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The Family of Bjälbo or, '''House of Bjelbo''', is the dynastic name cited in research literature for a particular line of mediaeval Swedish kings and ''jarls'' (nobles). In later, non-scientific literature, beginning with 15th Century accounts of the family, they also came to be referred to as the house or dynasty of Folkunge , though, this gives rise to unfortunate terminological confusion, and inaccuracy. The dynastic name, Bjelbo, comes from the family's oldest-known, important manor, which was located in the area known as Ostrogothia , outside of Skänninge , in the present-day commune of Mjölby . Though some scholars believe the name Folkung is derived from that of the dynasty's earliest known Jarl , Folke Filbyter , he is not actually an historically-attested person. Thus, the name Folkung as applied to this dynasty is an historical misconception, whose original meaning referred, correctly, to a party of Swedish nobles, and not to a Swedish dynastic house. In point of fact, the family in question had no fixed surname. Historically, they were normally known by an accompanying Patronymic , as was the customary usage among members of the Swedish Nobility of the period. The House of Bjelbo produced most of the Jarl s of Sweden in the 12th and 13th centuries. Different branches of the family were often rivals for the office of jarl ('jarlship', cognate with, but not equivalent to, the English term, 'earldom'). Folke The Fat , Birger Brosa , Charles The Deaf , Ulf Fase , and Birger Jarl were the most renowned members of the dynasty. Folke ''the Fat'' of Bjälbo became a jarl under King Inge I Of Sweden , and was married to a daughter of King Canute IV Of Denmark . Nothing is known of any of Folke's collateral relatives, though it is well-established that several of his sons' descendants were important lords. Thus, he, and not Folke Filbyter, was the actual progenitor of the Bjelbo dynasty. The later Royal House which stemmed from this noble lineage was descended from Folke's great-grandson, the Birger Jarl , whose two sons acceded, successively, to the Swedish throne. The family reigned in Sweden until 1364 and in Norway until 1387 . |
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