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He was crowned as Erik XIV, but was not necessarily the 14th king of Sweden named Erik. He and his brother Charles adopted regnal numbers according to Johannes Magnus's partly fictitious history of Sweden. There had, however, been at least six earlier Swedish kings with the name of Erik, as well as pretenders about whom very little is known. [5]
The early and then medieval Swedish kingdom was an elective monarchy, with kings being elected from particularly prominent families; [9] this practice did however often result in de facto dynastic succession [10] and the formation of royal dynasties, such as those of Eric (intermittently c. 1157–1250) and Bjelbo (1250–1364) as well as ...
Unknown name: Eric and Eric r. 1066–1067: Anund Gårdske r. ... Ingeborg Eriksdotter of Sweden (1212–1254) Eric XI (1216–1250) r. 1222–1229, 1234–1250:
He was crowned as Erik XIV, but was not necessarily the 14th king of Sweden named Erik. He and his brother Charles adopted regnal numbers according to Johannes Magnus's partly fictitious history of Sweden. There had, however, been at least six earlier Swedish kings with the name of Erik, as well as pretenders about whom very little is known. [5]
Eric the Victorious, Swedish king c. 945 – c. 995; Eric and Eric, fought each other for the throne around 1066; Saint Erik, king before 1160 (speculative numeral: Eric IX) Erik Knutsson, king between 1208 and 1216 (speculative numeral: Eric X) Erik Eriksson, king between 1222 and 1234 (speculative numeral: Eric XI) Erik Magnusson, king ...
It is held in the Treasury under the Stockholm Palace along with the rest of the Swedish Royal Regalia. The treasury is open to the public as a museum. The crown is the official crown of the King of Sweden, and is still used in ceremonies. The crown consists of a circlet with four larger leaves alternating with four smaller leaves.
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Saint Erik (died 18 May 1160), also called Eric IX [a] or Erik Jedvardsson [b] was King of Sweden from c. 1156 until his death in 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 Erik, which ruled Sweden with interruptions from c. 1156 to 1250.