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Personal data Anund Eriksson van Uppsala 

  • He was born in the year 800.
  • (Geschiedenis) .Source 1
    Anund Eriksson (ca. 800 - Oud Uppsala, 844) was een Zweedse koning.

    Eriksson was koning samen met zijn broer Bjorn maar werd door hem verdreven. Hij had voor zijn terugkeer een vloot van 11 schepen en werd gesteund door 21 schepen uit Denemarken. Eriksson had de Denen beloofd dat ze de stad Birka mochten plunderen. Toen ze daar aankwamen was Bjorn niet in de stad en Birka betaalde een schatting van 100 zilveren marken om de plundering af te kopen. De Denen wilden de stad toch nog plunderen maar Anund wist ze te overtuigen om de wil van de goden te raadplegen door loten te trekken. Daaruit bleek dat plundering van Birka ongeluk zou brengen aan de Denen. Op advies van Eriksson zijn de Denen toen weggetrokken om een Slavische stad te plunderen en ze keerden met een rijke buit terug naar huis. Eriksson vestigde zijn gezag in Zweden en maakte Oud Uppsala tot zijn residentie.

    Eriksson was zoon van Erik Bjornsson (ovl. Adelso, 815) en kleinzoon van Jarl (aanvoerder, het Engelse woord earl is hiervan afgeleid) Bjorn.

    Eriksson was vader van Erik Anundsson (ca. 825 - 882). Erik volgde zijn vader op als koning en had een slepend grensconflict met Harald I van Noorwegen. Hij wordt geïdentificeerd met de legendarische koning Erik Väderhatt ("Weerhoed") die een hoed had die hem controle gaf over de wind, een vitaal voordeel voor een zeevarend volk.
  • (Levens event) .Source 2
    Anund Uppsale or Anoundus, 'Anund of Uppsala', (Old Norse: Önundr Uppsali) ruled Sweden together with his brother Björn at Haugi, according to Rimbert and Hervarar saga (he and Björn are also mentioned by Adam of Bremen). He is called Uppsale because he stayed at Old Upsala, the era's religious centre.

    Rimbert recounts that Anoundus and his brother Björn, succeed king Erik and that Anund was driven away from his country. The reason is unknown.

    Sometime in the 840s, Anund returns to Sweden with a large Danish host of 21 longships and 11 of his own, because Anund had promised them rich plunder in Birka, and they arrived when Björn at Hauge was far away. Anund demanded one hundred marks of silver, which was granted. The Danes felt tricked and wanted to make a surprise attack on Birka in order to burn it and plunder it, but then Anund tried to avert their plans. He asked them to draw lots about whether it was the will of the Aesir that Birka should be destroyed. The outcome was that the destruction of Birka would bring bad luck to the Danes. They then asked where to go for plunder and the answer was to go to a Slavic town. The Danes left Birka but returned with rich booty.

    Anund then stayed to seek reconciliation with his people and his son Erik succeeded him on the Swedish throne.
  • He died in the year 844 in Oud Uppsala, he was 44 years old.
  • A child of Erik Bjornsson
  • This information was last updated on December 13, 2012.

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    1. http://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anund_Eriksson
    2. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anund_Uppsale

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