Ruler · 1125 – 1157

Sweyn III of Denmark

Lived 1125 – 1157; monarch. Monarch of Denmark of Danish Realm, 1146 – 1154; also in the line of Denmark.

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Lived: 1125 – 1157; 32 years
In office: 8 years; one reign
Lines: 2; states
Left it: deposed or killed; Kokkonen & Sundell

Monarch of Denmark

Danish Realm · the 19th of 59 dated reigns · 854 – 2024

15 before

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

Canute VI of Denmark1182 – 1202

37 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 1146 – 1154 · 8 years · came to it aged 21

Left it: deposed or killedcoded by Kokkonen & Sundell: by others; Morby does not call it a deposition

Also in the line of Denmark (26th of 66).

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