GAUTSSON Götrik

Abt 0600 - Abt 0650  (50 years)

• Name	GAUTSSON Götrik
  Birth	Abt 0600	Scandiavia
  Gender	Male
  Death	Abt 0650
  Notes	Götrik den milde är en mytomspunnen Götisk järnålderskung (järnåldern som begrepp är ett långt tidsspann, 550 f.Kr till 1050 e.Kr) som beskrivs i den fornnordiska Götrikssagan och som även förekommer i Ynglingasagan. Götrik ska ha varit son till kung Göte som sägs ha givit namn åt Götaland. Götrik sägs ha varit en mäktig konung och fader till Rolf Götriksson och Ketill Götriksson . Alternativt så har han sonen Algöte/Algot, gift med Alöf, dotter till Olof den klarsynte, som får dottern Gauthildr/Göthild som gifter sig med Ingjall Illråde. He is sometimes said to be married to Alof; this is a misinterpretation of Ynglinga saga and Upplendinga saga, which both name Alof the mother of Gauthild (and the wife of Algot). Biography Gautrekr was a legendary Geatish king who appears in several sources, such as Gautreks saga, Hrólfs saga Gautrekssonar, Bósa saga ok Herrauðs, Ynglinga saga, Nafnaþulur (part of the Prose Edda) and Af Upplendinga konungum.[1] In the early setting, Gautrekr is the contemporary of legendary characters such as Starkad and the Swedish kings Erik and Alrik. He is then mentioned as father of Rolf Götriksson and Ketill Götriksson . In the late setting, Gautrekr the Mild is the father of Algautr, the last Geatish king, in Scandinavian legends. Both Af Upplendinga konungum and Ynglinga saga describe him as the son of Gaut, after whom Götaland (Geatland) took its name. Both sources tell that Gautrekr had a son named Algautr, married to Alof, whose daughter Gauthildr married the pre-Swedish king Ingjald Ill-ruler. [2] The Ynglinga saga then continues by telling how the pre-Swedish king invited Algautr and several other petty kings to a banquet at Uppsala only to be burnt to death inside the hall where they had the banquet. Ingjald then proceeded to conquer the kingdoms of the dead kings. Sources ↑ Wikipedia, Gautrekr ↑ Snorri Sturluson: Sagas of the Norse Kings. Ynglingasga Translated by Samuel Laing, revised by Peter Foote MA. Everyman's Library Dutton New York SBN 460 00847 1 Page 33 Af Upplendinga Konungum, p. 1, accessed 12 Mar 2023
  Person ID	I58727	Freeman-Smith
  Last Modified	27 Jan 2026

  
  

  Father	UNKNOWN Gaut,   b. Abt 0570, Scandinavia d. Abt 0620 (Age 50 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Family ID	F347249	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family
  Children	1. GAUTREKSSON Algaut,   b. Abt 0630, Scandinavia d. Abt 0680, Scandinavia (Age 50 years)  [Father: natural]
  Family ID	F347248	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	27 Jan 2026