Erik
I "the Good" Family
King of Denmark
Falster Island, Denmark
Erik I Svendson of Denmark
"The Good"
b. about 1056 Slangerup, Fredericksborg, Denmark
d. 10 July 1103 Plaphos, Cyprus (while on a pilgrimage to
the Holy Land)
buried: Isle of Cyprus
House of
Estridsen
Erik "The Good"
wikemedia.org
m. Bodil Thurgotsdatter (widow of Bjorn)
b. abt 1056 Kiev, Ukraine
d. abt 1103 Jerusalem, Jerusalem Dist., Israel
her father: Danish Earl
Thurgot Ulfsen Fagerskind
her mother: Thorgunna
Vagnsdatter, sister of Svend Thurgotsen
Unknown Mistress
his father: Sweyn II
Estridsøn, King of Denmark
his mother: Rannveig Thorsdatter
Child with unknown
mistress* Perhaps five children*
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Harald Kesja Eriksen (born of a mistress of
his father.
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b. 1083 Sjaellend, Denmark
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d. murdered 1132 Vejle, Denmark "on the
orders of his half-brother Erik II" *
buried: Skibet
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m. Ragnild Magnusdotter of Norway,
illegitimate dau of Magnus III, "Magnus Barefoot". *
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*records of the Foundation for Medieval
Genealogy
Children with Bodil
Thrugotsdatter
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Ragnild Eriksdatter
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b. about 1070 to 1118
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d. about 1152
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m. Hakon (son of ? and Sunniva
Hakonvasson)*
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Benedikt Eriksen
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b. abt 1070 to 1122
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d.
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Bodil Eriksdatter,
Princess/Prinsesse
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b. 1080
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d. 1135
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m. Peder Bonde
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Knud/Canute
Erikson Lavard, Duke of
Schleswig, "St
Canute"
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b. abt 1096 Slesvig, Denmark
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d. 7 Jan 1131 Haraldsed Skov, Ringsted
Herred, Sorø Amt., Denmark, (murdered)
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m. Ingeborg
of Novgorod (Kiev)
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Erik II "Emune" Erikson, King of Denmark
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b.abt 1100 Schleswig, Schleswig, Denmark
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d. 18 Sep 1137 Urnehoved, Ribe, Denmark
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1m. Malmfrid Mstislawna Kijewskja, Princess
of Kiev
2m. Frille Thunna
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?daughter
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b. 1070-1110
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m. Gwilelm Vlost, son of a Danish
knight with the crest of a Swan, Vlost
Vlostowic/Vlostides(swan crest) may be Polish: Wlost
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*Foundation
for Medieval Genalogy.
The family developed
is based on the the genealogy of the Roskilde Cathedral,
Roskilde, Denmark. This cathedral is one of the oldest in
Denmark and is the burial place of the largest number of king,
queens and other nobility in all of Europe including Harold
Bluetooth, one of the greatest kings of Denmark.
According to Saxo Grammaticus, King Erik was "unusually
tall…matched by corresponding strength" but "only the
power of lust and the rage of intemperance marred this
brilliance of body and mind"
[Foundation... Denmark Kings]
These families have
records and the family crests are found in the Roskilde
Cathedral web site and go back to about 1100.
1102 -Erik had announced in Viborg that he was going on a
pilgrimage to the Holy Land. With a large contingency he and
his wife Bodil travel through Russian to Constantinople. On
the way he stayed with the emperor (could be the emperor of the
Holy Roman Empire). He became ill but decided to continue by
ship to Cyprus where he died. Bodil continued on to
Jerusalem where she died and is buried at the foot of Mount of
Olives in the Valley of Josaphat. [wikipedia.org]
According to the Foundation for Medieval Genealogy,
he took the Pilgrimage as penance for having killed four men in
battle. Interestingly, it seem his sons didn't seem to have
any guilt at all and proceeded to steal and pillage the country
along with attacks on one another.
Crusaders travel during the 12c
medievalist.net
Harald had six illegitimate children by unknown
mistresses. Apparently Harald was regent while his father
had gone on his pilgrimage in 1102/03. During this time
Harald decided to pillage and steal out of the fort at Roskilde.
One of the persons whose property he took was from his half bother
Erik II and tried to deny him his position. This made many
enemies until finally his half-brother, Erik II, had Harald and
his sons brought to justice and had them all murdered.
Sivard Haraldsen murdered 1135
Erik Haraldsen murdered 1135
Svend Haraldsen murdered 1135
Niels Haraldsen murdered 1135
Benedikt Haraldsen murdered 1135
Mistivint Haraldsen murdered 1135
See more photos here of
Roskilde.
Source:
Chronicon Roskildense -
Cathedral of Roskilde web site (in Danish) -
http://www.roskildehistorie.dk/index.htm
Register - Personner
FMG - Foundation for Medieval
Genealogy- Danish Kings
hhttp://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/DENMARK.htm
geni.com - records of
Anette Guldager Boye, 2017 -- St. Canute -
https://www.geni.com/people/Saint-Canute-Lavard-duke-of-Schleswig/6000000006997472376
Jones, Gwyn. A History
of the Vikings, Revised Ed. Oxford Univ. Press, Oxford,
England. 1984
Medieval illustration -
http://www.medievalists.net/2016/12/tenth-century-collapse-west-francia-birth-christian-holy-war/
Roskilde History and
Genealogy, http://www.roskildehistorie.dk ß
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