House of Eric

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Swedish Royalty
House of Eric
Eric IX
Children Canute I Filip Eriksson Catherine Eriksdotter Margaret, Queen of Norway Grandchildren Holmger Filipsson Great-grandchildren Canute II Great-great-grandchildren Holmger Knutsson Filip Knutsson
Canute I
Children Eric X Three brothers of Eric X
Eric X
Children Princess Sophia Princess Ingeborg Eric XI
Eric XI
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The House of Eric (Swedish: Erikska ätten) was a medieval Swedish royal dynasty with several pretenders to the throne between 1150 and 1220, rivaling for kingship of Sweden with the House of Sverker. The first king from the House of Eric was Eric IX of Sweden, also known as Saint Eric, from whom it got its name. Almost all the subsequent kings of Sweden have been descendants of the House of Eric.

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.

The female first name Catherine seems to have been favored within the Erik dynasty.