Ingold the Younger of Sweden & Philip of Sweden (1110s) grave detail 2009

Philip or Filip () was

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from c. 1105–1110 until 1118. He was a son of King Halsten Stenkilsson and nephew of King Inge the Elder. Philip and his brother

Inge the Younger Inge the Younger was King of Sweden in c. 1110–c. 1125 and probably the youngest son of king Halsten.The article ''Inge d.y.'' in ''Nationalencyklopedin'' (1992).The article Inge, section 2. I. den yngre' in '' Nordisk familjebok'' (1910). Accord ...

ruled together from 1105 or 1110 and onwards as successors of their uncle King Inge the Elder. According to the records of the Westrogothic law (''Västgötalagen'') he was a good king. Little else is known about him. Hardly any other Swedish king who was the undisputed ruler of the kingdom after the

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is less known than Philip. According to the '' Hervarar saga'', he ruled only for a short time and was married to Ingegard, the daughter of the Norwegian king

Harald Hardrada Harald Sigurdsson (; – 25 September 1066), also known as Harald III of Norway and given the epithet ''Hardrada'' (; modern no, Hardråde, roughly translated as "stern counsel" or "hard ruler") in the sagas, was King of Norway from 1046 t ...

. Philip was probably buried with his brother Inge the Younger in

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(''Vreta kloster och kyrka'') at

Linköping Linköping () is a city in southern Sweden, with around 105,000 inhabitants as of 2021. It is the seat of Linköping Municipality and the capital of Östergötland County. Linköping is also the episcopal see of the Diocese of Linköping (Church ...

Östergötland Östergötland (; English exonym: East Gothland) is one of the traditional provinces of Sweden (''landskap'' in Swedish) in the south of Sweden. It borders Småland, Västergötland, Närke, Södermanland and the Baltic Sea. In older English ...

, Sweden.

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*David Williamson (1991) in ''

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Kings and Queens of Europe'' (Salem House Publishing. p. 122) 12th-century Swedish monarchs Year of birth unknown 1118 deaths House of Stenkil Burials at Vreta Abbey Sons of kings {{Sweden-royal-stub