Ingyald the Insidious

Ingyald the Insidious is immediately mentioned in a number of sources, including the Ingling Saga , the History of Norway , the Herver Saga , the Book of Icelanders and others. The most detailed story is placed in the “Ingling Saga”, which, according to the generally accepted opinion, was written by Snorri Sturluson .

The early years

Ingyald is the son of the king of Uppsala Enund Road . The capital of the state of Enund was Old Uppsala , where the ting of all sveis gathered and sacrifices were handled. During one of these tings, Ingyald played with the sons of another king and was weaker than them. Ingyald was so angry that he cried. Then his teacher Svipdag the Blind ordered to fry the wolf’s heart on a spit and made Ingjald eat it. According to Snorri, this explains why Ingjald was vicious and insidious.

Conquest policy

With his life deeds, Ingyald fully justified the nickname given to him (possibly by Snorri himself). At that time in Sweden there were many different kungs, and although the Uppsala kings were considered supreme, it was a nominal supremacy. The Konungs were expanding their territories, clearing forests. However, Ingjald went the other way. He invited seven local kings to his father’s fever , including his father-in-law Alhaut . Six of them arrived, and the seventh - King Sudrmannalanda Granmar - suspecting something was amiss, stayed home. At the feast, Ingjald inherited his father and promised to half increase the state. And in the evening, when the konungs got drunk, Ingjald left the chambers, and his people set them on fire. All six kings were killed, and Ingyald seized their lands.

This was followed by a protracted war with Granmar. Once, Ingyald gathered a large army in the territories he conquered and attacked Granmar. However, the mercenaries fled, and Ingjald himself was wounded and barely escaped. The parties entered into a truce. However, it did not last long. A year later, Ingjald appeared at Granmar's estate, surrounded the house and burned it, thus conquering Sudrmannaland. The sons of Granmar Hogni and Hildir for a long time bothered Ingyald, who never managed to kill them.

The tradition blames Ingyald for the death of a total of 12 kings, whom he deceived with a promise of peace.

Personal life

Ingyald the Cunning was married to the daughter of the Gauth King Gauthild. They had a daughter Asa , who received for her actions, like her father, the nickname "Insidious", and son Olav , later nicknamed "Lumberjack". The boy was brought up in West Gautland.

Circumstances of death

Actually, Asa’s intrigues became the cause of the death of both herself and her father. She married the king of Skans (modern Skane ) Goodroda, who died due to her fault. Snorri writes that before that, Goodrod, at the instigation of Asa, killed his brother Halvdan the Brave . After this, Asa returned home, and the son of Halvdan (and, accordingly, Goodrod's nephew) Ivar Shirokie Ubyami moved his troops from Skane to Uppsala. He caught Ingjalda and Asu by surprise on one of the islands on Lake Mälaren - Ranning (modern Tosteren ). Then the father and daughter made a heroic decision to lock themselves in the wards. Ivar set them on fire, and they burned down, but the glory of how Ingljald and Asa adequately accepted death, has survived to this day. After the death of Ingyald, Ivar captured Uppsala, and the Inglings forever lost power over her.

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