Ruler · 1216 – 1250

Eric IV of Denmark

Lived 1216 – 1250; monarch. Monarch of Denmark of Danish Realm, 1241 – 1250; also in the line of Denmark.

For the full story, the article on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0); this page holds what the record says of the reign.

Lived: 1216 – 1250; 34 years
In office: 9 years; one reign
Lines: 2; states
Left it: deposed or killed; Kokkonen & Sundell

Monarch of Denmark

Danish Realm · the 25th of 59 dated reigns · 854 – 2024

21 before

Canute VI of Denmark1182 – 1202

Valdemar II of Denmark1202 – 1241

Valdemar the Young1215 – 1231

Eric IV of Denmark1241 – 1250

Abel, King of Denmark1250 – 1252

Christopher I of Denmark1252 – 1259

Eric V of Denmark1259 – 1286

31 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 1241 – 1250 · 9 years · came to it aged 25

Came to it: the sibling of the ruler before, on record
Left it: deposed or killedcoded by Kokkonen & Sundell: by close family; Morby does not call it a deposition

then killed within a year of leaving

Also in the line of Denmark (32nd of 66).

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