- Bengt Snivil
Bengt Snivil (also known as "Bengt Snivel") from the
House of Bjelbo was a Swedish magnate in mid-12th century.Some more or less romantic later literature has given him the title of
jarl , although no proper historical source attests to such. Romantic genealogies assign a lady Sigrid Lakman as his wife, though without historical source.fact|date=July 2007Arguably, Bengt Snivil was that Bengt or Benedict, who was son of riksjarl
Folke the Fat andIngegerd Knutsdotter , daughter of kingCanute IV of Denmark .Lindström, p 274]Children
Children of Bengt Snivil, who thus became an ancestor of important magnates and the future royal family:
* Riksjarl
Birger Brosa
*Magnus Minnesköld , father ofBirger Jarl
* Probably (although not explicitly attested): riksjarlCharles the Deaf Notes
References
* cite book
title = Svitjods undergång och Sveriges födelse
author = Lindström, Fredrik; Lindström, Henrik
publisher = Albert Bonniers förlag
date = 2006
id = ISBN 91-0-010789-1
language = Swedish
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