House of Sverker
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| Swedish Royalty |
| House of Sverker |
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| Sverker I |
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| Charles VII |
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| Boleslaw, Kol |
| Sverker II |
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| John I |
The House of Sverker were a powerful political force in medieval Sweden, contesting for royal power.Saint Eric was killed and buried in the latter province, others in the dynasty were buried in Varnhem Abbey in the former province as later also Birger Jarl was, a relative to the dynasty), which alternated on the throne for several generations, until in the 1220s the Eric dynasty got the upper hand, and the Sverker dynasty became extinct (at least in the male line).
As usual in medieval succession rivalries, the outcome combined the blood of rival lines, as in 1250
Valdemar of the Folkungs (then a minor, his father Birger Jarl acting as regent) ascended the throne, having inherited the Eric dynasty claim from Valdemar's mother (who was sister of Eric XI of Sweden
, the last Eric-dynast) and some of the Sverker dynasty claim from Birger's mother (who was daughter of a younger son of Sverker I).
See also
References
- ^ ISBN 978-0-203-41277-0
External links
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