Martha Eriksdotter

Martha Eriksdotter
Martha Eriksdotter
Spouse	Nils Sixtensson Sparre
Erik X of Sweden

Martha Eriksdotter (Märta Bonde) was the alleged daughter of

Erikskrönikan. This genealogy may have been part of the ambition of Charles VIII of Sweden (d. 1470) to prove his right to the throne by presenting a more impressive family background.^[2] The existence of Martha Eriksdotter and her marriage have therefore been doubted by some modern Swedish historians, who think she was just made up by Charles or his chancellery. Nevertheless, a few historians have maintained that her position cannot be entirely explained as a forgery.^[3]

Family life

According to the genealogy she was married to Nils Sixtensson Sparre, a Marshal in Sweden.[4] Martha’s paternity and her marriage are recorded in the book Anteckningar om svenska qvinnor by PG Berg and Wilhelmina Stålberg, Page 274. The title of the book in English is: Notes on Swedish women. (A biographical dictionary from 1864, covering only Swedish women.)

In Swedish the page reads:

Märtha, dotter af Erik X, som blef gift med Nils Sixtensson till Tofta, och, genom detta äktenskap, stammoder för Sparre- och Oxenstjerna-slägterna.^[5]

English translation:

"Martha, daughter of Erik X, who was married to Nils Sixtensson of Tofta, and, through this marriage a progenitress strain for the Sparre and Oxenstjerna families."

Children

Allegedly, they had 2 children together,

Sixten Nilsson Sparre
Abjorn Nilsson Sparre

External links

Anteckningar om svenska qvinnor

Ancestry

Ancestors of Martha Eriksdotter

16. Jadvard Thordsson Bonde

8.

Mstislav I, Grand Prince of Kiev

13. Ingeborg of Kiev

27. Christina Ingesdotter of Sweden

3. Richeza, Princess of Denmark

28.

14. Volodar of Polask

29.

7. Sophia of Minsk

30. Bolesław III Wrymouth, Duke of Poland

15. Richeza of Poland

31. Salomea of Berg

References

^ Remmé, Richard. "Martha Eriksdotter (± 1210-????) » Genealogy Richard Remmé, The Hague, Netherlands » Genealogy Online". Genealogy Online. Retrieved 2020-02-26.
^ Bjarne Beckman, Matts Kättilmundsson och hans tid, Vol. I. Stockholm: Wahlström & Widstrand, 1953, p. 344-6.
^ Bjarne Beckman, Matts Kättilmundsson och hans tid, Vol. I. Stockholm: Wahlström & Widstrand, 1953, p. 88.
^ C.G. Starbäck & P.O. Bäckström, Berättelser ur svenska historien, Vol. II. Stockholm: Beijers, 1885, p. 121. [1]
^ PG Berg and Wilhelmina Stålberg, Anteckningar om svenska qvinnor, p. 274.

[1] Remmé, Richard. "Martha Eriksdotter (± 1210-????) » Genealogy Richard Remmé, The Hague, Netherlands » Genealogy Online". Genealogy Online. Retrieved 2020-02-26.

[2] Bjarne Beckman, Matts Kättilmundsson och hans tid, Vol. I. Stockholm: Wahlström & Widstrand, 1953, p. 344-6.

[3] Bjarne Beckman, Matts Kättilmundsson och hans tid, Vol. I. Stockholm: Wahlström & Widstrand, 1953, p. 88.

[4] C.G. Starbäck & P.O. Bäckström, Berättelser ur svenska historien, Vol. II. Stockholm: Beijers, 1885, p. 121. [1]

[5] PG Berg and Wilhelmina Stålberg, Anteckningar om svenska qvinnor, p. 274.

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