Nicolaus Ragvaldi

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Nils Ragvaldsson
Roman Catholic
ArchdioceseUppsala
Appointed1438
In office1438–1448
PredecessorOlaus Laurentii
SuccessorJöns Bengtsson Oxenstierna
Orders
RankMetropolitan Archbishop
Personal details
Born1380s
Died17 February 1448
NationalitySwede
Previous post(s)Bishop of Växjö (1426-1438)

Nicolaus Ragvaldi (Latinized form of Swedish Nils Ragvaldsson) (born in the early 1380s and died on 17 February 1448) was

Gothicist
tradition.

On 12 November 1434 he held a speech at the

council of Basel, where he argued that the Swedish monarch, Eric of Pomerania, was a successor to the Gothic kings, and that the Swedish delegation deserved senior rank. The Spanish delegation responded with a claim of seniority because of the Visigoths. Notes of these speeches were written down and preserved, and included by Johannes Magnus when he wrote the influential History of the Nordic People about 150 years later. His research results resulted in Gustav Vasa's son styling himself as Eric XIV
, although his father disapproved.

References

  • Article Nils Ragvaldsson from the
    Nordisk Familjebok
    (Swedish)
  • Werner Söderberg (1896), "Nikolaus Ragvaldis tal i Basel 1434", Samlaren, vol. 17, p. 187