Ruler · 1180 – 1216

Erik Knutsson

Lived 1180 – 1216; politician. Monarch of Sweden (Sweden), 1208 – 1216.

Wikidata's English label: Eric X of Sweden.

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

Lived: 1180 – 1216; 36 years
In office: 8 years; one reign
Lines: 1; Sweden
Left it: natural death; Kokkonen & Sundell

Monarch of Sweden

Sweden · the 20th of 62 dated reigns · 970 – 1973

16 before

Karl Sverkersson1161 – 1167

Knut Eriksson1173 – 1195

Sverker the Younger1195 – 1208

Erik Knutsson1208 – 1216

Johan Sverkersson1216 – 1222

Erik Eriksson1222 – 1229

Knut Långe1229 – 1234

39 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 1208 – 1216 · 8 years · came to it aged 28

Left it: natural deathcoded by Kokkonen & Sundell

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