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Eric IV (c. 1216 – 10 August 1250), also known as Eric Ploughpenny or Eric Plowpenny (Danish: Erik Plovpenning), was King of Denmark from 1241 until his death in 1250. His reign was marked by conflict and civil wars against his brothers.
Aug 15, 2021 · On the 10th of August 1250, Eric IV – also known as Eric Ploughpenny – was murdered on a boat and dumped in the firth of Schlei. His death was the culmination of ten years of civil war and the harbinger of an even more tumultuous period in the medieval history of Denmark.
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Eric IV (c. 1216 – 10 August 1250), also known as Eric Ploughpenny or Eric Plowpenny (Danish: Erik Plovpenning), was King of Denmark from 1241 until his death in 1250. Read more on Wikipedia. Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Eric IV of Denmark has received more than 186,609 page views.
Eric II of Denmark, king of Denmark between 1134 and 1137. Eric III of Denmark, king of Denmark from 1137 until he abdicated in 1146. Eric IV of Denmark, king of Denmark from 1241 until his murder in 1250. Eric V of Denmark, son of Christopher I, reigned from 1259 to his murder in 1286.
Eric IV (c. 1216 – 10 August 1250), also known as Eric Ploughpenny or Eric Plowpenny (Danish: Erik Plovpenning), was King of Denmark from 1241 until his death in 1250. His reign was marked by conflict and civil wars against his brothers.
When King Eric IV 'Plovpenning' of Denmark was born in 1216, in Denmark, his father, King Valdemar II 'Sejr' of Denmark, was 46 and his mother, Berengaria of Portugal, was 22. He married Jutte Saxony in 1239, in Denmark. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 4 daughters.
