Arvid Gustavsson Sparre, born 1245 in Vik, Balingsta and died in 1317 (at Nyköping Banquet). He was Lord of Ekholmen in Veckholm, Uppland,

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. He had in his Coat of Arms, a spar, which has retrospectively dubbed all the family named in genealogies as Sparre of Vik. He was the councillor of Eric, Duke of Södermanland and Valdemar of Finland. *Father was

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(Born 1222, Adelsö,

), Grandfather was

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(Born 1190, Adelsö, Sweden), Great grandfather was

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(born 1165 in Tofta,

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, Sweden) *Married with Ramborg Israelsdotter And. *Child,

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, became knight and member of the Privy Council of Sweden, justiciar of Södermanland. *His grandson is known as

Arvid Gustavsson, Lord of Vik Arvid Gustavsson, Lord of Vik (died c. 1379/1380) was a medieval Swedish magnate and justiciar of Finland. His principal seat was his manor of Vik in Balingsta, Uppland. Through his paternal grandmother Ramborg Israelsdotter And, younger Arvid des ...

. *Arvid also had a child named Gisles Arvidsson Sparre with Helena (Elin) Magnusdotter Sture.

Sources

*Äldre svenska frälsesläkter, by Folke Wernstedt, 1965 *https://web.archive.org/web/20070927093311/http://www.artursson.se/0002/2744.htm {{DEFAULTSORT:Sparre, Arvid Gustavsoon Lawspeakers 1245 births 1317 deaths