Ruler · 1339 – 1359

Erik Magnusson, King of Sweden

Lived 1339 – 1359. Monarch of Sweden (Sweden), 1356 – 1359.

Wikidata's English label: Eric XII 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: 1339 – 1359; 20 years
In office: 3 years; one reign
Lines: 1; Sweden
Left it: died in office; Wikidata's manner of death

Monarch of Sweden

Sweden · the 29th of 62 dated reigns · 970 – 1973

25 before

Magnus Ladulås1275 – 1290

Birger, King of Sweden1290 – 1319

Magnus Eriksson1319 – 1364

Erik Magnusson, King of Sweden1356 – 1359

Haakon VI1362 – 1364

Albert, King of Sweden1364 – 1389

Margaret I of Denmark1389 – 1412

30 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 1356 – 1359 · 3 years · came to it aged 17

Came to it: seized powerthe child of the ruler before, on record
Left it: died in officeWikidata's manner of death: natural causes; plague

He held no real power before 1356, when he led a rebellion against his father, King Magnus Eriksson, forcing Magnus to divide the kingdom with him.

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