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Eric of Pomerania (c. 1381/1382 – 24 September 1459) ruled over the Kalmar Union from 1396 until 1439. He was initially co-ruler with his great-aunt Margaret I until her death in 1412. Eric is known as Eric III as King of Norway (1389–1442), Eric VII as King of Denmark (1396–1439) and has been called Eric XIII [b] as King of Sweden (1396 ...
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Margaret I (Danish: Margrete Valdemarsdatter; March 1353 –...
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Eric of Pomerania was deposed as king of Denmark and Sweden...
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Ingeborg's grandson Eric of Pomerania inherited the rights...
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Eric II or Erich II (between 1418 and 1425 – 5 July 1474)...
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Jun 16, 2017 · Eric of Pomerania with Margaret I of Denmark at his coronation. Eric of Pomerania was no more than six at the time when he was bestowed as the future king by Margaret. He was 14 when he married his 12-year-old English wife, Princess Philippa, and just 15 when he was crowned as sovereign king in the ancient town of Kalmar, Rikets Nyekel –the ...
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Eric of Pomerania ( c. 1381/1382 – 24 September 1459) ruled over the Kalmar Union from 1396 until 1439. He was initially co-ruler with his great-aunt Margaret I until her death in 1412. Eric is known as Eric III as King of Norway (1389–1442), Eric VII as King of Denmark (1396–1439) and has been called Eric XIII as King of Sweden (1396 ...
May 6, 2018 · – Slavic Chronicles. Eric of Pomerania – Slavic king of Scandinavia who became “The Last Viking”. by niklot · May 6, 2018. Eric is crowned for a king of whole Scandinavia. Eric of Pomerania is by many historians and common Kashubians considered to be one of the most important rulers of. Pomerania.
Eric of Pomerania. For many years, King Erik (1382-1459) was the King of the greatest realm in Europe. When he was dethroned, he became a pirate on the Baltic Sea. Erik, or Bogislav as he was called originally, was born in 1382 in the German duchy of Pommern (Pomerania in English), on the borders of present-day Germany and Poland.
Eric II or Erich II (between 1418 and 1425 – 5 July 1474) was a member of the House of Pomerania (also known as the Griffins) and was the ruling Duke of Pomerania-Wolgast from 1457 to 1474. He was the son of Wartislaw IX of Pomerania-Wolgast and Sophia, daughter of Eric IV of Saxe-Lauenburg .
The history of Pomerania starts shortly before 1000 AD, with ongoing conquests by newly arrived Polan rulers. Before that, the area was recorded nearly 2000 years ago as Germania, and in modern times Pomerania has been split between Germany and Poland. Its name comes from the Slavic po more, which means "land at the sea".
