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Birth:          ABT  594 Uppsala, Sweden

Notes
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eysteinn
Eysteinn (Swedish: Östen; died ca 600) was the son of Eadgils and Yrsa of Saxony. 
He was the father of Ingvar. The Eysteinn tumulus (Östens hög) in Västerĺs near 
Östanbro has been linked to King Eysteinn by some popular historians. The term Hög 
is derived from the Old Norse word haugr meaning mound or barrow.

Eysteinn ruled Sweden at the time when Hrólf Kraki died in Lejre.[1] It was a troubled 
time when many sea kings ravaged Swedish shores. One of those kings was named 
Sölve and he was from Jutland (but according to Historia Norwegiae he was Geatish, 
see below). At this time Sölve was pillaging in the Baltic Sea. He arrived in Lofond 
(probably the island of Lovön or the Lagunda Hundred), where Eysteinn was at a 
feast. Sölve and his men surrounded the house and set it on fire burning everyone 
inside to death. Then Sölve arrived at Sigtuna (Old Sigtuna) and ordered the Swedes 
to accept him as king. The Swedes refused and gathered an army that fought against 
Sölve and his men, but they lost after eleven days. The Swedes had to accept him as 
king until they rebelled and killed him.
Ynglingatal[edit]

Stanza from Ţjóđólfr of Hvinir's Ynglingatal:

Veit ek Eysteinsenda fólginnlokins lífsá Lofundi;ok siklingmeđ Svíum kváđuJótska 
menninni brenna.Ok bitsóttí brandnóihlíđar ţangsá hilmi rann,ţá er timbrfastrtoptar 
nökkvi,flotna fullrum fylki brann.[1] For a long time none could tellHow Eystein died – 
but now I knowThat at Lofond the hero fell;The branch of Odin was laid low,Was 
burnt by Solve's Jutland men.The raging tree-devourer fireRushed on the monarch in 
its ire;First fell the castle timbers, thenThe roof-beams – Eystein's funeral pyre.[2]  

The Historia Norwegić presents a Latin summary of Ynglingatal, older than Snorri's 
quotation (continuing after Eadgils, called Adils or Athisl):


Hic [Adils vel Athisl] genuit Eustein, quem Gautones in domo quadam obtrusum cum 
suis vivum incenderunt. Hujus filius Ynguar [...].[2]
 
He [Adils] became sire to Řystein, whom the Götar thrust into a house and incinerated 
alive there with his men. His son Yngvar, [...][3]
  

Thorsteins saga Víkingssonar makes Eysteinn the father of Anund and grandfather of 
Ingjald and consequently skips Ingvar's generation. It adds a second son to Eysteinn 
named Olaf, who was the king of Fjordane in Norway.
http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=jweber&id=I00710

Parents
OTTARSSON Adil ("Athils") (ABT  572 - )
HELGASDOTTIR Yrsa (ABT  565 - )

Siblings
ADILSSON Eystein (ABT  594 - )

Marriage To ----- ----- ()
    m.  

Notes


Children by ----- ----- 
EYSTEINSSON Ingvar "the Tall" (ABT  616 - )

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