Adils was King in Svitjod from 460 to 505. A very rich king who went on many Viking expeditions during his long reign. On one expedition Adils and his men plundered a King’s house on the coast of Holstein and took a large herd of cattle as well as all of the people tending the herd, among them an especially attractive girl called Yrsa. She became the wife of Adils. As a result of an accident, Adils was killed in 505. His horse stumbled, fell, and threw Adils so that his head struck a stone, crushing his skull.