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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 favored the Varnhem Abbey, and several of its members are interred there. Foremother of the dynasty was Eric IX's wife Christina Björnsdotter, whom legend claims to have been the maternal granddaughter of King Inge I of Sweden, who abolished paganism.
Jul 18, 2023 · April 10, 1216 (35-36) Näs, Visingsö, Småland, Sverige (Sweden) (Tuberkulos) Place of Burial: Varnhems klosterkyrka. Immediate Family: Son of Knut I Ericsson, King of Sweden and Princess Cecilia Johansdotter of Sweden. Husband of Queen Rikissa av Danmark Valdemarsdotter of Sweden.
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Richeza of Denmark (Swedish: Rikissa Valdemarsdotter; ? –8 May 1220) was Queen of Sweden as the wife of King Eric X, and the mother of King Eric XI.
Eric XI of Sweden (1216-2 February 1250) was King of Sweden from 1222 to 1229 (succeeding John I of Sweden and preceding Canute II of Sweden) and from 1234 to 1250 (succeeding Canute and preceding Valdemar of Sweden).
Ingeborg Eriksdotter (c. 1212 – 17 June 1254) was a Swedish princess and duchess, daughter of King Eric X of Sweden, eldest sibling of King Eric XI of Sweden, wife of Birger Jarl, and mother of Kings Valdemar and Magnus III of Sweden.
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Eric was the son of Eric X of Sweden and Richeza of Denmark. According to the chronicle Erikskrönikan, written in the early 1320s, Eric is said to have been partly lame; "King Eric was lisping in his talk / Limping was, as well, his walk". For this reason, later historians referred to him as "Erik the Lisp and Lame" which was apparently not ...
