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Eric IX of Sweden has appeared in the following books: The Road to Jerusalem (The Knight Templar, #1), Svenskarna och deras fäder: De senaste 11 000 åren...
Eric IX. Eric IX (Eric the Saint), d. 1160, king of Sweden. He led (1157?) a Christian crusade to Finland, where he left the bishop of Uppsala in charge of missionary work. While attending mass he was killed by a Danish prince. Soon afterward the people began to revere him as a saint, and c.1290 he became the patron saint of Sweden. Feast: May 18.
Apr 14, 2024 · Eric IX is remembered as one of Sweden's most brilliant rulers of the medieval period. Finding his kingdom, which encompassed most, though not all, of the borders of modern-day Sweden, in legal disarray, he is credited with codifying and streamlining ancient laws. He was also said to be a just ruler, supporting the oppressed and expelling ...
Jul 3, 2015 · Eric the Holy or Erik the Saint was acknowledged king in most provinces of Sweden in 1150, and his family line subsisted for a hundred years. He did much to establish Christianity in Upper Sweden and built or completed at Old Uppsala the first large church to be erected in the country. It is said that all the ancient laws and constitutions of ...
Eric IX of Sweden King of Sweden from 1150, Eric did much to aid Christianity in his realm and was responsible for codifying the laws of his kingdom, which became known as King Eric's Law (also the code of Uppland). He led a victorious expedition against the marauding Finns and persuaded English ...
King of Sweden. Eric IX, (Swedish: Erik Jedvardsson; Erik den helige; Sankt Erik; d. 18 May 1160) also called Eric the Holy, Saint Eric, and Eric the Lawgiver, 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. He was the founder of the House of Eric ...
Eric IX of Sweden (or Erik the Lawgiver or Erik the Saint. In Swedish he is simply known as Erik den helige or Sankt Erik which translates as Erik the Holy and Saint Erik respectively) (c. 1120 1160) was a Swedish king between 1150 and 1160. Eric was an Upland lord, son of a lord Jedvard (Edward), due to which contemporary sources call him also ...
