Bengt Snivil (also known as Bengt Snivel) from the House of Bjälbo was a Swedish magnate in mid-12th century.

Bengt Snivil
Noble familyBjälbo
IssueBirger Brosa
Magnus Minnesköld
Karl the Deaf
FatherFolke the Fat
MotherIngegerd Knutsdotter of Denmark

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 of Denmark, daughter of king Canute IV of Denmark.[1]

Children

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

Notes

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  1. ^ a b c Lindström, p 274

References

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  • Lindström, Fredrik; Lindström, Henrik (2006). Svitjods undergång och Sveriges födelse (in Swedish). Albert Bonniers förlag. ISBN 978-91-0-010789-5.