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Eric I [1] ( c. 1060 – 10 July 1103), also known as Eric the Good [2] [3] [4] ( Danish: Erik Ejegod ), was King of Denmark following his brother Olaf I Hunger in 1095. He was a son of Sweyn II. His mother's identity remains unknown. He married Boedil Thurgotsdatter .
- 1095–1103
- Roman Catholicism
Mar 3, 2024 · Olaf I Hunger was elected King of Denmark, but his reign was short. At last Eric was elected as a king at the several landsting assemblies in 1095. Eric was well liked by the people and the famines that had plagued Denmark during Olaf Hunger's reign ceased. For many it seemed a sign from God that Eric was the right king for Denmark.
Margaret I ( Danish: Margrete Valdemarsdatter; March 1353 – 28 October 1412) was Queen regnant of Denmark, Norway, and Sweden (which included Finland) from the late 1380s until her death, and the founder of the Kalmar Union that joined the Scandinavian kingdoms together for over a century. [3] [4] [5] She had been queen consort of Norway from ...
- Valdemar IV of Denmark
- 10 August 1387 – 28 October 1412, (also regent for her co-sovereign Eric)
- Helvig of Schleswig
- Eric of Pomerania (as sole sovereign)
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Erik I (died 954, Stainmore, Eng.) was the king of Norway (c. 930–935) and later king of Northumberland (948, 952–954). On the death of his father, Harald I Fairhair, first king of united Norway, Erik attempted to make himself sole king of Norway, defeating and slaying two of his brothers to whom vassal kingdoms had been assigned by their father; but his tyranny fostered the reaction that ...
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Eric I of Denmark is the 2,412th most popular politician (up from 2,546th in 2019), the 77th most popular biography from Denmark (up from 80th in 2019) and the 36th most popular Danish Politician. Eric I of Denmark is most famous for his reign as king of Denmark from 1282 to 1319. He was the son of King Valdemar II and Queen Sofia, and he was ...
Olaf I Hunger was elected King of Denmark, but his reign was short. At last Eric was elected as a king at the several landsting assemblies in 1095. Eric was well liked by the people and the famines that had plagued Denmark during Olaf Hunger's reign ceased. For many it seemed a sign from God that Eric was the right king for Denmark.
Eric I "Evergood" of Denmark (1055-10 July 1103) was King of Denmark from 1095 to 1103, succeeding Olaf I and preceding Niels. Eric was born in 1055, a son of Sweyn II of Denmark. Following the murder of his brother Canute IV and the rise of his other brother Olaf to the kingship in 1086, Eric fled to Scania, and he did not return until Olaf's suicide in 1095, upon which Eric became King. Upon ...
