Magnus Minniskiöld

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Magnus Måneskiöld, who married Ingrid Ylva, is mostly prominent as the father of five sons who would influence early Swedish history.

• Eskil Magnusson, the lawspeaker of Västergötland in the early 13th century. He was married to Kristina, the granddaughter of Eric the Saint and the widow of the Norwegian earl Hakon the Mad.
• Karl, the bishop of Linköping who died in a crusade against the Estonians in 1220s.
• Bengt who succeeded Karl as bishop and died in 1237.
• Birger Jarl (see article).
• Elavus, the grandfather of Peter Filipsson.