House of Eric

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Swedish Royalty
House of Eric
Eric IX
Children Canute I Filip Eriksson Catherine Eriksdotter Margaret, Queen of Norway Grandchildren Holmger Filipsson Great-grandchildren Canute II Great-great-grandchildren Holmger Knutsson Filip Knutsson
Canute I
Children Eric X Three brothers of Eric X
Eric X
Children Princess Sophia Princess Ingeborg Eric XI
Eric XI
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The House of Eric (

, also known as Saint Eric, from whom it got its name. Almost all the subsequent kings of Sweden have been descendants of the House of Eric.

The House of Eric favored the Varnhem Abbey, and several of its members are interred there.

Foremother of the dynasty was Eric IX's wife Christina Björnsdotter, whom legend claims to have been the maternal granddaughter of King

.

The female first name

Catherine

seems to have been favored within the Erik dynasty.

History

The ancestral estates of the clan appear to have been Västergötland.^[1]

Two branches of the dynasty came into conflict in 1226.

, the Lisp and Lame (läspe och halte), who resumed the kingship in 1234. Conflict continued between the royal senior branch and Canute's two sons until the sons were executed in 1248 and 1251.

Eric XI was the last king of the

.

Descent from this house was regarded as such hard currency in medieval and early modern power games that some aspirants (most notably Charles VIII of Sweden) even fabricated a descent (see Tofta, Adelsö) to show that they too were heirs of the House of Erik.

See also

• List of Swedish monarchs

References

External links

• Media related to House of Eric at Wikimedia Commons

* Royal House * House of Eric
Preceded by House of Sverker	Ruling House of the Kingdom of Sweden 1156–1160 1167–1196* 1208–1216 1222–1229 1234–1250 * In 1167–1173 not in the province of Östergötland.	Succeeded by House of Bjelbo

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