Some more or less romantic later literature has given him the title of jarl, although no proper historical source attests to such.
Romantic genealogies assign a lady Sigrid Lakman as his wife, though without historical source.
[citation needed] Arguably, Bengt Snivil was that Bengt or Benedict, who was son of riksjarl Folke the Fat and Ingegerd Knutsdotter of Denmark, daughter of king Canute IV of Denmark.
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