Historical Kings
When sources become more reliable, Götaland is an integrated part of the Swedish kingdom and from Stenkil and onwards most of the medieval Swedish kings actually belonged to Geatish clans (House of Stenkil, House of Sverker and the House of Bjelbo, possibly also the House of Eric). In the early high Middle Ages some kings in Sweden were titled rex Visigothorum and rex Gothorum, failing to hold the Swedish core provinces in Svealand. The non-Geatish King Ragnvald Knaphövde was killed by the Geats as he despised them and travelled among them without Geatish hostages.
- Ingold I, king of Västergötland (1081)
- Halsten, king of Västergötland (1081)
- Magnus the Strong, king of Västergötland (reigned 1125–1130)
- Kol, king of Östergötland (see Ingold II) (early 12th c.)
- Karl Sverkersson, rex Gothorum before becoming king of all of Sweden.
- since Magnus III of Sweden until accession of Charles XVI Gustav, Sweden's monarchs were officially titled King of the Goths; and quite parallelly, since Valdemar IV's conquest of Gotland until accession of Margarethe II of Denmark, Denmark's monarchs were similarly titled.
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