Eric IX of Sweden
12th-century Swedish King and Saint
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Updated 2026-05-29
Ruled Sweden for about four years in the 1150s and somehow got sainted for it. Founded a dynasty that stuck around for a century, which is the kind of staying power that gets you remembered—or at least canonized.
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Saint Erik, also called Eric IX or Erik Jedvardsson was King of Sweden from c. 1156 until his death in 1160. The Roman Martyrology of the Catholic Church names him as a saint memorialized on 18 May. He was the founder of the House of Erik, which ruled Sweden with interruptions from c. 1156 to 1250.
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