8307 Individuals in our Database | | | OTTARSSON OF SWEDEN - 1 Individuals Found | Name / Spouse | Born/Died | Father / Mother | Notes | KING OF UPPSALA Adils OTTARSSON of SWEDEN "THE GREAT" | b.0572 d.0640 | Father: King of UPPSALA Ottar EGILSSON OTHAR Mother: | Beowulf and Old Norse sources present him as the son of Ohthere and as belonging to the ruling Yngling (Scylfing) dynasty. These sources also deal with his war against Onela, which he won with foreign assistance: in Beowulf he gained the throne of Sweden by defeating his uncle Onela with Geatish help, and in two Scandinavian sources (Skáldskaparmál and Skjöldunga saga), he is also helped to defeat Onela in the Battle on the Ice of Lake Vänern, but with Danish help. However, Scandinavian sources mostly deal with his interaction with the legendary Danish king Hrólfr Kraki (Hroðulf), and Eadgils is mostly presented in a negative light as a rich and greedy king. Snorri Sturluson, who documented many of the Scandinavian traditions, reported that the Swedes called him a "great king". | | | | |