In the saga and genealogical accounts that preserve his name, Algaut appears as a member of a Geatish royal lineage: he is identified as the son of Gautrek (Gautrek the Mild) and as the father of Gauthild (Gauthild Algautsdatter). Later saga summaries and genealogical compilations place him in the network of dynastic marriages and rivalries that link the Geatish and Swedish houses; one narrative reported in Heimskringla (via Snorri Sturluson as summarized in modern sources) relates that his daughter Gauthild was married to Ingjald, and that Algaut was burned to death by that son-in-law as part of Ingjald's violent consolidation of power.
Primary saga and genealogical sources that record Algaut provide no physical or iconographic description. He is represented in these materials only by name, patronymic, and kinship relations; later genealogical webpages repeat his nomenclature and ancestral placement but do not supply contemporary anthropomorphic detail or depiction.
The sources ascribe to Algaut the social and political functions of a regional king in saga literature: rulership of part of the Geatish realm (West Götaland), participation in dynastic marriage politics (fathering Gauthild, whose marriage links Geatish and Swedish royal lines), and being the victim of royal treachery (reported to have been burned to death by Ingjald). No supernatural powers, magical abilities, or otherworldly behaviors are attributed to him in the provided materials; his agency is political and familial within legendary-historical narrative.
Weaknesses
- otherNo magical weaknesses recorded; sources report only that he was killed by Ingjald (burned to death) and do not attribute supernatural vulnerabilities.
Wards
- otherNo wards recorded specifically against Algaut; he is treated as a human king in the sources, and no protective rituals or warding practices related to him are given.
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Community Record
- [1]Algaut. Wikipedia, 'Algaut' (summary referencing Heimskringla and saga tradition)wiki
- [2]Ingjald. Wikipedia, 'Ingjald' (describing marriage of Ingjald to Gauthild, daughter of Algaut, and related saga material)wiki
- [3]Wikidata entry for Algaut. Wikidata: Algaut (structured data entry referencing name forms and identifiers)other
- [4]Algaut Gautreksson (genealogical page). Derivative genealogical compilation listing Algaut Gautreksson in pedigree charts (labels him legendary/semi-legendary)other
- [5]Algaut GAUTREKSSON (family tree entry). Online genealogical compilation placing Algaut in reconstructed family trees and noting legendary statusother