St. Erik IX, King of Sweden

Abt 1120 - 1159  (39 years)

• Name	Erik IX
  Prefix	St.
  Suffix	King of Sweden
  Birth	Abt 1120  [1]
  Gender	Male
  Death	18 May 1159	Uppsala, Uppsala, Sweden   [1]
  Alternate death	18 May 1160	Uppsala, Uppsala, Sweden   [1]
  Person ID	I25462	Ancestry of PNH, TNH, and others | Ancestor of TWK
  Last Modified	22 Nov 2020

  
  

  Family	Christine Björnsdatter, Queen of Sweden,   b. Between 1120 and 1125
  Marriage	Bef 1158  [1]
  Children	+ 1. Canute I Eriksson, King of Sweden   d. 1196
  Family ID	F15261	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	8 Jun 2019

  
  

• Notes

  "Eric IX, also called Eric the Holy, Saint Eric, Eric the Lawgiver, was a Swedish king c. 1156-60. The Roman Martyrology of the Catholic Church names him as a saint memorialized on 18 May. He is the founder of the House of Eric which ruled Sweden with interruptions from c. 1156 to 1250." [Wikipedia] His parentage is unknown.

  
  

• Sources

  [S49] Genealogics by Leo Van de Pas, continued by Ian Fettes and Leslie Mahler.