Inge I the Elder of Sweden Stenkilsson 1 2 3
- Marriage: Helena of Sweden
- Died: 1112
General Notes:
Living in 1065.
Inge var en ivrig kristen. Han er den første svenske konge som nevnes i brevmaterialet. Den 04.10.1080 skrev pave Gregorius VII til svenskenes (suetonum) kong Inge - navnet i det pavelige registraturet kun markert med initial - at han hadde hørt at kristne predikanter hadde kommet til dennes land. Han ville derfor at kongen skulle sende en biskop eller annen lempelig prest til Roma får å underrette paven om landets forhold samt motta instruksjoner.
From Snorre Sturlasson: Magnus Barefoot's Saga:
"13. QUARRELS OF KING MAGNUS AND KING INGE.
Steinkel, the Swedish king, died about the same time (A.D. 1066) as the two Haralds fell, and the king who came after him in Svithjod was called Hakon. Afterwards Inge, a son of Steinkel, was king, and was a good and powerful king, strong and stout beyond most men; and he was king of Svithjod when King Magnus was king of Norway. ..."
Inge tapte kongemakten til Blot-Sven i 1084, da han dømte ut avgudsoffringen i Svithiod og bød alt folket at kristnes. Den bortdrevne Inge kom imidlertid tilbake til Svithiod (Svealand) tre år senere. Han kom over Blot-Sven som var uforbredt, tente ild på huset og brendte alt folket inne. Sven kom ut og ble da drept.
Inge førte krig med den norske kongen Magnus II Barfot som fikk dette navnet da han på sine krigståg til Skottland brukte de skotske highlenderes drakt. Magnus krevde at landet mellom Vänern, Götaälv og havet skulle tilhøre Norge, men måtte avstå fra disse krav. På et personlig møte mellom alle tre nordens konger, den danske kongen Erik Ejegod var også tilstede, ble freden i Konghäll sluttet i 1101. Forlikningen ble bekreftet ved giftemål mellom Magnus og Inges datter Margareta, som derfor ble kalt "Fridkulla". En annen av Inges døtre, Christina, ble gift med en russisk storfyrste.
Inge var gift med Helene.
Inge Stenkilsson (king 1079-1080 (?) and 1087-1105) ruled with his half-brother Haakon the Red, until Haakon died, in 1080. He had became co-ruler about 1079 because he is then mentioned as the king of the Suiones in a papal letter.
He was a fervent Christian who had churches built and bishops appointed. This led to popular rebellion that forced him to leave the Swedish core provinces in Svealand, where the people instated his brother-in-law Blot-Sweyn. In a papal letter from 1081, Inge is no longer king of Sweden, only King of Westrogothia. He returned to Uppsala, in 1087, and killed Blot-Sweyn. This is probably the date of the destruction of the Temple at Uppsala.
During the late part of his reign, he fought the Norwegian king Magnus Barefoot. At the ensuing peace of Kungahälla, he married his daughter Margareta to Magnus Barefoot whereupon she was given the cognomen Fredkulla. He was succeeded by his nephews Ingold II and Philip.
Noted events in his life were:
• He was a King of Sweden from 1079 to 1084.
• He was a King of Sweden from 1087 to 1110.
Inge married Helena of Sweden.
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