Magnus Minniskiöld

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Magnus Måneskiöld, who married Ingrid Ylva, is mostly prominent as the father of five sons who would influence early Swedish history.

• Eskil Magnusson, the lawspeaker of Västergötland in the early 13th century. He was married to Kristina, the grand-daughter of Eric the Saint and the widow of the Norwegian earl Hakon the Mad.
• Karl, the bishop of Linköping who died in a crusade against the Estonians in 1220s.
• Bengt who succeeded Karl as bishop and died in 1237.
• Birger Jarl (see article).
• Elavus, the grand-father of Peter Filipsson.