Ragnvald Knaphovde

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Ragnvald Knaphövde (English exonym: Reginald Knobhead) was a King of Sweden whose reign is estimated to the mid-1120s or c. 1130. His cognomen Knaphövde is explained as referring to a drinking vessel, the size of a man's head or meaning "round head" and referring to his being foolish. Ragnvald is mentioned in the regnal list of the Westrogothic law as the successor of king Inge the Younger, but it is not certain whether he is the same person as Inge the Elder's son Ragnvald, because another tradition presents him as the son of an Olof Näskonung (Neskonungr meant "king of a ness" or "petty king", in Old Norse).Ragnvald Knaphövde had been elected king by the Swedes in Uppland and then acknowledged by the East Geats in Östergötland, but when he entered Västergötland, he did so without taking Geatish hostages. In Karleby, he was murdered by the Geats who instead had elected the Danish prince Magnus the Strong as king.

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