Folke the Fat ( sv, Folke den tjocke), according to '' Gesta Danorum'' by the 12th century Danish chronicler Saxo Grammaticus, was the most powerful man in

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around 1100. He married Ingegerd Knutsdotter of Denmark, daughter of the Danish king Canute IVThe article
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'' (1908).]''Gesta Danorum'', book 11, in modern Danish at «Norrøne Tekster og Kvad», Norway.
/ref> who was murdered in 1086. Folke and Ingrid had the sons Knut and Bengt Snivil, Benedict according to Saxo. The chronicler furthermore reports that Folke was the paternal grandfather of

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, who was still alive at the time of writing.

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