Eric the Victorious
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Person
- Born
- 0945-01-01
- Died
- 0995-00-00
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Recent publications · Crossref
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Key facts
- Reign
- c. 970 – c. 995
- Successor
- Olof Skötkonung
- Born
- c. 945
- Died
- c. 995
- Burial
- Old Uppsala
- Consorts
- Sigrid the Haughty (?) Świętosława (?), Gunhild of Wenden (?) Aud Haakonsdottir of Lade (?)
- Issue
- Olof Skötkonung and daughter of unknown name
- House
- Munsö
- Father
- Björn Eriksson (?) Emund Eriksson (?)
- Religion
- Pagan , possibly briefly Christian
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Key dates
- Born
- 1 January 945
- Died
- 995
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Erik
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Sweden
- Place of death
- Gamla Uppsala
- Spouse
- Świętosława
- Father
- Björn Eriksson
- Sibling
- Olof Björnsson
- Occupation
- monarch
- Position held
- monarch of Denmark
Article
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. His son Olof Skötkonung, however, is considered the first ruler documented to definitely have been accepted both by the original Swedes around Lake Mälaren and by the Geats around Lake Vättern. Adam of Bremen reports a king named Emund Eriksson before Eric, but it is not known whether he was Eric's father. The Norse sagas' accounts of a Björn Eriksson are considered unreliable.
Eric's kingdom