House of Munsö

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The House of Munsö is the Scandinavian semi-legendary dynasty which is descended from Björn Ironside, one of the sons of Ragnar Lodbrok. According to Saxo Grammaticus, it was a branch of the House of Yngling. It is named after the island on which Björn Ironside is reputedly buried. If the sources are correct, the dynasty was to rule Sweden from the late 8th century until 1060.

It is also called the House of Ivar and Ragnar Lodbrok, the Old Dynasty or the House of Uppsala.

Family tree according to the Norse sagas (the Swedish kings are in bold):

Sigurd Ring
|
Ragnar Lodbrok
|
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|           |
several sons Björn Ironside
|
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|                |
Erik Björnsson        Refil
|               |
|           Erik Refilsson
|
----------------------
|                   |
Björn at Hauge      Anund Uppsale
|
Erik Anundsson
|
Björn (III) Eriksson
|
--------------------------------                             Harold I of Denmark
|                              |                                    |
Eric the Victorious             Olof (II) Björnsson                  ---------------
|                              |                             |             |
Olof of Sweden                  Styrbjörn the Strong  (pretender)  Tyra            |
|                              |                             |             |
-------------------------      -------------------------------             |
|                       |                     |                            |
Anund Jacob                Emund the Old       Thorgils Sprakalägg          Sweyn Forkbeard
|                            |
Ulf Jarl               Estrid Svendsdatter
|                            |
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|
Sweyn Estridson
|
Danish kings

Full list of Swedish kings. The names in parentheses are kings who are not mentioned in Hervarar saga, but who are mentioned in other sources:

Sigurd Ring
Ragnar Lodbrok
Björn Ironside
Erik Björnsson perhaps co-ruling with Refil (early 9th c.)
Erik Refilsson (early 9th c.)
Anund Uppsale (early 9th c.)
Björn at Hauge (ca 829-ca 831)
(Olof, mid 9th c.)
Erik Anundsson (Erik Emundsson or Erik Weatherhat?, mid 9th c.)
(Ring, ca 910- ca 940)
(Erik Ringsson, ca 940- ca 950)
(Emund Eriksson, mid 10th c.)
Björn (III) Eriksson (second half of the 10th c.)
Olof (II) Björnsson (second half of the 10th c.)
?- 995 : Eric the Victorious (Erik Segersäll)
995-1022 : Olof of Sweden (Olof Skötkonung)
1022-1050 : Anund Jacob (Anund Jakob)
1050-1060 : Emund the Old (Emund den gamle)

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