# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/eric-ix-of-sweden
# Generated: 2026-09-02T00:27:59.841Z

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url: "https://fame.am/person/eric-ix-of-sweden"
name: "Eric IX of Sweden"
slug: "eric-ix-of-sweden"
description: "A twelfth-century Swedish king who died violently and became a saint — his five-year reign founded a dynasty that held the throne for nearly a century, and his death turned him into a martyr the Catholic Church still honors in May."
tagline: "12th-century Swedish King and Saint"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Eric_the_Holy_of_Sweden_(crop).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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category:
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birthDate: "1120"
deathDate: "1160-05-18"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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  momentum:             0
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  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
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  country:  null
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    title: "Эрык IX Сьвяты"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Eric Jedvardsson took the Swedish crown around 1156, establishing the House of Erik in a fractured medieval landscape. His rule lasted only until 18 May 1160, when he was killed — the circumstances violent enough that the church later canonized him. His dynasty outlived him by ninety years, ruling Sweden with interruptions until 1250, while Eric himself passed into the Roman Martyrology as Saint Erik, his feast day fixed to the date of his death.