  Gothland, Sweden Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2
    Gender Male 
    Death 950  (Kiev, Ukraine) Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Person ID I51042  The Hennessee Family
    Last Modified 15 Feb 2019 

    Father Skagul Toste, King of Sweden,   b. 910, Vein, Germany Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 975, Gothland, Sweden Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 65 years) 
    Family ID F19003  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Ingeborg,   b. (Gothland, Sweden) Find all individuals with events at this locationd. (Kiev, Ukraine) Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Marriage Y  [1, 2
    Children 
     1. Rogvolod, Prince of Polotsk,   b. ~920, Gothland, Sweden Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 978, Polotsk, Belarus Find all individuals with events at this location
    Family ID F19002  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 30 Apr 2023 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 930 - Gothland, Sweden Link to Google Earth
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  • Notes 
    • Ulf Tostesson was a jarl and the son of the legendary Viking Skogul Toste. He was the brother of Sigrid the Haughty, and his son, Ragnvald Ulfsson, a jarl, was the father of Stenkil, who was elected king when the old House of Munsčo died out.

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    • Ulf "den gamle" Tostesson
      Born 0930 in Vestgotalnd, Sweden
      ANCESTORS ancestors
      Son of Skoglar Skagul Toste and [mother unknown]
      Brother of Ulf (UNKNOWN) Tostesson av Skara and Sigrid Storrada
      [spouse(s) unknown]
      [children unknown]
      Died 0950 in Sweden

      Relationships between historical figures could have been simplified or even fabricated in the text to give the impression that succession remained within the same family….Precise chronology is also difficult to assess from the Sagas….The conclusion must be that the tight family network described in the Sagas is unlikely to be correct and that the relationships shown below should be treated with considerable caution.

      Biography
      (English below Swedish version.)

      Ulf Tostesson var enligt de islčandska sagorna jarl och son till den legendariske vikingen Skoglar-Toste och bror till den historiskt omtvistade Sigrid Storręada. Genom sonen Ragnvald Ulfsson pęastęas han ha varit farfar till Stenkil som blev vald till kung efter Emund den gamles dčod. Ulf ska ha varit gift med Ingeborg.

      Fčodelse- och dčodsdatum fęar ses som včaldigt osčakra. (Har lęatit dem vara kvar som en referens om vilket ęarhundrade som avses). I originalbiografin fanns čaven "av Skara" i namnet

      Barn: Ragnvald Ulfsson, (jarl av Včastergčotland och uppgiven far till kung Stenkil av Svitjod)

      Enligt svenska Wikipedia fčor "sonen" Ragnvald: Att Ragnvald hette Ulfsson och var jarl čar "fčorfalskningar" skapade av Snorre Sturlasson i Olav den heliges historia.[kčalla behčovs] Snorre uppger att Ragnvald var jarl i Skara i Včastergčotland och bland annat fick en son vid namn Ulf som blev jarl. Austrfararvâisur čar en samtida (1000-tal) primčarkčalla och dčarmed mycket mer pęalitlig čan Snorres sekundčar/tertičara fantastiska kčallmaterial fręan 1200-tal.


      Ulf Tostesson is said to be a "jarl" and the son of the legendary viking Skogul Toste. He was the brother of Sigrid the Haughty, and his son, Ragnvald Ulfsson, a jarl, was the father of Stenkil, who was elected king when the king Edmund died. Ulf is said to be married to Ingeborg.

      The birth and death years should be considered as very uncertain. They should however be left to indicate what period of time this profile is referred to.

      "Den gamle" translates to "the old/er".

      There is some argumentation that the son Ragnvald really was a "jarl" and the son of Ulf, that it actually could be a "forgery" made by Snorre Sturlasson, it seems Snorre is the one mentioning that Ragnvald as a " jarl" in Skara (Včastergčotland). Austrfararvâisur is an earlier source (1000-tal) that does not mention these facts.

      Click here for EARLY KINGS OF SWEDEN [1] on WikiTree.


      Sources

      See also:

      Book: Strinnholm, Anders Magnus (1834). Svenska folkets historia fręan čaldsta till nčarvarande tider. Bd 1, Skandinavien under hedna-ęaldern, afd. 1. Stockholm. sid. 389. Libris 294689
      Wikipedia pęa svenska:
      https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ulf_Tostesson
      https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ragnvald_Ulfsson
      Wikipedia in English:
      https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ulf_Tostesson
      https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ragnvald_Ulfsson [2]

  • Sources 
    1. [S12435] "Rogvolod", Biography, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rogvolod, revisited or retrieved, recorded & uploaded to the websit.

    2. [S12438] "Ulf Tostesson (0930 - 0950)", Biography, https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Tostesson-1, revisited or retrieved, recorded &.

    3. [S12436] "Ulf Tostesson", Biography, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ulf_Tostesson, revisited or retrieved, recorded & uploaded to.