Ruler · 945 – 995

Eric the Victorious

Lived 945 – 995; monarch. Monarch of Sweden (Sweden), 970 – 995; also in the line of Denmark and Danish Realm.

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Lived: 945 – 995; 50 years
In office: 25 years; one reign
Lines: 3; states
Left it: died in office; Wikidata's manner of death

Monarch of Sweden

Sweden · the 2nd of 62 dated reigns · 970 – 1973

Olof Björnsson970 – 975

Eric the Victorious970 – 995

Ring of Sweden993 – 1000

Olof Skötkonung995 – 1022

Anund Jacob1022 – 1050

57 after

killed, executed or dead in battledeposed, 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 970 – 995 · 25 years · came to it aged 25

Came to it: the sibling of the ruler before, on record
Left it: died in officeWikidata's manner of death: natural causes

Also in the line of Denmark (13th of 66) and Danish Realm (6th of 59).

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