Bengt Snivil

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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.^{[citation needed]}

Arguably, Bengt Snivil was that Bengt or Benedict, who was son of riksjarl Folke the Fat and Ingegerd Knutsdotter, daughter of king Canute IV of Denmark.^[1]

[edit] Children

Children of Bengt Snivil, who thus became an ancestor of important magnates and the future royal family:

• Riksjarl Birger Brosa^[1]
• Magnus Minnesköld, father of Birger Jarl^[1]
• Probably (although not explicitly attested): riksjarl Charles the Deaf^[1]

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[edit] References

• Lindström, Fredrik; Lindström, Henrik (2006). Svitjods undergång och Sveriges födelse (in Swedish). Albert Bonniers förlag. ISBN 91-0-010789-1.