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''From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia:'' Ingjald illråde or Ingjal dr hinn illráði (Ingold Ill-ruler or Illready) was a legendary Swedi sh king of the House of Ynglings. Ingjald may have ruled sometime duri ng the 7th century, and he was the son of the former king Anund.[1] I ngjald is mentioned in the Ynglinga saga, Historia Norvegiæ, Hervara r saga, Upplendinga Konungum, Þorsteins saga Víkingssonar and Íslen dingabók. '''Ynglinga saga''' Snorri Sturluson gave an extensive ac count on the life of Ingjald in the Ynglinga saga which is part of th e Heimskringla. '''Youth''' The Ynglinga saga, a part of the Heimskr ingla relates that the viceroy of Fjädrundaland was named Ingvar an d he had two sons, Alf and Agnar, who were of the same age as Ingjald . Svipdag the Blind was the viceroy of Tiundaland, the province of Upp sala where the Tings and the Yule (Midwinter) sacrifices were held (se e the Temple at Uppsala). One Midwinter, when Ingjald and Alf were si x years old, many people had assembled at Uppsala for the sacrifices . Alf and Ingjald played, but Ingjald found that he was the weaker bo y and became so angry that he almost started to cry (which was strang e because people named Ingjald where known to be stronger than average ) . His foster-brother Gautvid led him to his foster-father Svipdag th e Blind and told Svipdag about Ingjald's lack of manliness and strengt h. Svipdag said that it was a shame and the next day he gave Ingjal d a roasted wolf's heart to eat. From that day, Ingjald became a ver y ferocious person and had a bad disposition. Anund arranged a marria ge for his son Ingjald with Gauthild, the daughter of the Geatish kin g Algaut, who was the son of Gautrek the Mild and the grandson of Gaut . Gautrek consented as he believed that Ingjald had inherited his fath er's disposition. Gauthild's maternal grandfather was Olof the Sharp-s ighted, the king of Närke. '''The deceit''' Snorri Sturluson relate s that when his father Anund had died, Ingjald became the king of Swed en. The kings at Uppsala were the foremost among the kings of the vari ous provinces since Odin ruled the country, and they were the suprem e chiefs of the other kingdoms since the death of Agne and Sweden wa s divided between Erik and Alrik. The descendants of these two kings h ad spread, cleared land and settled new territories, until there wer e several petty kings. In honour of his own ascendance to the throne , Ingjald invited the kings, the jarls and other important men to a gr and feast in a newly built hall, just as large and sumptuous as the on e in Uppsala. It was called the hall of the seven kings and had seve n high seats. Algaut the Geatish king of West Götaland, King Ingvar o f Fjädrundaland with his two sons Agnar and Alf, King Sporsnjall of N erike and King Sigvat of Attundaland came but not King Granmar of Söd ermanland. The kings filled all seven seats but one. All the prominen t people of Sweden had seats, except for Ingjald's own court whom he h ad sent to his old hall in Uppsala. According to the custom of the ti me for those who inherited kings and jarls, Ingjald rested at the foot stool until the Bragebeaker was brought in. Then he was supposed to st and up, take the beaker and make solemn vows, after which he would asc end his father's high seat. However, when the beaker was brought in, h e took a bull's horn and made the solemn vow that he would enlarge hi s own kingdom by half towards all the four quarters, towards which h e pointed his horn, or die. When all the prominent guests were drunk , he ordered Svipdag's sons, Gautvid and Hylvid, to arm themselves an d their men and to leave the building. Outside, they set fire to the b uilding which burnt down and those who tried to escape were killed. T hus Ingjald made himself the sole ruler of the domains of the murdere d kings. '''Wars''' Granmar won allies in his son-in-law the sea-kin g Hjörvard of the Ylfings and his father-in-law Högne the Geatish ki ng of East Götaland. They successfully withstood Ingjald's invasion w here Ingjald realised that the men from the provinces he had conquere d were not loyal to him. After a long standstill there was peace for a s long as the three kings lived. However, one night Ingjald and his me n surrounded a farm where Granmar and Hjörvard were at a feast and bu rnt the house down. He late disposed of five more kings, and he thus e arned the name Illråde (ill-ruler) as he fulfilled his promise. Snor ri Sturluson tells that it was a common saying that Ingjald killed twe lve kings by deceiving them that he only wished for peace, and that h e thus earned his cognomen Illråde (ill-ruler or ill-adviser). '''Do wnfall''' Ingjald had two children, a son Olof Trätälja and a daugh ter Åsa. His daughter had inherited her father's psychopathic disposi tion. She married king Guðröðr of Skåne. Before she murdered her h usband she managed to make him kill his own brother Halfdan the Valian t, the father of the great Ivar Vidfamne. In order to avenge his fath er, Ivar Vidfamne gathered a vast host and departed for Sweden, wher e he found Ingjald at Ræning. When Ingjald and his daughter realize d that it was futile to resist, they set the hall on fire and succumbe d in the flames. '''Ynglingatal and Historia Norwegiae''' It is inte resting to note that the citation from Ynglingatal does not appear t o describe Ingjald as an evil king. It calls his life a brave life fr