Skip to content
EntityQ2293179· pop 10· linked from 123 articles

Also known as Áli, Åle, Ale the Strong, Ali

Onela was, according to Beowulf, a Swedish king, the son of Ongentheow and the brother of Ohthere. He usurped the Swedish throne, but was killed by his nephew Eadgils, who won by hiring foreign assistance.

~6 min read

Encyclopedic overview

5 sections
Contents
  • Etymology
  • Beowulf
  • Norse sagas
  • Notes
  • Secondary sources

Onela was, according to Beowulf, a Swedish king, the son of Ongentheow and the brother of Ohthere. He usurped the Swedish throne, but was killed by his nephew Eadgils, who won by hiring foreign assistance.

In Scandinavian sagas a Norwegian king by the same name exists, Áli (the Old Norse form of Onela, also rendered as Ole, Åle or Ale), who had the cognomen ("from Oppland").

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Onela” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.