Ruler · 1100 – 1147

Eric III of Denmark

Lived 1100 – 1147; monarch. Monarch of Denmark of Danish Realm, 1137 – 1146; also in the line of Denmark.

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Lived: 1100 – 1147; 47 years
In office: 9 years; one reign
Lines: 2; states
Left it: ended otherwise; Kokkonen & Sundell

Monarch of Denmark

Danish Realm · the 18th of 59 dated reigns · 854 – 2024

14 before

Eric I of Denmark1095 – 1103

Niels1104 – 1134

Eric II of Denmark1134 – 1137

Eric III of Denmark1137 – 1146

Sweyn III of Denmark1146 – 1154

Canute V of Denmark1147 – 1157

Valdemar I of Denmark1154 – 1182

38 after

deposed, abdicated, exiled or removeddied in officeleft alive by a regular roadstill in officeending not on recorda second row: a reign that began before the last had ended — rival claimants, or a shared thronethis entry

Reigned 1137 – 1146 · 9 years · came to it aged 37

Came to it: the nephew or niece of the ruler before, on record
Left it: ended otherwisecoded by Kokkonen & Sundell

He abdicated in 1146, becoming the first Danish monarch to do so voluntarily.

Also in the line of Denmark (25th of 66).

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