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    Ulf Thorgilsson, commonly known as Ulf Jarl or Earl Ulf, was a Danish jarl of Skåne and regent of Denmark. Ulf was the son of Thorgil Sprakling and the...
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  • Jarl, Folke Birgersson, Karl the Deaf, Ulf Fase, and the most powerful of all jarls and the last to hold the title, Birger Jarl. In Denmark the jarl was...
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    The dynasty is sometimes called the Ulfinger, after Estrid's husband, Ulf Jarl. The dynasty also provided three medieval rulers of Sweden and one of Norway...
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    being in England to attack Denmark in 1025 or 1026, and were joined by Ulf Jarl, Cnut's Danish regent, and his brother. Cnut took Olaf's fleet by surprise...
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    Forkbeard and perhaps Gunhild of Wenden and half-sister of Cnut the Great. By Ulf Jarl, she was the mother of the later King Sweyn II Estridson and Beorn Estrithson...
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  • Before the title was discontinued, Swedish jarls were powerful men, such as Birger Brosa, Ulf Fase, and Birger Jarl (original patronym Magnusson), often the...
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    throne presumably stable, Cnut was back in England in 1020. He appointed Ulf Jarl, the husband of his sister Estrid Svendsdatter, as regent of Denmark, further...
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    Thorkell's rule was a short one, with Cnut's brother-in-law Ulf the Earl to become Jarl of Denmark a year later. The perceived power vacuum of Thorkell's...
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    the river for the navy of King Cnut, which was commanded by Danish earl Ulf Jarl. Cnut's navy was massive; his own ship is said to have been 80 metres long...
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  • Ulf Fase (died 1247) was the jarl of Sweden (c. 1221-47) . Ulf Fase was probably the son of jarl Karl the Deaf (Karl Döve) and member the house of Folkung...
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  • Wessex, Queen of King Edward the Confessor. Lawætz, Peter (April 2011). "Ulf jarls herkomst". vikingekonger.dk. Retrieved April 1, 2016. Snorri Sturluson...
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  • footballer Ulf von Euler, Swedish physiologist Ulf Fase Swedish jarl during the Middle Ages Ulf Friberg (born 1962), Swedish actor and film director Ulf Georgsson...
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  • command Fredrik Hiller as Jarl Thorkell the Tall, one the jarls of Norway and a rival to Bjorn Amy De Bruhn as Jarl Hrolf, one the jarls of Norway Brent Burns...
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    Birger Jarl (c. 1210 – 21 October 1266), also known as Birger Magnusson, was a Swedish statesman and regent, jarl, and a member of the House of Bjälbo...
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  • Ulf Tostesson was a jarl and the son of the Viking Skogul Toste. He was the brother of Sigrid the Haughty, and his son was Ragnvald Ulfsson. v t e...
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  • father of Ulf Jarl Galla, Kol, and Cecilia, the mother of Eric the Saint (d. 1160). That would suggest that either Kol or Cornube ("Grain-Ulf") might have...
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    Karl Sverkersson (category Swedish jarls)
    subordinated to the Danish archbishop in Lund. After a request by the king, his jarl Ulf, and the Swedish bishops, the pope appointed Stefan, a former monk in Alvastra...
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  • Sam Stafford as Ulf (season 1) Frank Blake as Birger (season 1) Leifur Sigurðarson as Gunnar Magnússon (season 1) Julian Seager as Jarl Gorm (season 1)...
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    Party. The Folkung Ulf Fase, who had been Jarl of the realm under Canute II, continued to serve in that function under Eric. Ulf Fase was an able politician...
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    Ulfsson. They could also be the Anglo-Danish Ulf Jarl and his brother Eilaf, since some late accounts allege that Ulf fought on the Swedish-Norwegian side in...
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  • Beorn Estrithson (died 1049) was the son of Jarl Ulf and Estrid Svendsdatter, sister of Cnut the Great. Beorn established himself in England where many...
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  • (also known as Galicieulv (Galiciwolf) c. 1000 / 1010), aka Jarl Galizur-Ulfric, was a Danish jarl, a Viking chieftain who became famous for his raids, looting...
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    were important lords. Other notable jarls from the family were Birger Brosa, Karl the Deaf, Ulf Fase, and Birger Jarl. In the early 13th century, some members...
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    Byzantines defeat Rus' fleet in the Lemnos Island 1026 The Helgeå – Danes under Ulf Jarl defeat Swedes and Norwegians under Anund Jacob and Olaf II Haraldsson (Olaf...
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  • Thorbjørn Harr as Jarl Borg, the Jarl of Götaland David Michael Scott as Nils, a Viking warrior from Götaland in the service of Jarl Borg An Irish-Canadian...
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    by 1172/73. Their brother Ubbe the Strong might be the same person as Ulf Jarl who flourished in the 1160s. Saxo Grammaticus, Danmarks krønike, http://heimskringla...
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  • the mother of Eric the Saint (d. 1160) was called Cecilia, the sister of Ulf Jarl and Kol and the daughter of a king Sven (presumably alluding to Blot-Sweyn)...
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  • married Jarl Harald of Naumu Dale who fathered on her Herlaug, father of Grjótgard, father of Jarl Hákon, father of Jarl Sigurd, father of Jarl Hákon of...
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    Fritiof Domö, 1944–1950 Jarl Hjalmarson, 1950–1961 Gunnar Heckscher, 1961–1965 Yngve Holmberg, 1965–1970 Gösta Bohman, 1970–1981 Ulf Adelsohn, 1981–1986 Carl...
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  • himself Jarl instead, and yet was the most powerful Jarl in the northern lands. Jarl Gudbrand's son was Jarl Geirmund (Geirmundr), father of Jarl Hródgeir...
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