Bjälbo is a small village in

Mjölby Municipality Mjölby Municipality (''Mjölby kommun'') is a municipality in Östergötland County in southeast Sweden. Its seat is located in the city of Mjölby, with some 13,000 inhabitants.

, Östergötland, Sweden. The medieval House of Bjelbo had a church and a manor house at Bjälbo.

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Magnus Minnesköld Magnus, meaning "Great" in Latin, was used as cognomen of Gnaeus Pompeius Magnus in the first century BC. The best-known use of the name during the Roman Empire is for the fourth-century Western Roman Emperor Magnus Maximus. The name gained wi ...

was probably born here, and in around 1210 his son Birger Magnusson. Today the church tower is preserved. The church was probably built in the first half of the twelfth century, reflecting new techniques brought by Cistercian monks from

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in 1143. The surviving tower was probably added around 1220. Both structures are thought to have been projects of

Ingrid Ylva Ingrid Ylva of Bjelbo (born c. 1180s, died c. 1250–1255), was a Swedish noblewoman, the wife of Magnus Minnesköld of Bjälbo and the mother of regent Birger Jarl. The exact years of her birth and death are unclear; a traditional year quoted fo ...

, mother of Birger Jarl. In 1173, King (or pretender)

Kol Sverkerson Kol (died about 1173) was a Swedish prince who, together with his brother Burislev was a contender for the throne of Sweden from 1167 until his violent death a few years later. The struggle was a stage in the rivalry between the House of Sverker, ...

was killed in a battle at Bjälbo. digitized July 9, 2008

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Populated places in Östergötland County Populated places in Mjölby Municipality {{Östergötland-geo-stub

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