King of the Geats

This list follows the generally accepted identification between the names Götar (modern Swedish), Gautar (Old Norse) and Geatas (Old English), which is based both on tradition, literary sources and on etymology.

Both Old Norse and Old English records clearly separate the Geats from the Goths, while still depicting them as closely related to each other.

Some names appear in Norse mythology and in Germanic legend and in at least one case, they were probably historical (Hygelac).

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.