Eric of Pomerania

Eric of Pomerania^{[lower-alpha 1]} (Polish: Eryk Pomorski lit. 'Eric the Pomeranian'; c. 1381/1382 – 24 September 1459), ruled over the Kalmar Union from 1396 until 1439. He was initially co-ruler with his great-aunt Margaret I until her death in 1412. Eric is known as Eric III as King of Norway (1389–1442), Eric VII as King of Denmark (1396–1439) and has been called Eric XIII^{[lower-alpha 2]} as King of Sweden (1396–1434, 1436–39). Eric was ultimately deposed from all three kingdoms of the union, but in 1449 he inherited one of the partitions of the Duchy of Pomerania and ruled it as duke until his death in 1459.^[1] His epithet of Pomerania was a pejorative intended to insinuate that he did not belong in Scandinavia.^[2]

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Eric
King of Denmark and Sweden (more...)
Reign	1396 (de jure) or 28 October 1412 (de facto) – 24 September 1439
Coronation	17 June 1397, Storkyrkan, Kalmar, Sweden
Predecessor	Margaret I
Successor	Christopher III
Regent and co-sovereign	Margaret I (until 1412)
King of Norway
Reign	8 September 1389 – 4 June 1442
Coronation	1392, Oslo Cathedral
Predecessor	Margaret
Successor	Christopher
Regent and co-sovereign	Margaret (until 1412)
Regent	Sigurd Jonsson (1439–1442)
Ruler of Gotland
Reign	8 September 1439 – 4 June 1449
Duke of Pomerania
Reign	1449 – 1459
Predecessor	Bogislav IX
Successor	Sophie I
Regent	Maria of Masovia (1446–1449)
Born	1381 or 1382 Darłowo Castle, Pomerania
Died	24 September 1459 (aged 76–78) Darłowo Castle, Pomerania
Burial	St. Mary's Church, Darłowo, Poland
Spouses	Philippa of England ​ ​ (m. 1406; died 1430)​ Cecilia (morganatic)
House	Griffin (by birth) Estridsen (by adoption)
Father	Wartislaw VII, Duke of Pomerania
Mother	Maria of Mecklenburg-Schwerin

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