| Eric | |
|---|---|
 | |
| King of Denmark and Sweden | |
| 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 |
Cecilia (morganatic) |
| House | Griffin (by birth) Estridsen (by adoption) |
| Father | Wartislaw VII, Duke of Pomerania |
| Mother | Maria of Mecklenburg-Schwerin |
Eric of Pomerania[a] (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[b] 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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- ^ Erik Opsahl. "Erik Av Pommern". Store norske leksikon. Retrieved 1 June 2018.
- ^ Dick Harrison in Kalmarunionen ISBN 978-91-7789-167-3 2020 p. 70