of Finland during the 13th century. Legend 4e4d9e Geats Legend fbe764 Swedes Germanic tribe Swedes Legend 92b78b Gutes Geats Old English geatas , IPA ang j t s Old Norse gautar IPA non u t r ... tribe inhabiting what is now G taland land of the Geats in modern Sweden . The name of the Geats ... and Eastern lands of the Geats, and in many other toponym s. History Earliest mentioned in history The earliest mention of the Geats may appear in Ptolemy 2nd century A.D. , where they are referred ... of Beowulf mentions a variant G otas ref Geats should not be confused with the Thracians Thracian ... . ref In the 17th century the name G ta lv , River of the Geats , was introduced instead of the earlier ... in Beowulf . Some decades after the events related in this epic, Jordanes described the Geats as a nation ... one people, from that concluding that he ever mentioned Geats is bold indeed date November 2011 . Before the consolidation of Sweden , the Geats were politically independent of the Swedes Germanic ... debate. Based on the lack of early medieval sources, and the fact that the Geats were later part of the kingdom ... ISBN postscript None ref According to Curt Weibull , the Geats would have been finally integrated in the Swedish ... about the Geats indicates that any independent Geatish kingdom no longer existed in the 9th century ... kingdom as having remaining legal differences between Swedes and Geats for example in weights ... about several battles between Norwegians and Geats. He wrote that in the 9th century, there were battles between the Geats and the Norwegian king Harald Fairhair , during Harald Fairhair s campaign in G taland , a war the Geats had to fight without the assistance of the Swedish king Erik Emundsson ... against Jarl Ottar of sterg tland , and about Olaf the Holy s battles with the Geats during his war with Olof Sk tkonung . Middle Ages The Geats were traditionally divided into several petty kingdom ... of all Geats was held every year, in the vicinity of Skara . Unlike the Swedes, who used the division ... more details
Geatish King Ragnvald Knaph vde was killed by the Geats as he despised them and travelled among ... Kings of the Geats it Re dei Geati hu Skandin viai g t kir lyok list ja ... more details
The Thing of all Geats Swedish Alla g tars ting was the Thing assembly thing general assembly which was held from pre historic times to the Middle Ages in Skara , V sterg tland . ref name historiska http www.historiska.se histvarld artikel.asp?id 20990 The article Landsting , at the official site of the Museum of National Antiquities, Sweden . ref Although its name suggests that it comprised all Geat s, it concerned those living in V sterg tland and Dalsland , and it is described in the Westrogothic law . According to Ostrogothic law stg talagen , Lionga thing was a similar assembly in sterg tland , held in Link ping in the Middle Ages and somewhere in its vicinity earlier. All free men living in the legislature and who were able to wield a weapon had the right to participate, and the assembly was led by the lawspeaker . ref name historiska It had a Swedish counterpart in Gamla Uppsala named the Thing of all Swedes . ref name historiska Notes references Category Scandinavia Category Ting Category Defunct unicameral legislatures Category Geats it Thing di tutti i Geati ... more details
for the 8th Century Bishop of Elmham Heardred of Elmham unref date December 2008 Heardred Proto Norse Har ur az http www.sofi.se SOFIU lup urnord.pdf , d. ca 530 AD , is the son of Hygelac , king of the Geats , and his queen Hygd , in Beowulf . After Hygelac s death, in Frisia, Hygd wants to make Hygelac s nephew Beowulf character Beowulf , king of G taland Geatland , as she fears that the young Heardred won t be able to defend his people. Beowulf, however, declares his trust in the young man and Heardred is proclaimed king. However, further north in Sweden then restricted to Svealand , the Suiones Swedish king Ohthere dies and is succeeded by his younger brother Onela . Ohthere s sons Eadgils and Eanmund flee to the Geats and are received by Heardred. This makes Onela attack the Geats to neutralize his nephews, and to avenge his father Ongentheow , who had been killed by the Geats. During the battle Heardred is killed. Eanmund is slain by his kinsman Weohstan . Heardred is succeeded by his cousin Beowulf , who avenges Eanmund by helping Eadgils kill Onela , an event which also appears in Scandinavian sources. Hrethling s start s bef before Hygelac s ttl title King of the Geats Legendary kings legendary King of the Geats s aft after Beowulf hero Beowulf end Beowulf Category Characters in Beowulf Category English heroic legends Category Kings of the Geats Category Mythological kings es Heardred it Heardred ... more details
unreferenced date September 2007 Herebeald was the son of the Geatish king Hre el in Beowulf . He was killed with an arrow by his brother H cyn in a hunting accident which caused their father Hre el to die from grief. Then H cyn became king of the Geats . The hero Beowulf character Beowulf was his nephew. The story is probably related to the myth of Balder s death in Norse mythology. Herebeald would then be corresponding to Balder , H cyn to H r and Hre el to Odin . Hrethling Category Characters in Beowulf Category English heroic legends Category Geats es Herebeald it Herebeald ... more details
Unreferenced stub date December 2009 Algaut or Alg t was a Geatish king who ruled West G taland according to the Heimskringla . Snorri Sturluson relates that he was burnt to death by his son in law, the Swedish king Ingjald Ill ruler. Category Kings of the Geats Sweden hist stub es Algaut it Algaut sv Alg t ... more details
Hj rvard was the name of several characters in Norse mythology . Hj rvard Ylfing, see Granmar . Hj rvard, who rebelled against Hr lf Kraki and killed him, see Heoroweard Hj rvard, the son of Arngrim . Hervor s name as a shieldmaiden . disambig DEFAULTSORT Hjorvard Category Kings of the Geats Category People in Norse mythology and legends ... more details
Unreferenced date December 2009 Hrefnesholt is a location in Beowulf where the Geatish king H cyn had taken the Swedish queen. The Swedish king Ongen eow arrived to save her and killed H cyn. The Geatish force was, however, reinforced by Hygelac , whereupon the Swedes sought refuge in a hillfort , but were stormed by the Geats. Ongen eow was killed and Hygelac became their new king. A place by this name, Ramshult the modern Swedish form , actually exists and it has a hillfort. It is located on the island of Orust , an island which was Geatish territory at this time according to Nordisk familjebok . Category Geats Category Beowulf legend es Hrefnesholt it Hrefnesholt ... more details
Gauthildr Algautsd ttir Swedish G thild Algotsdotter 7th century was, according to the Heimskringla , the daughter of the Geatish king Algaut and the wife of Ingjald Ingjald Ill ruler , a Semi legendary kings of Sweden semi legendary king of Sweden . She was the mother of Olof Tr t lja , the last Yngling ruler of Sweden and sa who married Gu r r of Scania Gudr d , a legendary king of Sk ne . See also G taland Geatland Geats Sources Ynglinga saga Category 7th century women Category Geats Category People in Norse mythology and legends Gauthild Category Viking Age women ... more details
Unreferenced stub auto yes date December 2009 Infobox given name name G ta image imagesize caption pronunciation gender Female meaning region origin related names footnotes G ta is a Sweden Swedish female name . The name is the female form of G te , and it was a popular name during the first half of the 20th century. See also G taland , G ta lv , Geats G tar , Svea DEFAULTSORT Gota Category Swedish feminine given names Given name stub sv G ta namn ... more details
Unreferenced date December 2009 Jarl Ottar or Ottar Jarl ? 970 s was a Jarl title jarl of G taland who appears in the Heimskringla the Saga of Olaf Tryggvasson and in the Jomsvikinga Saga . The Jomsvikinga Saga tells that Ottar was the maternal grandfather of Palnetoke , the Jomsviking . In the Heimskringla , Snorri Sturluson relates that Haakon Sigurdsson killed Jarl Ottar during an attack on G taland for Harald Bluetooth . Category Geats Ottar es Jarl Ottar ... more details
Image The old border forests.PNG thumb This is a map of the old border forests between Swedes and Geats . Tyl skog is the green region, the blue area is Tiveden and the red is Kolm rden Tyl skog is a deep and extensive forest between the agricultural plains of the counties of N rke and sterg tland in southeast Sweden . Together with Tiveden to its west and Kolm rden to its east, it famously constituted the wartorn frontier between the Swedish people Swedes in Svealand and the Geats in G taland during the formation of the Swedish history Swedish nation in the 13th century. The name is derived from Tyl , a small locality in the forest the suffix skog meaning forest in Swedish language Swedish . External links http maps.google.com maps?ll 58.896332,15.317688&spn 0.643181,0.935417&t k&hl en Google Maps Satellite Image See also Tiveden Kolm rden coord 58.8963 15.3177 type landmark source enwiki googlemaplink display title Category Forests of Sweden Category N rke Category sterg tland rebro geo stub fr Tyl skog sv Tyl skogen ... more details
Unreferenced date December 2009 H thcyn lang ang H cyn died 514 or 515 was the son of the Geatish king Hre el in Beowulf . The hero Beowulf was his nephew. H cyn killed his elder brother Herebeald with an arrow in a hunting accident, which caused their father Hrethel to die from grief. Then H cyn became king of G taland Geatland . During, the Swedish Geatish wars , H cyn kidnapped the Swedish queen, and was killed fighting with the Suiones Swedish king Ongen eow who saved her. The Geatish warriors sought refuge in Hrefnesholt , where they were rescued by Hygelac who arrived the next day with reinforcements. His warrior Eofor killed the Swedish king. H cyn was succeeded by Hygelac . Start box Succession box title King of the Geats years before Hre el after Hygelac End box Hrethling DEFAULTSORT Haethcyn Category Characters in Beowulf Category English heroic legends Category Kings of the Geats Notstub es H cyn it H cyn ... more details
and later 11th century 13th century wars between Swedes and Geats, notably involving the Norse clans ... water The mentioning of water between Swedes and Geats has been much discussed, as Swedes and Geats ... 2485, 2925 2931 ref and besieged the Geats at Hrefnesholt ref Lines 2934 2942 ref . The Geats were ... oncirde ref Lines 2947 2952 ref The bloody swath of Swedes and Geats and the storm of their strife ... Gummere s translation ref However, the war was not over. Hygelac, the new king of the Geats, attacked ... as king of the Geats . ref Lines 2380 2391 ref This caused Onela to attack the Geats. During ... as well ref Line 2389 ref . Onela returned home and Beowulf became king of the Geats. ref Lines ... the Geatish heartland in V sterg tland , whereas the East Geats in sterg tland preserved their independence. The Geats and the other Scandinavians were later united by Ivar Vidfamne . S gubrot af nokkrum ... Ring . Harald ruled Denmark and the sterg tland East Geats , whereas Sigurd Ring ruled Svealand Sweden and the V sterg tland West Geats . These and many sources describe how these two kings met ... the king of both Swedes, Geats and Daner Danes . From this battle and onwards, all of G taland ... was but a memory as the Danish chronicler Saxo Grammaticus noted in his Gesta Danorum book 13 that the Geats ... of independence that when the Westrogothic law Law of the West Geats was put to paper, in the 13th century, the law stated that the election and the deposing of the king rested with the Swedes and not with the Geats ... translation by John Lesslie Hall Category English heroic legends Category Geats Category Battles ... more details
Hrethel lang ang Hr el lang gem Hr ilaz http www.sofi.se SOFIU lup urnord.pdf was the king of the Geats , in Beowulf . He was the son or son in law of Swerting and he had three sons H cyn , Herebeald and Hygelac . He also had a daughter who married Ecg eow and had the son Beowulf character Beowulf . Hrethel fostered Beowulf his grandson by taking him into his royal household aged seven. Fostering was a common Anglo Saxon practice and does not indicate Beowulf s father, Ecg eow did not want to raise him indeed, the practice was intended to further improve relations between families and family members, and create close tied of obligation, affection and shared responsibility. As an adult, Beowulf expressed his gratefulness to his grandfather explicitly That open handed lord beloved by the people received me from my father I was seven years old King Hrethel kept me and fostered me, gave me treasure and table room, true to our kinship. All his life he loved me as his own three sons lines 2425 2431 Hre el died of grief when his oldest son Herebeald was killed by his own brother H cyn in a hunting accident, a death that could not be avenged. He was succeeded by H cyn . start box succession box title King of the Geats years before Swerting after H cyn end box Hrethling DEFAULTSORT Hredel Category Characters in Beowulf Category English heroic legends Category Kings of the Geats es Hrethel it Hre el sv Hrethel ... more details
Unreferenced date December 2009 Image Gizur and the Huns.jpg thumb 200px Gizur challenges the Huns. Gizur , Gizurr or Gissur was a King of the Geats . He appears in The Battle of the Goths and Huns , which is included in the Hervarar saga and in editions of the Poetic Edda . Gizur was the foster father of Heidrek , who made a coup d tat in Reidgotaland , the land of the Goths see Oium and the Chernyakhov culture . r kv u Humla In the old days, they said Humli H num r a, Ruled the Huns, Gizur Gautum, Gizur of the Geats, Gotum Angant ... of the Goths Angantyr... When Heidrek was dead, Gizur arrived in the Goth capital Arheimar on the Dniepr Danpar to pay homage to his foster son. Heidrek s son Angantyr , who was the new king of the Goths, held a great banquet in the honour of his father. Then Heidrek s illegitimate son Hl d , who had grown up among the Huns , arrived to claim his share of the inheritance. Angantyr offered a great many riches and a third of the Goth kingdom, but before Hl d could answer, Gizur reminded Angantyr that Hl d was only a bastard son and did not deserve such riches. This caused an invasion of the Hunnish Horde approximately 350,000 men , and prospects looked grim. Gizur supported Angantyr and helped him fight the Horde, presumably with his own Geatish forces. Since he helped the Goths, Hl d mockingly called the king the Gr tingali i , an Ostrogoth Greutungi warrior and Angantyr s man Taki r Gizur You be seized Gr tingalin a, Ostrogoth warrior, mann Angant s, Angantyr s man, kominn af rheimum. Arrived from Arheimar. Norse mythology Tyrfing Category Gothic people Category Kings of the Geats Category Tyrfing cycle es Gizur sv Gizur ... more details
Refimprove date December 2009 Image Olaus Magnus On the three Main Gods of the Geats.jpg thumb 216px On the three Main Gods of the Geats. From left to right Frigg, Thor and Odin. Historia de Gentibus Septentrionalibus was a monumental work by Olaus Magnus on the Nordic countries , printed in Rome 1555. ref http books.google.com books?id O9lEAAAAcAAJ&dq inauthor 3A 22Olaus 20Magnus 22&pg PP5 v onepage&q&f false Historia de gentibus septentrionalibus, Rome, 1555 available free at Google Books ref It was a work which long remained for the rest of Europe the authority on Swedish matters. Its popularity increased by the numerous woodcuts of people and their customs, amazing the rest of Europe. It is still today a valuable repertory of much curious information in regard to Scandinavian customs and folk lore. It was translated into Italian 1565 , German 1567 , English 1658 and Dutch 1665 . Abridgments of the work appeared also at Antwerp 1558 and 1562 , Paris 1561 , Amsterdam 1586 , Frankfurt 1618 and Leiden 1652 . Image The Alphabet of the Geats.jpg thumb 216px left The Alphabet of the Geats , showing the runic alphabet used by the Geats. Notes reflist References Olaus Magnus 1555 Historia de Gentibus Septentrionalibus , Ashgate Pub Co, ISBN 0904180433 ISBN13 9780904180435 Commons category Historia de gentibus septentrionalibus DEFAULTSORT A Description Of The Northern Peoples Category History of Sweden Category Sources on Germanic paganism Category 1555 books Category 16th century in Sweden ca Historia de gentibus septentrionalibus es Historia de Gentibus Septentrionalibus fr Historia de Gentibus Septentrionalibus lv Historia de Gentibus Septentrionalibus ja no Historia de Gentibus Septentrionalibus nn Historia de Gentibus Septentrionalibus pt Historia de gentibus septentrionalibus fi Pohjoisten kansojen historia sv Historia om de nordiska folken ... more details
Unreferenced date December 2009 Eanmund was a Suiones Swedish prince of the Yngling Scylfing dynasty . Unlike his relatives, Eanmund is only mentioned in Beowulf . Eanmund was the son of Ohthere , and was the brother of Eadgils . If he existed in real life, his real name was probably Proto Norse Aiwamunduz Old East Norse mund or munduz Old East Norse mund . Ohthere died, and Ohthere s younger brother Onela , usurped the Swedish throne. Since their uncle had seized power, Eanmund and Eadgils sought refuge among the Geats . This caused Onela to attack the Geats, an attack which was also motivated by the fact that the Geatish king Heardred s father had killed Onela s father Ongentheow . During the battle, Eanmund was killed by Onela s champion Weohstan and Heardred was killed as well. Eadgils, however, survived and according to the poem Beowulf character Beowulf later helped him avenge Eanmund and Ohthere by slaying Onela, an event which also appears in Scandinavian sources. In the tale, Weohstan took Eanmund s sword which was inherited by his son Wiglaf who used the sword when fighting the dragon together with Beowulf. Secondary sources Nerman, B. Det svenska rikets uppkomst . Stockholm, 1925. Category English heroic legends Category Characters in Beowulf Notstub es Eanmund it Eanmund ... more details
Unreferenced stub auto yes date December 2009 Ulf Tostesson was a jarl in Sweden jarl and the son of the legendary Viking Skogul Toste . He was the brother of Sigrid the Haughty , and his son, Ragnvald Ulfsson , a jarl, was the father of Stenkil , who was elected King of Sweden king when the old House of Muns died out. Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Ulf Tostesson ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Ulf Tostesson Category Geats Sweden bio stub es Ulf Tostesson it Ulf Tostesson sv Ulf Tostesson ... more details
unreferenced date November 2010 Eofor Proto Norse Eburaz http www.sofi.se SOFIU lup urnord.pdf , son of Wonred, was a Geatish warrior in Beowulf . When the Suiones Swedes invaded Geatland G taland , the Geatish king H cyn was killed by the Suiones Swedish king Ongen eow . Hygelac , who became the new king, sent Eofor and his brother Wulf to fight against the hoary bearded Swedish king. During the fight Wulf was severely wounded, but Eofor slew Ongen eow and carried Ongen eow s arms to Hygelac. Eofor and Wulf were not only richly recompensed, but Eofor was given the greatest possible gift for his service, the daughter of Hygelac. Hrethling Category Geats Category English heroic legends Category Characters in Beowulf notstub es Eofor gauta ... more details
Unreferenced date December 2009 The W gmundings were a prominent probably Suiones Swedish clan an tt , see Norse clans in Beowulf . A name such as W gmunding meant belongs to W gmund , i.e. they were the descendants of a man named W gmund. This was the normal way of naming a Germanic clan see e.g. Sigurd the V lsung descendant of king V lsung , Folkung descendants of Folke and Yngling descendants of Yngvi Freyr . Members W gmund the ancestor of the clan lfhere seems to have been a distinguished member of the clan as Wiglaf is described as his kinsman Ecg eow joined the Danes and the Geats as he was banished for slaying a man from another clan Beowulf character Beowulf son of Ecg eow and the hero of the epic by his name Weohstan Swedish champion and slayer of his fugitive countryman prince Eanmund Wiglaf the last of the W gmundings and son of Weohstan. He fought with Beowulf against the dragon The story of this clan in Beowulf is that Ecg eow slew a man, Hea olaf , from another clan, the Wulfings probably the rulers of the less known East Geats . As the W gmundings would not or could not pay the expected wergild , Ecgtheow was banished and sought refuge among the Daner Danes . The Danish king Hrothgar paid the wergild and had Ecg eow swear an oath. Later, Ecg eow served the Geats and distinguished himself enough to marry the Geatish king Hre el s daughter, with whom he had the son Beowulf. During the Swedish Geatish wars , Ecg eow s close relative, Weohstan, fought on the Swedish side for Onela , and killed Onela s nephew Eanmund . The fact that these characters are described as W gmundings explains why the Swedish warrior Wiglaf became the companion of Beowulf although his father had fought against the Geats. Since Ecg eow, Beowulf s father, was a close relative of Weohstan, Wiglaf s father, it is not surprising that Wiglaf after his father s death joined his relative Beowulf in G taland Geatland , and that Beowulf assumed responsibility for the young Swede. On th ... more details
unref date June 2011 Hea olaf Proto Norse Ha ulaibaz http www.sofi.se SOFIU lup urnord.pdf was a member of a Scandinavian clan named the Wulfing s, which according to the Norse sagas ruled the Geat ish petty kingdom of sterg tland . All that is known of Hea olaf is that he was slain by Ecg eow , the father of Beowulf. Reportedly, his powerful family demanded too high a weregild from Ecg eow s clan, the W gmunding s, so Ecg eow was banished and had to seek refuge with the Danes. The Danish king Hro gar paid the weregild and the matter was settled. DEFAULTSORT Headolaf Category Characters in Beowulf Category English heroic legends Category Geats notstub es Hea olaf ... more details
Hrethling s start s bef before H thcyn s ttl title King of the Geats Legendary kings legendary King of the Geats s aft after Heardred end Sources and notes reflist Further reading G. Storms, The Significance ... Category Characters in Beowulf Hygelac Category English heroic legends Category Kings of the Geats ... more details
them exile d. ref Lines 2864 91. ref He sends a messenger to tell the other Geats what has happened. ref Line 2892. ref When the Geats have gathered, Wiglaf addresses them, mourning Beowulf s death and expressing dismay at the bleak future of the Geats without Beowulf to guard them. ref Lines ... from the first introduction of Beowulf and the Geats to the end when Beowulf vanquishes the dragon ... width 40 bgcolor aaaaaa align center King of the Geats width 30 align center Succeeded by br unknown ... more details
placements of Beowulf s Weder Geats as well as the other geographically referenced places ... to have built the great hall of Heorot . The identity of the Geats has been contested, though from ... Hugleikr is described as rex Getarum . However, the Geats have been identified with quite a number ..., the Goths, the Jutes, etc., etc. However, in Beowulf , there is no such confusion. The Geats .... below . Wherever the Weder Geats place their origin, it is supposedly according to Beowulf located ... interpretations that accommodate the different views on where to place the Geats. References ... 2nd rev. ed., 1932 . Leake, Jane Acomb. The Geats of Beowulf a study in the geographical mythology of the Middle Ages . Madison University of Wisconsin Press, 1967. Smithers, George V. The Geats in Beowulf ... more details
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