swedes
appearance: c. 0
ascendancy: north germans[3]
i link the swedish aristocracy to the south primarily due to the fact that the new ruling line began with one "yngve" and the western germans were at this time known by the name "yngvaeones". if read correctly, the sagas seems to imply exactly what i'm proposing: usurpation by a new ruling elite. it all adds up to an invasion after -100 or so and from the south.
descendancy: ynglingas [2]
[1]: the role of migration in the history of the eurasian steppe, andrew bell-fialkoff, 2000
[2]: heimskringla, snorri sturlson, c. 1200
[3]: jason parent, 2004
[4]: the germanic invasions, lucien musset, 1965
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