This lists those feudal magnates (

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s, and other sort of

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s) who have held

Halland Halland () is one of the traditional provinces of Sweden (''landskap''), on the western coast of Götaland, southern Sweden. It borders Västergötland, Småland, Scania and the sea of Kattegat. Until 1645 and the Second Treaty of Brömsebr ...

(''Hallandia'') as

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, or its southern or northern part, as a

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Earl in Halland

* Charles Eriksen, maternal grandson of

Canute IV of Denmark Canute IV ( – 10 July 1086), later known as Canute the Holy ( da, Knud IV den Hellige) or Saint Canute (''Sankt Knud''), was King of Denmark from 1080 until 1086. Canute was an ambitious king who sought to strengthen the Danish monarchy ...

, son of Eric, Earl of Falster

Count of Halland

* Knud Valdemarsen, joint king of Denmark from 1170, prince of Halland 1177–1182 * Niels I, Count of Halland, 1218Svane, Erling (2002), I Skjoldet springe Løver, Odense:University Press of Southern Denmark, pp. 30–34 (died the same year), bastard son of

Valdemar II of Denmark Valdemar (28 June 1170 – 28 March 1241), later remembered as Valdemar the Victorious (), was the King of Denmark (being Valdemar II) from 1202 until his death in 1241. Background He was the second son of King Valdemar I of Denmark and Sophia ...

Count of Northern Halland

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of Norway, fiefholder of Northern Halland 1228–1240 *Niels II, Count of Northern Halland 1241–1251 *

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, Count of Halland (northern) 1283–1305 *

Eric, Duke of Södermanland Eric Magnusson (c. 1282 – 1318) was a Swedish prince, Duke of Svealand, Södermanland, Dalsland, Västergötland, Värmland and North Halland and heir to the throne of Sweden. His son, Magnus, became king of Norway and Sweden. Background Er ...

, fiefholder of North Halland (seat in Varberg castle) 1310–1318

Duke of Northern Halland

Ingeborg of Norway Ingeborg of Norway ( Old Norse ''Ingibjörg Hákonardóttir'', Swedish ''Ingeborg Håkansdotter'', Norwegian ''Ingebjørg Håkonsdatter''; 1301 – 17 June 1361), was a Norwegian princess and by marriage a Swedish royal duchess with a positio ...

, Duchess of North Halland 1312–1341 as Eric's consort and widow *

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, Duke, fiefholder of North Halland in 1318, king 1319 of Sweden and Norway and overlord of all of Terra Scania from 1332

Duke of Southern Halland

Erik Knudsen Skarsholm Erik Knudsen (1255-1303) was a Danish duke and Drost, the son of Canute, Duke of Estonia and Jadviga of Rügen and therefore a grandson of Valdemar II of Denmark.In 1277 he was mentioned as a Junker. In 1279 he lived in Zealand on his farm of S ...

(c. 1235–1304), Duke of Southern Halland 1284–1304, titularly of Reval, eldest son of

Canute, Duke of Reval Canute or Knud Valdemarsen (1207 – 1260) was an illegitimate son of King Valdemar II of Denmark, who became Duke of Revelia, Blekinge and Lolland. Canute was the son of the king by his mistress, Helena Guttormsdotter, widow of Danish nobleman ...

, Lolland and Blekinge, bastard son of

and grandson of Swedish Earl Guttorm *

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, brother of

Eric VI of Denmark Eric VI Menved (1274 – 13 November 1319) was King of Denmark (1286–1319). A son of King Eric V and Agnes of Brandenburg, he became king in 1286 at age 12, when his father was murdered on 22 November by unknown assailants. On account of his ag ...

, Duke of Southern Halland 1307–1326 *

Canute Porse Canute Porse the Elder or ''Knud/Knut Porse'' (died 30 May 1330) was a medieval Danish nobleman and Duke of Samsø, Duke of Halland, and Duke of Estonia. Biography Porse was the son of Peder Porse, who was one of several Danish nobleman involv ...

, second consort of Duchess Ingeborg (above), Duke of South Halland 1327–1330

Duke of Halland

* Ingeborg of Norway, Duchess now of all of Halland 1327–1341 as consort and widow (for South Halland's part) of Canute * Canute Porse, Jr., Duke of Halland 1330–1350 holding the title simultaneously with his mother Ingeborg (above) and brother Hacon (below) * Hacon Porse, Duke of Halland 1330–1350 holding the title simultaneously with his mother Ingeborg and brother Canute (above) * Ingeborg of Norway (above), Duchess of Halland 1341–1353 in her own right * Benedict, Duke of Halland and Finland, Duke 1353–1357, died 1360 *

Prince Bertil, Duke of Halland Prince Bertil, Duke of Halland (Bertil Gustaf Oskar Carl Eugén; 28 February 1912 – 5 January 1997), was a member of the Swedish royal family. He was the third son of King Gustaf VI Adolf and his first wife, Princess Margaret of Connaught, ...

1912–1997 **

Princess Lilian, Duchess of Halland Princess Lilian of Sweden, Duchess of Halland (born Lillian May Davies, later Craig; 30 August 1915 – 10 March 2013), was a Welsh fashion model who became a member of the Swedish royal family through her 1976 marriage to Prince Bertil, Duke ...

1976–2013, prince Bertil's consort and widow * Prince Julian, Duke of Halland 2021–present

Coat of arms

The first known

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of Halland consisted of a crowned

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over 10 hearts and was used by Niels II and James I and most likely also by Niels I although no examples are preserved from the latter's reign. The colours of this first symbol are uncertain. In 1305, James used a seal showing a lion and 20 hearts. Knud Porse used his family's arms depicting three red ''sea leaves'' in a gold shield. One of the seals used by Duchess Ingeborg of Sweden, Halland, and Samsø represents Halland by an arms '' party per fess'', with an unspecified colour in chief and a leopard in the larger lower base. This seal dates from 1336, and the figure was repeated in her seal used 1340–1352. A fresco in Søborg Castle, Denmark, dates from her stay there 1331–36 and shows the arms of Halland as a crowned upstanding silver lion on blue. This insignia ''Azure, a lion rampant Argent crowned Argent'' is closely related to the current arms of the province although the current lion is no longer crowned but has two tails. From 1449–1972 a modified version Halland's first arms was represented in the

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now symbolizing the monarch's title '' King of the Goths''. This title referred to the possession of the island

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. Occasionally, Gotland was represented in the Danish arms with an additional arms as well, an

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. Duke Benedict's personal escutcheon, from his family, depicted a lion of the

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References

::In-line: ::General: # ''Varberg – en kommuns historia'', Varbergs kommun, 1993. Varberg: Carlssons Boktryckeri AB.

External links

One of the seals of Duchess Ingeborg
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