Eric IX Of Sweden
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Gender | Male |
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Born | Vastergotland |
Sweden | |
Full name | Erik Jedvardsson |
Father | Jedvard |
Assassinated | Uppsala, Sweden |
Spouse | Christina of Denmark, Queen of Sweden |
Children | Canute I of Sweden |
Margaret of Sweden, Queen of Norway | |
Katarina Eriksdotter | |
Filip Eriksson | |
Nationality | Swedish |
Place of burial | Uppsala Cathedral, Uppsala, Sweden |
Date of birth | January 1,1120 |
Parents | Jedvard |
Cecilia | |
Great grandchild | Eric XI of Sweden |
Date of Reg. | |
Date of Upd. | |
ID | 762893 |
Eric IX Of Sweden Life story
Eric IX, also called Eric the Holy, Saint Eric, and Eric the Lawgiver, was a Swedish king in the 12th century, c. 1156–1160. The Roman Martyrology of the Catholic Church names him as a saint memorialized on 18 May. He was the founder of the House of Eric, which ruled Sweden with interruptions from c. 1156 to 1250.