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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]
Unknown name: Eric and Eric r. 1066–1067: ... King of Denmark (1065–1134) ... Ingeborg Eriksdotter of Sweden (1212–1254) Eric XI
Eric the Victorious (Old Norse: Eiríkr inn sigrsæli, Modern Swedish: Erik Segersäll; c. 945 – c. 995) was a Swedish monarch as of around 970.Although there were earlier Swedish kings, he is the first Swedish king in a consecutive regnal succession, who is attested in sources independent of each other, and consequently Sweden's list of rulers usually begins with him.
From 1389 to 1523, Sweden was often united with Denmark and Norway under the kings of the Kalmar Union. Sweden's full independence was restored under Gustav I in 1523. He is often credited as the founder of modern Sweden, [11] and in 1544 he formally abandoned the previous elective monarchy in favor of hereditary succession. [12]
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)
The crown of King Erik XIV (before 1970). The Crown of King Erik XIV of Sweden was made in Stockholm in 1561 by Flemish goldsmith Cornelius ver Weiden, [1] for the coronation of King Erik XIV. 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.
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.
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