Folke the Fat ( sv, Folke den tjocke), according to ''

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'' by the 12th century Danish chronicler

Saxo Grammaticus Saxo Grammaticus (c. 1150 – c. 1220), also known as Saxo cognomine Longus, was a Danish historian, theologian and author. He is thought to have been a clerk or secretary to Absalon, Archbishop of Lund, the main advisor to Valdemar I of Denmark. ...

, was the most powerful man in

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around 1100. He married

Ingegerd Knutsdotter of Denmark Ingegerd Knutsdatter of Denmark also called ''Ingerta'' and ''Ingerd'' (born between 1080 and 1085 – year of death unknown), was a Danish princess, daughter of King Canute IV of Denmark and Queen Adela. She is regarded as the founding mother of t ...

, daughter of the Danish king

Canute IV Canute IV ( – 10 July 1086), later known as Canute the Holy ( da, Knud IV den Hellige) or Saint Canute (''Sankt Knud''), was King of Denmark from 1080 until 1086. Canute was an ambitious king who sought to strengthen the Danish monarchy ...

The article
Folkunga-ätten
' in ''

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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

Birger Brosa Birger Brosa Old Norse: ''Birgir Brósa'' (died 9 January 1202) was jarl of Sweden from 1174 to 1202. Biography He was a son of Bengt Snivil and a member of the powerful House of Bjälbo. In the medieval texts he is either called the '' jarl o ...

, who was still alive at the time of writing.

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