Father: Olafsson, Styrbjorn of Sweden, b. ABT 959
Mother: Haraldsdottir, Thyra, b. BEF 1000
Child 1: , Gytha
Child 2: , Eilaf
Child 3: Thorkilsson, Ulf (Wolf), Jarl of Denmark, b. ABT 967
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3Thorgil Sprakling (also called
Torkel Styrbjörnsson,
Torgils or
Sprakalägg) is claimed by late genealogical traditions[
who?] to have been the son of the disinherited
Swedish prince Styrbjörn the Strong, the son of
Olaf, son of Björn, king of Sweden. Styrbjorn's wife,
Thyra Haraldsdotter, was the daughter of
Harold Bluetooth (king of
Denmark and
Norway). However, this pedigree may have been concocted to glorify his descendants, who later reigned in Denmark. Alternatively,
Saxo Grammaticus reports he was son of a bear.
He died at the
Battle of Swold.
His children were
Ulf (d. 1027), the
Earl of
Canute the Great in
Denmark and Danish steward, and
Gytha Thorkelsdóttir who was to marry
Godwin, Earl of Wessex