The uncertain battlefield associated with Sverker II's death in 1210.
Gestilren in Västergötland was the site of the Battle of Gestilren in 1210, where Sverker II of Sweden was killed by forces supporting the rival Erik line. The battle settled one phase of the prolonged dynastic conflict between the Sverker and Erik families.
Gestilren effectively ended the Sverker line's claim to Swedish kingship after Sverker II's death in battle. Erik Knutsson became king afterward, though Swedish dynastic stability remained fragile. The battle is one of several engagements that punctuated the century-long alternation of power between the two rival dynasties.