Erik (Valdemarsson) Valdemarsøn (abt. 1216 - abt. 1250)

Born about 1216 in Roskilde, East Sjaelland Island, Denmark

Ancestors

Husband of Jutta (Aschersleben) von Sachsen — married 17 Nov 1239 in København, Kobenhavn, Denmark

Descendants

Died about 10 Aug 1250 at about age 34 in Sorø, Vestsjalland, Denmark

Biografi

Erik IV Plovpenning var dansk konge fra 1241 til 1250. Han var sønn av Valdemar Sejr og dronning Berengaria. Erik var først medkonge etter sin eldre halvbror Valdemars død i 1232, og ble deretter enekonge ved farens død i 1241.^[1]

Erik var gift med Jutta av Sachsen og hadde barna;

• Christoffer
• Knut
• Sophie. Gift med Valdemar Birgersson og ble dronning av Sverige.
• Jutta
• Agnes
• Ingeborg. Gift med kong Magnus VI Håkonsson Lagabøter og ble dronning av Norge.

Ingen av Eriks sønner overlevde ham, slik at tronen i stedet gikk videre til Eriks brødre.^[1]

Biography

Erik Valdemarsson was a member of the aristocracy in Denmark.

Erik IV Plovpenning son of Valdemar Sejr and Queen Berengaria. Eric was born in 1216 as the second legitimate son of King Valdemar II by his second wife Berengária of Portugal. In 1218, when his older half-brother Valdemar was crowned king as their father's co-ruler and designated heir, he was created Duke of Schleswig. After the premature death of Valdemar in 1231, Eric in his turn was crowned king at Lund Cathedral 30 May 1232 as his father's coruler and heir. Subsequently, he ceded the Duchy of Schleswig to his younger brother Abel. When his father died in 1241, he automatically acceded to the throne.

Erik married to Jutta of Saxony. Descendants: Christoffer of Denmark, Knut of Denmark, Sophie of Denmark, Jutta of Denmark, Agnes of Denmark, and Ingeborg of Denmark. Ingeborg was married to King Magnus VI Håkonsson Lagabøter and became Queen of Norway. She was the mother of kings Eirik II Magnusson and Haakon V Magnusson .

Erik tried to strengthen Denmark against his neighbors to the south, but his plans were hampered by continual strife with Valdemar Sejr other genuine and illegitimate sons and would not put up with Erik's suzerainty. Especially resistance to the king from his brother Duke Abel of Southern Jutland, then he would make Denmark's old claim to Holstein applicable. Erik demanded military aid of Abel to implement this. But Abel, who was married to Countess Mechtilde and guardianship for her brothers, refused to ally with his brother.

The king also came into conflict with the church when he demanded that the bishops should appoint ministers who were appointed by the country's king. Later, he came into conflict with the taxpayers, who lets him go down in history with the nickname Plovpenning because he he let the tax on every plow in the kingdom. Plough The tax would cover the Treasury's large expenditures during the Civil War.

1250 was Erik Plovpenning captured by his brother Abel after a feast in Schleswig. The king was brought out on the lake, beheaded and sunk in Schlei. His death surrounded him with a certain martyr reefs, and although he was never canonized, he played long a role of a popular saint. 1258 was his remains transferred to St. Bendt's Church in Ringsted.

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} Store Norske Leksikon, Erik Plovpenning

• Hákonar saga hákonarsonar
• RN, Vol. 2
• https://snl.no/Erik_4_Plovpenning
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_IV_of_Denmark