The House of Estridsen was a dynasty that provided the

kings of Denmark This is a list of Monarchy of Denmark, Danish monarchs, that is, the kings and queens regnant of Denmark. This includes: * The Kingdom of Denmark (up to 1397) ** Personal union of Denmark and Norway (1380–1397) * The Kalmar Union (1397–1536) ...

from 1047 to 1412. The dynasty is named after its ancestor

Estrid Svendsdatter Estrid Svendsdatter of Denmark (''Estrith'', ''Astrith'': 990/997 – 1057/1073), was a Danish princess and titular queen, a Russian princess and, possibly, duchess of Normandy by marriage. She was the daughter of Sweyn Forkbeard and perhaps Gunh ...

. The dynasty is sometimes called the ''Ulfinger'', after Estrid's husband,

Ulf Jarl Ulf Thorgilsson, commonly known as Ulf Jarl, was a Danish jarl of Skåne and regent of Denmark. Ulf was the son of Thorgil Sprakling and the father of King Sweyn II of Denmark and thus the progenitor of the House of Estridsen, which would rule D ...

. The dynasty also provided three of the rulers of

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in the years 1125–1412. Their family coat of arms became the

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and therefore influenced the

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and the

coat of arms of Estonia The coat of arms of Estonia is a golden shield which includes a picture of three left-facing blue lions with red tongues in the middle, with golden oak branches placed on both sides of the shield. The insignia derive(s) from the coat of arms of ...

. The Royal Court of Denmark does not differentiate between different royal houses among the early Danish kings, but uses the term "the descent of

Gorm the Old Gorm the Old ( da, Gorm den Gamle; non, Gormr gamli; la, Gormus Senex), also called Gorm the Languid ( da, Gorm Løge, Gorm den Dvaske), was ruler of Denmark, reigning from to his death or a few years later.Lund, N. (2020), p. 147

" about all the pre-

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monarchs.

Background

The name of the Estridsen dynasty recalls their acquisition of the Danish crown through the marriage of Ulf the Earl to Estrid Svendsdatter of the

House of Knýtlinga The Danish House of Knýtlinga (English: "House of Cnut's Descendants") was a ruling royal house in Middle Age Scandinavia and England. Its most famous king was Cnut the Great, who gave his name to this dynasty. Other notable members were Cnut' ...

, daughter of

Sweyn Forkbeard Sweyn Forkbeard ( non, Sveinn Haraldsson tjúguskegg ; da, Svend Tveskæg; 17 April 963 – 3 February 1014) was King of Denmark from 986 to 1014, also at times King of the English and King of Norway. He was the father of King Harald II of D ...

and sister of

Cnut the Great Cnut (; ang, Cnut cyning; non, Knútr inn ríki ; or , no, Knut den mektige, sv, Knut den Store. died 12 November 1035), also known as Cnut the Great and Canute, was King of England from 1016, King of Denmark from 1018, and King of Norwa ...

. Later genealogies (introduced by the Danish historian

Jakob Langebek Jakob Langebek (23 January 1710 - 16 August 1775) was a Danish historian, linguist, lexicographer, and archivist. Langebek, Jacob, 1710-75 ''Danish biographical Lexikon'' Retrieved December 1, 2020 Biography He was born at Skjoldborg Parish in ...

in the 18th century)Jacob Langebek (1774), ''Scriptores Rerum Danicarum Medii Ævi'', vol. 3, pp. 281-282 trace the family from

Jomsviking The Jomsvikings were purportedly a legendary order of Viking mercenaries or conquerors of the 10th and 11th centuries. Though reputed to be staunchly dedicated to the worship of the Old Norse gods, they would allegedly fight for any lord who ...

leader Styrbjörn the Strong, a scion of the Swedish royal family, who in turn is given a descent from legendary King

Sigurd Hring Sigurd Ring (Old Norse: ''Sigurðr Hringr'', in some sources merely called ''Hringr'') according to legend was a king of the Swedes, being mentioned in many old Scandinavian sagas. According to these sources he was granted rulership over Sweden a ...

, regarded as mythical by most modern historians (no actual

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mention such an ancestry). Reliable ancestry traces back no earlier than Ulf's own father, the obscure

Thorgil Sprakling Thorgils Sprakalegg (also called Thorgil, Torkel, Torgils, Thrugils or Sprakalägg) was a Danish nobleman whose children were active in the politics of Denmark and England in the early 11th century and who was grandfather of kings of both nations. L ...

and grandfather Björn (in sources called ''Ursius''), the latter thus alternatively being identified as the above Styrbjörn by Langebek. The dynasty reached its peak with the

Kalmar Union The Kalmar Union (Danish language, Danish, Norwegian language, Norwegian, and sv, Kalmarunionen; fi, Kalmarin unioni; la, Unio Calmariensis) was a personal union in Scandinavia, agreed at Kalmar in Sweden, that from 1397 to 1523 joined under ...

, when its members reigned as kings of Denmark, Norway and Sweden in

personal union A personal union is the combination of two or more states that have the same monarch while their boundaries, laws, and interests remain distinct. A real union, by contrast, would involve the constituent states being to some extent interlink ...

. The dynasty came to end in 1412 with the death of its last member Queen

Margaret I Margaret I may refer to: * Margaret I, Countess of Flanders (died 1194) * Margaret I of Scotland (1283–1290), usually known as the Maid of Norway * Margaret I, Countess of Holland (1311–1356), Countess of Hainaut and Countess of Holland * Ma ...

. All of the subsequent monarchs of Denmark are

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descendants of the House of Estridsen.

Line of descent

From Thorgil Sprakling to Eric I the Good

Ulf the Earl Ulf Thorgilsson, commonly known as Ulf Jarl, was a Danish jarl of Skåne and regent of Denmark. Ulf was the son of Thorgil Sprakling and the father of King Sweyn II of Denmark and thus the progenitor of the House of Estridsen, which would rule D ...

, murdered in 1026, probably

Jarl Jarl is a rank of the nobility in Scandinavia. In Old Norse, it meant "chieftain", particularly a chieftain set to rule a territory in a king's stead. ''Jarl'' could also mean a sovereign prince. For example, the rulers of several of the petty k ...

in England from 1017, married

(990/997 — 1057/1073), a daughter of

( – 1014) and a sister of

( – 1035) ###

Sweyn II of Denmark Sweyn Estridsson Ulfsson ( on, Sveinn Ástríðarson, da, Svend Estridsen; – 28 April 1076) was King of Denmark (being Sweyn II) from 1047 until his death in 1076. He was the son of Ulf Thorgilsson and Estrid Svendsdatter, and the grandson ...

( – 1076), Jarl from 1042, King of Denmark from 1047 ####

Sweyn the Crusader Sweyn the Crusader (); 1050 – 1097 at Philomelium (modern-day Akşehir, Turkey) was a Danish crusader. Biography Sweyn was born in Denmark, a son of King Sweyn II of Denmark, and husband of Florine of Burgundy. He is famous for his particip ...

, murdered in 1097, married Florine (d. 1097), the daughter of

Odo I, Duke of Burgundy Odo I (1060 – 1102Constance Brittain Bouchard, ''Sword, Miter, and Cloister: Nobility and the Church in Burgundy, 980–1198'', (Cornell University Press, 1987), 256. at Tarsus), also known as Eudes, surnamed Borel and called ''the Red'', was ...

#### Harald III ( – 1080) ####

Sigrid Sigrid is a Scandinavian given name for women from Old Norse ''Sigríðr'', composed of the elements ''sigr'' "victory" and ''fríðr'' "beautiful". Common short forms include Siri, Sigga, Sig, and Sigi. An Estonian and Finnish variant is Siiri ...

, married

Gottschalk Gottschalk or Godescalc (Old High German) is a male German name that can be translated literally as " servant of God". Latin forms include ''Godeschalcus'' and ''Godescalcus''. Given name * Godescalc of Benevento, 8th-century Lombard duke *Godescal ...

(d. 1066), a prince of the

Obotrites The Obotrites ( la, Obotriti, Abodritorum, Abodritos…) or Obodrites, also spelled Abodrites (german: Abodriten), were a confederation of medieval West Slavs, West Slavic tribes within the territory of modern Mecklenburg and Holstein in norther ...

#### Saint

Canute IV 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 ...

( – 1086), Jarl of Zealand from 1076, King of Denmark from 1080, married

Adela Adela may refer to: * ''Adela'', a 1933 Romanian novel by Garabet Ibrăileanu * ''Adela'' (1985 film), a 1985 Romanian film directed by Mircea Veroiu * ''Adela'' (2000 film), a 2000 Argentine thriller film directed and written by Eduardo Mign ...

( – 1115), daughter of Robert I, Count of Flanders ##### Blessed Charles the Good (1083-1127), murdered on 2 March 1127 in

Bruges Bruges ( , nl, Brugge ) is the capital and largest City status in Belgium, city of the Provinces of Belgium, province of West Flanders in the Flemish Region of Belgium, in the northwest of the country, and the sixth-largest city of the countr ...

, Count of Flanders from 1119, married to Margaret, daughter of Renaud II, Count of

Clermont-en-Beauvaisis Clermont () is a commune in the Oise department in northern France. Clermont-de-l'Oise station has rail connections to Amiens, Creil and Paris. History Clermont was also known as Clermont-en-Beauvaisis or Clermont-de-l'Oise. The town is built ...

##### Cecilia ( – 1131), married to Erik Jarl in Västergötland ##### Ingerid ( – ?), married Folke the Fat Jarl in Sweden #### Olaf I ( – 1095), Jarl of

Southern Jutland Southern Jutland ( da, Sønderjylland; German: Südjütland) is the name for the region south of the Kongeå in Jutland, Denmark and north of the Eider (river) in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. The region north of the Kongeå is called da, Nørr ...

from 1080, King of Denmark from 1086, married

Ingegerd Ingegerd (Old Norse ''Ingigerðr, Ingigærðr'') is a Scandinavian feminine given name, from the theonym ''Ing'' combined with the element ''garðr '' "enclosure, protection". The name Inger is a short form. In Finnish the equivalence of Ingegerd ...

, the daughter of King

Harald Hardrada Harald Sigurdsson (; – 25 September 1066), also known as Harald III of Norway and given the epithet ''Hardrada'' (; modern no, Hardråde, roughly translated as "stern counsel" or "hard ruler") in the sagas, was King of Norway from 1046 t ...

of Norway #### Ingerid, married to King Olaf III of Norway #### Eric I the Good (, Slangerup, Denmark – 10 July 1103,

Paphos Paphos ( el, Πάφος ; tr, Baf) is a coastal city in southwest Cyprus and the capital of Paphos District. In classical antiquity, two locations were called Paphos: Old Paphos, today known as Kouklia, and New Paphos. The current city of Pap ...

, Cyprus), Jarl of

Zealand Zealand ( da, Sjælland ) at 7,031 km2 is the largest and most populous island in Denmark proper (thus excluding Greenland and Disko Island, which are larger in size). Zealand had a population of 2,319,705 on 1 January 2020. It is the 1 ...

from 1080, King of Denmark from 1095 — for his descendants, see below ####

Svend Tronkræver Svend Tronkræver or Svend Svendsen (died 1104) was a Danish prince, one of the illegitimate sons of king Sweyn II of Denmark. He shared the same name with his brother Sweyn the Crusader and another brother. When his brother Eric I of Denmark, Eri ...

(d. 1104) #####

Henrik Skadelår Henrik Skadelår (c. 1090 - 4 June 1134) was a Danish prince, the son of Svend Tronkræver, an illegitimate son of king Sweyn II of Denmark. He was the father of King Magnus II of Sweden. He died in the Battle of Fotevik. After the murder on his ...

( – 4 June 1134) ######

Magnus II of Sweden Magnus II; Swedish: ''Magnus Henriksson'' (c. 1130 – 1161) was a Danish lord and king of Sweden between 1160 and 1161. He is often seen by posterity as a usurper. Background The mother of Magnus was Ingrid Ragvaldsdotter, a granddaughter o ...

(d. 1161), King of Sweden from 1160, married Brigida, daughter of King Harald IV Gille of Norway ###### Canute (d. 12 March 1162), Duke of

from 1150, Duke of

Jutland Jutland ( da, Jylland ; german: Jütland ; ang, Ēota land ), known anciently as the Cimbric or Cimbrian Peninsula ( la, Cimbricus Chersonesus; da, den Kimbriske Halvø, links=no or ; german: Kimbrische Halbinsel, links=no), is a peninsula of ...

from 1157 ###### Buris (1130-1167), Duke of Southern Jutland from 1162, married to a daughter of

Herman II, Count of Winzenburg Herman II, Count of Winzenburg (died 29 January 1152) was a son of Herman I, Count of Winzenburg and his second wife, Hedwig. She was either Hedwig of Assel-Woltingerode or Hedwig of Carniola-Istria. Herman II succeeded his father as Count of ...

####

Niels Niels is a male given name, equivalent to Nicholas, which is common in Denmark, Belgium, Norway (formerly) and the Netherlands. The Norwegian and Swedish variant is Nils. The name is a developed short form of Nicholas or Greek Nicolaos after Sai ...

, killed 25 June 1134, King of Denmark from 1104, married

Margaret Fredkulla Margaret Fredkulla (Swedish: ''Margareta Fredkulla''; Danish: ''Margrete Fredkulla''; Norwegian: ''Margret Fredskolla''; 1080s – 4 November 1130) was a Swedish princess who became successively queen of Norway and Denmark by marriage to kings Ma ...

, a daughter of King

Inge the Elder Inge the Elder (Swedish: ''Inge Stenkilsson''; Old Norse: ''Ingi Steinkelsson''; died c. 1105–1110) was a king of Sweden. In English literature he has also been called ''Ingold''. While scant sources do not allow us to paint a full picture of hi ...

of Sweden ##### Magnus I ( – 4 June 1134), Duke of Västergötland from 1125, King of Denmark from 1134, married Richeze, a daughter of

Bolesław III Wrymouth Bolesław III Wrymouth ( pl, Bolesław III Krzywousty; 20 August 1086 – 28 October 1138), also known as Boleslaus the Wry-mouthed, was the duke of Lesser Poland, Silesia and Sandomierz between 1102 and 1107 and over the whole of Poland between ...

###### Canute V ( – 9 August 1157), Duke of Jutland from 1147, co-ruler of Denmark from 1154, married in 1156 to Helena, a daughter of King

Sverker I of Sweden Sverker I or Sverker the Elder (Old Swedish: ''Swærkir konongær gambli''), murdered 25 December 1156, was King of Sweden from about 1132 till his death. Of non-royal descent, he founded the House of Sverker, the rulers of which alternated with ...

####### Saint

(d. 1180) ####### Valdemar (d. 18 July 1236 in

Cîteaux Abbey Cîteaux Abbey (french: Abbaye de Cîteaux, links=no ) is a Catholic abbey located in Saint-Nicolas-lès-Cîteaux, south of Dijon, France. It is notable for being the original house of the Cistercian order. Today, it belongs to the Trappists ...

Bishop of Schleswig The List of the Bishops of Schleswig contains the names of the bishops of the see in Schleswig ( da, Slesvig, en, italic=yes, Sleswick) in chronological order. Also Lutheran bishops, who officiated after 1542, superintendents and general superin ...

from 1182 to 1208,

Archbishop of Bremen This list records the bishops of the Archdiocese of Bremen, Roman Catholic diocese of Bremen (german: link=no, Bistum Bremen), supposedly a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Cologne, Archbishopric of Cologne, then of the bishops of Bremen, who were ...

in 1192 ###

Björn Bjorn (English, Dutch), Björn (Swedish, Icelandic, Dutch, and German), Bjørn (Danish, Faroese and Norwegian), Beorn (Old English) or, rarely, Bjôrn, Biorn, or Latinized Biornus, Brum (Portuguese), is a Scandinavian male given name, or less oft ...

(killed in 1049), Earl in England ### Asbjörn (d. probably 1086), Jarl in Denmark ## Gytha, married

Godwin of Wessex Godwin of Wessex ( ang, Godwine; – 15 April 1053) was an English nobleman who became one of the most powerful earls in Kingdom of England, England under the Denmark, Danish king Cnut the Great (King of England from 1016 to 1035) and his succ ...

; one of their children was King

Harold II of England Harold Godwinson ( – 14 October 1066), also called Harold II, was the last crowned Anglo-Saxon English king. Harold reigned from 6 January 1066 until his death at the Battle of Hastings, fighting the Norman invaders led by William the C ...

## Eilaf (first mentioned 1009), Earl in England

From Eric the Good to Christopher I

# Eric I the Good (, Slangerup, Denmark – 10 July 1103,

, Cyprus), Jarl of

from 1080, King of Denmark from 1095 — for his ancestors, see above ## Saint

Canute Lavard Canute Lavard ( Danish: Knud Lavard; cognate with English Lord) (12 March 1096 – 7 January 1131) was a Danish prince. Later he was the first Duke of Schleswig and the first border prince who was both a Danish and a German vassal, a position ...

(March 12, 1096 – 7 January 1131), King of Southern Jutland from 1115, King of the

Wends Wends ( ang, Winedas ; non, Vindar; german: Wenden , ; da, vendere; sv, vender; pl, Wendowie, cz, Wendové) is a historical name for Slavs living near Germanic settlement areas. It refers not to a homogeneous people, but to various peopl ...

from 1129, married

Ingeborg Ingeborg is a Germanic feminine given name, mostly used in Germany, Denmark, Sweden and Norway, derived from Old Norse ''Ingiborg, Ingibjǫrg'', combining the theonym ''Ing'' with the element ''borg'' "stronghold, protection". Ingebjørg is the No ...

, a daughter of

Mstislav I of Kiev Mstislav I Vladimirovich Monomakh (Russian: Мстислав Владимирович Великий, uk, Мстислав Володимирович Великий; February, 1076 – April 14, 1132), also known as Mstislav the Great, was t ...

### Christina (–1139), married King

Magnus IV of Norway Magnus Sigurdsson (c. 1115 – 12 November 1139), also known as Magnus the Blind, was King of Norway (being Magnus IV) from 1130 to 1135 and again from 1137 to 1139. His period as king marked the beginning of the civil war era in Norway, which las ...

###

Valdemar the Great Valdemar I (14 January 1131 – 12 May 1182), also known as Valdemar the Great ( da, Valdemar den Store), was King of Denmark from 1154 until his death in 1182. The reign of King Valdemar I saw the rise of Denmark, which reached its medieval zen ...

(14 January 1131 – 12 May 1182), King of Denmark, married in 1157 to

Sophia of Minsk Sophia of Minsk or Sophia of Polotsk (died 5 May 1198) was a Danish queen consort by marriage to King Valdemar I of Denmark, and a landgravine of Thuringia by marriage to Louis III, Landgrave of Thuringia. Life Origin Sophia was the daughter ...

(d. 5 May 1198), daughter of Volodar of Minsk #### (illegitimate) Christopher (d. 1173), Duke of Southern Jutland #### Sophie (d. 1208), married Siegfried III, Count of Orlamünde (d. 1206) ####

Canute VI Canute VI (; c. 1163 – 12 November 1202) was King of Denmark (1182–1202). Contemporary sources describe Canute as an earnest, strongly religious man. Background Canute VI was the eldest son of King Valdemar I and Sophia of Polotsk. H ...

(1163 – 12 November 1202), King of Denmark from 1182, married in 1177 to Gertrude, daughter of

Henry the Lion Henry the Lion (german: Heinrich der Löwe; 1129/1131 – 6 August 1195) was a member of the Welf dynasty who ruled as the duke of Saxony and Bavaria from 1142 and 1156, respectively, until 1180. Henry was one of the most powerful German p ...

####

Valdemar II 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 Sophi ...

(1170 – 28 March 1241), King of Denmark from 1202, married (1) in 1205 to Dagmar, daughter of King

Ottokar I of Bohemia Ottokar I ( cs, Přemysl Otakar I.; c. 1155 – 1230) was Duke of Bohemia periodically beginning in 1192, then acquired the title of King of Bohemia, first in 1198 from Philip of Swabia, later in 1203 from Otto IV of Brunswick and in 1212 ( ...

, and (2) in 1214 to Berengeria, daughter of King

Sancho I of Portugal Sancho I of Portugal (), nicknamed "the Populator" ( pt, "o Povoador"), King of Portugal (Coimbra, 11 November 115426 March 1211) was the second but only surviving legitimate son and fifth child of Afonso I of Portugal by his wife, Maud of Savoy. ...

##### (illegitimate)

, Count of Halland from 1216 — descendants: the counts of Halland, died out in 1314 ##### (illegitimate)

Canute Cnut (; ang, Cnut cyning; non, Knútr inn ríki ; or , no, Knut den mektige, sv, Knut den Store. died 12 November 1035), also known as Cnut the Great and Canute, was King of England from 1016, King of Denmark from 1018, and King of Norway ...

(1211 – 15 October 1260), Duke of Estonia from 1219, Duke of Blekinge from 1232, Duke of Lolland from before 1260, married Hedwig, a daughter of Swietopelk I, Duke of Pomerania — descendants: the Lords of Skarsholm, died out before 1408 ##### (1m) Valdemar ( – 28 November 1231), co-ruler of Denmark from 1215, married

Eleanor Eleanor () is a feminine given name, originally from an Old French adaptation of the Old Provençal name ''Aliénor''. It is the name of a number of women of royalty and nobility in western Europe during the High Middle Ages. The name was introd ...

, a daughter of King Afonso II of Portugal ##### (2m) Eric IV ( – 9 August 1250), King of Denmark from 1241, married in 1239 to Jutta, a daughter of

Albert I, Duke of Saxony Albert I (; c. 1175 – 7 October 1260) was a Duke of Saxony, Angria, and Westphalia; Lord of Nordalbingia; Count of Anhalt; and Prince-elector and Archmarshal of the Holy Roman Empire. Even though his grandfather Albert the Bear had held the Sax ...

###### Sophia (1241–1286), married

Valdemar, King of Sweden Valdemar (English: Waldemar; sv, Valdemar Birgersson; 1239 – 26 December 1302) was King of Sweden from 1250 to 1275. Biography Valdemar was the son of the Swedish princess Ingeborg Eriksdotter and Birger Jarl, from the House of Bjelbo. ...

######

(d. 1287), married King

Magnus VI of Norway Magnus Haakonsson ( non, Magnús Hákonarson, no, Magnus Håkonsson, label=Modern Norwegian; 1 (or 3) May 1238 – 9 May 1280) was King of Norway (as Magnus VI) from 1263 to 1280 (junior king from 1257). One of his greatest achievements was the m ...

###### Jutta (1246–1286/95), mistress of

, later Abbess of St. Agneta ###### Agnes (1249–after 1290), founding Abbess of St. Agneta ##### Sophie (1217 – 2 November 1247), married in 1230 to

John I, Margrave of Brandenburg John I, Margrave of Brandenburg ( – 4 April 1266) was from 1220 until his death Margrave of Brandenburg, jointly with his brother Otto III "the Pious". The reign of these two Ascanian Margraves was characterized by an expansion of the Mar ...

(d. 3 April 1266) #####

Abel Abel ''Hábel''; ar, هابيل, Hābīl is a Biblical figure in the Book of Genesis within Abrahamic religions. He was the younger brother of Cain, and the younger son of Adam and Eve, the first couple in Biblical history. He was a shepherd ...

(1218 – 29 June 1252), King of Denmark from 1250, married

Matilda of Holstein Matilda of Holstein or Mechthild (1220 or 1225 – 1288 in Kiel) was a Danish queen consort, married to King Abel of Denmark and later to Birger Jarl, Regent of Sweden. Life Matilda was the daughter of Adolf IV, Count of Holstein, and Heil ...

(d. 1288) — for his descendants, see below ##### Christopher I (1219 – 29 May 1259), King of Denmark from 1252, married in 1248 to

Margaret Sambiria Margaret Sambiria (in Danish: ''Margrethe Sambiria'', ''Sambirsdatter'' or ''Margrethe Sprænghest''; c. 1230 – December 1282) was Queen of Denmark by marriage to King Christopher I, and regent during the minority of her son, King Eric V fro ...

, daughter of Duke Sambor II of Pomerelia — for his descendants, see below ####

(1175 – 29 July 1236), married in 1193, to King

Philip II of France Philip II (21 August 1165 – 14 July 1223), byname Philip Augustus (french: Philippe Auguste), was King of France from 1180 to 1223. His predecessors had been known as kings of the Franks, but from 1190 onward, Philip became the first French ...

(d. 14 July 1223) #### Helena ( – 22 November 1233), married in 1202 to Duke

William William is a male given name of Germanic origin.Hanks, Hardcastle and Hodges, ''Oxford Dictionary of First Names'', Oxford University Press, 2nd edition, , p. 276. It became very popular in the English language after the Norman conquest of Engl ...

of Lüneburg (d. 1213) #### Richeza (1190–1220), married King

Eric X of Sweden Eric "X" (Swedish: ''Erik Knutsson''; Old Norse: ''Eiríkr Knútsson''; – 10 April 1216) was the King of Sweden between 1208 and 1216. Also known as ''Eric the Survivor'' (Swedish: "Erik som överlevde"), he was, at his accession to the thro ...

(d. 1216) ##

Harald Kesja Harald Kesja, ''Harald the Spear'',A ''kesja'' is in fact an unidentified weapon, probably a polearm which may have included some kind of hook in addition to the spear blade. See ''Viking halberd''. (1080–1135) was the son of Eric I of Denmark and ...

(1080–1135), from 1102 to 1103 regent of Denmark, married Ragnhild Magnusdotter, a daughter of King

Magnus III of Norway Magnus Olafsson (Old Norse: ''Magnús Óláfsson'', Norwegian: ''Magnus Olavsson''; 1073 – 24 August 1103), better known as Magnus Barefoot (Old Norse: ''Magnús berfœttr'', Norwegian: ''Magnus Berrføtt''), was King of Norway (being Ma ...

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Björn Ironside according to Norse legends, was a Norse Viking chief and Swedish king. According to the 12th- and 13th-century Scandinavian histories, he was the son of notorious Viking king Ragnar Lodbrok and lived in the 9th century, between 855 and 858. Bj� ...

(d.1134), married Catherine Ingesdotter, the daughter of King

Inge I of Sweden Inge the Elder ( Swedish: ''Inge Stenkilsson''; Old Norse: ''Ingi Steinkelsson''; died c. 1105–1110) was a king of Sweden. In English literature he has also been called ''Ingold''. While scant sources do not allow us to paint a full picture of ...

#### Christina (d. 1170), married King

Eric IX of Sweden Eric IX, (Swedish: ''Erik Jedvardsson; Erik den helige; Sankt Erik''; d. 18 May 1160) also called Eric the Holy, Saint Eric, and Eric the Lawgiver, was a Swedish king in the 12th century, 1156–1160. The ''Roman Martyrology'' of the Catholic ...

(d. 18 May 1160), King of Sweden from 1156 ###

Olaf Olaf or Olav (, , or British ; Old Norse: ''Áleifr'', ''Ólafr'', ''Óleifr'', ''Anleifr'') is a Scandinavian and German given name. It is presumably of Proto-Norse origin, reconstructed as ''*Anu-laibaz'', from ''anu'' "ancestor, grand-father" a ...

(d. ), Danish anti-king #### (illegitimate) Harald Skrænk, leader of a peasant rebellion in

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, ## Ragnhild Eriksdatter, married

Hakon Sunnivasson Hakon Sunnivasson ( da, Hakon Jyde, "from Jutland") () was a Danish nobleman and the father of King Eric III of Denmark. Biography Hakon was the son of a Danish nobleman. His mother, Sunniva, was the daughter of a daughter of Norwegian King Magn ...

### Eric III ( – 27 August 1146), King of Denmark from 1137, married in 1155 to Lutgard, the daughter of Count Rudolf I of Stade #### (illegitimate) Magnus Eriksen, imprisoned 1178 ## Eric II ( – 18 July 1137), King of Denmark from 1134, married Malmfred, a daughter of Grand Prince

###

Sweyn III Sweyn III GratheFor the significance of the epithet, see Tripartition ( da, Svend III Grathe) ( – 23 October 1157) was the King of Denmark between 1146 and 1157, in shifting alliances with Canute V and his own cousin Valdemar I. In 1157, ...

( – 23 October 1157), King of Zealand from 1147, King of Denmark from 1152, married

, a daughter of

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#### Luitgard, married Margrave

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(d. 1188), Count of Andechs, from 1173 Margrave of Istria

Dukes of Schleswig (Abelslægten)

(1218 – 29 June 1252), King of Denmark from 1250, married

(d. 1288) — for his ancestors, see above ##

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(d. 1257), Duke of

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, (or, as the Danes call it,

) from 1253 ## Sophie (born 1240, d. aft. 1284), married

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(ca. 1218–1287);

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was their great-great-great-great-grandson, the current Queen Margaret II descends from Christian I ## Eric I (d. 27 May 1272), Duke of Schleswig from 1260, married Margaret, a daughter of Jaromar II, Prince of Rugia ### Valdemar IV (d. 1312), Duke of Schleswig from 1283, married Elisabeth, a daughter of

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#### Eric II ( – 12 March 1325), Duke of Schleswig from 1312, married

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, a daughter of

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##### Valdemar V (1314–1364), Duke of Schleswig from 1325 to 1326 and from 1330 to 1364, King of Denmark as Valdemar III from 1326 to 1330, married

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, a daughter of

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###### Valdemar ( – 1360) ######

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( – August 1375), Duke of Schleswig from 1364 ##### Helvig (d. 1374), married King

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(d. 24 October 1375) (see below) ##### (illegitimate) Valdemar Eriksen Sappi (d. 1398) #### (illegitimate) Abel Valdemarsen — descendants: the Rynd family (died out in 1405) ### Margaret (d. after 1313), married

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### Eric Longbone (1272–1310), Lord of

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, married Sophie, a daughter of Burchard VII, Burgrave of Magdeburg ##

(1252 – 2 April 1279), Lord of Langeland, married Matilda, a daughter of Gunzelin III, Count of Schwerin

From Christopher I to Margaret I

# Christopher I (1219 – 29 May 1259), King of Denmark from 1252, married in 1248 to

, daughter of Duke Sambor II of Pomerelia — for his ancestors, see #chris1, above ## Eric V of Denmark, Eric V "Klipping" (1249 – November 22, 1286), King of Denmark from 1259, married Agnes of Brandenburg, Agnes, a daughter of

### Eric VI of Denmark, Eric VI ''Menved'' (1274 – 13 November 1319), King of Denmark from 1286, married Ingeborg Magnusdotter of Sweden, Ingeborg Magnusdotter (1277-1319), a daughter of King Magnus III of Sweden ### Christopher II of Denmark, Christopher II (29 September 1276 – 2 August 1332), King of Denmark from 1320 to 1326 and from 1329 to 1332, married Euphemia of Pomerania, Euphemia, a daughter of Bogislaw IV, Duke of Pomerania #### Margaret, (1305–1340), married Louis V, Duke of Bavaria (d. 18 September 1361) #### Eric Christoffersen of Denmark, Eric (1305 – 1331 or 1332), Elected King of Denmark in 1321, married Elisabeth of Holstein-Rendsburg, Elisabeth, a daughter of

#### Otto, Duke of Lolland and Estonia, Otto ( – after 1341), Duke of Lolland and Estonia #### Valdemar IV of Denmark, Valdemar IV "Atterdag" ( – 24 October 1375), King of Denmark from 1340, married Helvig, a daughter of Eric II, Duke of Schleswig (see #eric2, above) ##### Christopher, Duke of Lolland, Christopher (d. 11 June 1363), Duke of Lolland from 1359 ##### Ingeborg of Denmark, Duchess of Mecklenburg, Ingeborg (1 April 1347 – before 16 June 1370), married Henry III, Duke of Mecklenburg (d. 24 April 1383), the grandparents of Eric of Pomerania, King of Norway as Eric III, King of Denmark as Eric VII, and King of Sweden as Eric XIII #####

(March 1353 – 28 October 1412), Queen regnant of Denmark from 1375 to 1385 and from 1387 to 1396, Queen regnant of Norway from 1380 to 1385 and from 1387 to 1398, Queen regnant of Sweden from 1389 to 1396, co-founder of the Union of Kalmar in 1397, married in 1363 to Haakon VI of Norway, Haakon Magnusson (d. 1380), King of Norway from 1355 as Haakon VI, King of Sweden from 1362 to 1364 as Håkan (they had one son who belonged to the Swedish dynasty) #### (illegitimate) Erik Christoffersen Løvenbalk, his male line descendants, the Løvenbalk family, died out after June 1598; Frederick VIII, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein descends from him in the female line and his Princess Helena Adelaide of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg, granddaughter married back into the Danish royal family ### Richeza (d. before 27 October 1318), married Lord Nicholas II of Werle (d. 1316);

was their great-great-great grandson, the current Queen Margaret II descends from Christian I ### Martha of Denmark, Martha (d. 2 March 13041), married in 1298 to Birger, King of Sweden, Birger Magnusson (d. 31 May 1321), King of Sweden from 1290 ## Matilda, married Albert III, Margrave of Brandenburg-Salzwedel (d. 1300) ## Margaret ( – 1306), married to John II, Count of Holstein-Kiel (d. 1321)

References

* Detlev Schwennicke: ''Europäische Stammtafeln'', vol II, 1984, table 98 ff

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Estridsen, House of House of Estridsen, Danish noble families Swedish noble families Norwegian noble families Family trees Medieval Denmark Medieval Sweden Ruling families of the County of Flanders, Estridsen

Background

Line of descent

From Thorgil Sprakling to Eric I the Good

From Eric the Good to Christopher I

Dukes of Schleswig (Abelslægten)

From Christopher I to Margaret I

See also

References

External links