Eadgils
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Eadgils, Adils, Aðils, Adillus, Aðísl at Uppsölum, Athisl, Athislus or Adhel was a semi-legendary king of Sweden, who is estimated to have lived during the 6th century.
![Eadgils pursuing Hrólfr Kraki on the Fyrisvellir, etching by Hugo Hamilton [sv] (1830)](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/67/Rolf_Krake_s%C3%A5r_guld_p%C3%A5_Fyrisvall_by_Hugo_Hamilton.jpg/500px-Rolf_Krake_s%C3%A5r_guld_p%C3%A5_Fyrisvall_by_Hugo_Hamilton.jpg)
Eadgils pursuing Hrólfr Kraki on the Fyrisvellir, etching by Hugo Hamilton [sv] (1830)
West royal tumulus at Old Uppsala, suggested grave of King Eadgils
The three large royal mounds at Gamla Uppsala.
Beowulf Cotton MS Vitellius A XV f. 132r
Eysteinn of Sweden
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Eysteinn was a semi-legendary king of Sweden, the son of Eadgils. He was the father of Ingvar. The Eysteinn tumulus in Västerås near Östanbro has been linked to King Eysteinn by some popular historian
Eadgils
…Snorri Sturluson's Ynglinga saga, a part of his Heimskringla. It presents Aðils (Eadgils) as the successor of Óttarr (Ohthere) and the predecessor of Eysteinn. The stanza on Aðils refers to his accidental death when he fell from his horse: Þat frák enn, at Aðils fjǫrvi vitta véttr of viða skyldi. Ok dáðgjarn…
Östens hög (Eysteinn tumulus) at Östanbro, in Västerås kommun