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Eric XI Ericsson or Eric the Lisp and Lame (Swedish: Erik Eriksson or Erik läspe och halte; Old Norse: Eiríkr Eiríksson; 1216 – 2 February 1250) was King of Sweden from 1222 to 1229 and again from 1234 to 1250.
The House of Eric (Swedish: Erikska ätten) was a medieval Swedish royal dynasty with several pretenders to the throne between 1150 and 1220, rivaling for kingship of Sweden with the House of Sverker. The first king from the House of Eric was Eric IX of Sweden, also known as Saint Eric, from whom it got its name. Almost all the subsequent kings ...
Biography. Eric was born in 1216, the son of King Eric X of Sweden and Richeza of Denmark. He was nicknamed "the Lisp and Lame" for his physical disabilities, and he was raised in Denmark. The death of the childless John I of Sweden in 1222 led to the six-year-old Eric becoming the new King of Sweden.
Eric "XI" the Lisp and Lame Swedish: Erik Eriksson or Erik läspe och halte; Old Norse: Eiríkr Eiríksson (1216 – 2 February 1250) was king of Sweden in 1222–29 and 1234–50. Being the last ruler of the House of Eric , he stood in the shadow of a succession of powerful Jarls , especially his brother-in-law Birger Jarl , whose descendants ...
Eric XI of Sweden. Eric "XI" the Lisp and Lame Swedish: Erik Eriksson or Erik läspe och halte; Old Norse: Eiríkr Eiríksson (1216 – 2 February 1250) was king of Sweden in 1222–29 and 1234–50. Read more on Wikipedia. Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Eric XI of Sweden has received more than 94,032 page views.
Eric XI of Sweden ( Erik Eriksson) was the King of Sweden from 1222 to 1229, and from 1234 to 1250. Categories: Kings and Queens of Sweden. 1216 births. 1250 deaths.
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