Kol of Sweden
| Swedish Royalty |
| House of Sverker |
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| Sverker I |
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| Charles VII |
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| Boleslaw, Kol |
| Sverker II |
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| John I |
Kol (died about 1173) was a Swedish prince who, together with his brother Burislev was a contender for the throne of Sweden from 1167 until his violent death a few years later. The struggle was a stage in the rivalry between the House of Sverker, to which Kol and Burislev belonged, and the House of Eric.
Background
In most older literature Kol is called Kol Sverkersson, based on an unverifiable assumption that he was a son of King
The suggestion that he was a son of Sverker is based on a Danish source which mentions that Sverker had a son Boleslaw (Burislev). This son has been identified by some historians (such as Nathanael Beckman in Svenskt biografiskt lexikon) as the throne contender by the same name, and thus Kol has also been assigned Sverker I for a father.[2]
Strife for kingship
Prince John was killed in an incident by the Swedish peasantry around 1152. Since he was a young man at his death, his sons must still have been infants. Kol's uncle
Though some sources affirm that Kol actually was King of Sweden for a few years, the
Sources
- ^ Nils Ahnlund, "Vreta klosters äldsta donatorer", Historisk tidskrift 65, 1945, p. 341.
- ^ a b c Hans Gillingstam (1977). "Kol". Svenskt biografiskt lexikon band 21. Archived from the original on 2013-10-12. Retrieved 2013-10-08.
- ^ ISBN 9185057630. Retrieved 2014-02-11.
Kol was killed in a battle at Bjälbo in Östergötland in 1173
digitized July 9, 2008 - ^ a b Nils Ahnlund, "Till frågan om den äldsta Erikskulten i Sverige", Historisk tidskrift 68, 1948, p. 318.
- ^ Mats G. Larsson, Götarnas riken: Upptäcktsfärder till Sveriges enande. Stockholm: Atlantis, 2002, p. 185.
- ^ Hans Gillingstam, "Kol", Svenskt biografiskt lexikon, https://sok.riksarkivet.se/sbl/Presentation.aspx?id=11708
- ^ Nils Ahnlund, "Vreta klosters äldsta donatorer", Historisk tidskrift 65, 1945, p. 321.