Birger Brosa^{[1, 2]}

- 1202

• Navn	Birger Brosa
  Kaldenavn	den leende
  Levned	Birger Brosa (Old Norse: Birgir Brósa where Brósa means "smiling"), jarl of Sweden 1174–1202, d. 9 January 1202 on Visingsö, was a son of Bengt Snivil and a member of the powerful House of Bjälbo. In the medieval texts he is either called the jarl of the Swedes or the jarl of the Swedes and the Geats. Birger was appointed to the position of jarl during the reign of Knut Eriksson. He maintained the position during Knut's successor Sverker II until his death in 1202. Before 1170, Birger was married to Brigida Haraldsdotter, the daughter of the Norwegian king Harald Gille. She had formerly been married to the Danish pretender Magnus Henriksson, who had briefly ruled in Uppsala 1160–1161.[1] Birger appears to have maintained peace in Sweden during the civil wars that ravaged Denmark and Norway. Many of the pretenders in these kingdoms sought refuge with Birger. Among them were the Birkebeiner chieftains Eystein Meyla and Sverre Sigurdsson who were kinsmen of Brigida Haraldsdotter. Birger's son Philippus was in the service of King Sverre and died as his Earl in 1200. Birger owned estates in Östergötland, Närke, Värmland and Södermanland. He was a great donor to the convent of Riseberga in Närke, where Birgitta spent her last years after Birger's death. As soon as he was dead, a civil war broke out.[2]
  Beskæftigelse	1174
  	Jarl
  	Jarl af Sverige 1174–1202.
  Død	1202
  Person-ID	I2803	Simon
  Sidst ændret	24 jun. 2019

  
  

  Far	Bengt Folkesson   d. Ja, dato ukendt
  Familie-ID	F949	Gruppeskema  |  Familietavle

  
  

  Familie	Brigida Haraldsdotter, af Norge,   f. Skønnet 1133   d. eft. 1202, Edsberg, Örebro, Sverige (Alder > 70 år)
  Ægteskab	Yderligere børn i ægteskabet: Philippus Birgersson (d. 1200; Jarl af Norge " in the service of King Sverre of Norway and one of his most staunch supporters"), Magnus Birgersson, Ingegerd Birgersdotter (gift med kong Sverker II og omr til kong Johan I), Kristina Birgersdotter, Margareta Birgersdotter.
  Børn	1. Jarl Knut Birgersson   d. ca. 31 jan. 1208, Tidaholm, Västra Götaland, Sverige   2. Folke   d. 17 jul. 1210, Varv, Västra Götaland, Sverige
  Familie-ID	F947	Gruppeskema  |  Familietavle
  Sidst ændret	24 jan. 2022

  
  

• Billeder

  Birger_Brosa_sigil.png https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Birger_Brosa#/media/File:Birger_Brosa.png efter Nordisk familjebok (1905), band 3, sida 443

  
  

• Kilder

  [S152] Adelsvapens Wiki, (https://www.adelsvapen.com/genealogi/), 14 jun. 2018, https://www.adelsvapen.com/genealogi/Folkunga%C3%A4tten. [S178] Wikipedia, (wikipedia.org), 25 jun. 2019, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Birger_Brosa.