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King Eric Estridsen I was born before 1060, in Slangerup, Frederiksborg, Denmark as the son of Svend Estridsen II and Unknown Mistress. He had at least 5 sons and 2 daughters with Boedil Thurgotsdatter. He died on 10 July 1103, in Paphos, Cyprus, and was buried in Paphos, Cyprus.
Eric XIV ( Swedish: Erik XIV; 13 December 1533 – 26 February 1577) was King of Sweden from 1560 until he was captured in a rebellion led by his brother John in 1568 and formally deposed 26 January 1569. [1] Eric XIV was the eldest son of Gustav I (1496–1560) and Catherine of Saxe-Lauenburg (1513–1535). He was also ruler of Estonia, after ...
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 .
Eric IX, [a] ( Swedish: Erik Jedvardsson; Erik den helige; Sankt Erik; d. 18 May 1160) also called Eric the Holy, Saint Eric, and Eric the Lawgiver, [1] was a Swedish king in the 12th century, c. 1156–1160. The Roman Martyrology of the Catholic Church names him as a saint memorialized on 18 May. [2] He was the founder of the House of Eric ...
The fortune of nations has often depended on accidents; and France may ascribe her greatness to the premature death of the Gothic king, at a time when his son by his wife Ragnachildis, Alaric II was a helpless infant, (Alaric was at least 18 when his father Euric died).and his adversary Clovis an ambitious and valiant youth.
Margaret, Maid of Norway, was the only child of King Eric II of Norway and his first wife, Margaret, daughter of King Alexander III of Scotland. She was born in Tønsberg , a coastal town in southeastern Norway, [1] between March and 9 April 1283, when her mother died , apparently from the complications of childbirth .
Christopher II ( Danish: Christoffer 2.; 29 September 1276 – 2 August 1332) was King of Denmark from 1320 to 1326 and again from 1329 until his death. He was a younger son of Eric V. His name is connected with national disaster, as his rule ended in a near-total dissolution of the Danish state. [2] [3]
