House of Estridsen - Line of Descent - From Eric The Good To Christopher I

From Eric The Good To Christopher I

1. Eric I the Good (c. 1060, Slangerup, Denmark – 10 July 1103, Paphos, Cyprus), Jarl of Zealand from 1080, King of Denmark from 1095 — for his ancestors, see above
   1. Saint Canute Lavard (March 12, 1096 – 7 January 1131), King of Southern Jutland from 1115, King of the Wends from 1129, married Ingeborg, a daughter of Mstislav I of Kiev
      1. Christina (c. 1118–1139), married King Magnus IV of Norway
      2. Valdemar the Great (14 January 1131 – 12 May 1182), King of Denmark, married in 1157 to Sophia of Minsk (d. 5 May 1198), daughter of Volodar of Minsk
         1. (illegitimate) Christopher (d. 1173), Duke of Southern Jutland
         2. Sophie (d. 1208), married Siegfried III, Count of Orlamünde (d. 1206)
         3. Canute VI (1163 – 12 November 1202), King of Denmark from 1182, married in 1177 to Gertrude, daughter of Henry the Lion
         4. Valdemar II (1170 – 28 March 1241), King of Denmark from 1202, married (1) in 1205 to Dagmar, daughter of King Ottokar I of Bohemia, and (2) in 1214 to Berengeria, daughter of King Sancho I of Portugal
            1. (illegitimate) Niels, Count of Halland from 1216 — descendants: the counts of Halland, died out in 1314
            2. (illegitimate) Canute (1211 – 15 October 1260), Duke of Estonia from 1219, Duke of Blekinge from 1232, Duke of Lolland from before 1260, married Hedwig, a daughter of Swietopelk I, Duke of Pomerania — descendants: the Lords of Skarsholm, died out before 1408
            3. (1m) Valdemar (c. 1209 – 28 November 1231), co-ruler of Denmark from 1215, married Eleanor, a daughter of King Afonso II of Portugal
            4. (2m) Eric IV (c. 1216 – 9 August 1250), King of Denmark from 1241, married in 1239 to Jutta, a daughter of Albert I, Duke of Saxony
               1. Sophia (1241–1286), married Valdemar, King of Sweden
               2. Ingeborg (d. 1287), married King Magnus VI of Norway
               3. Jutta (1246–1286/95), mistress of Valdemar, King of Sweden, later Abbess of St. Agneta
               4. Agnes (1249–after 1290), founding Abbess of St. Agneta
            5. Sophie (1217 – 2 November 1247), married in 1230 to John I, Margrave of Brandenburg (d. 3 April 1266)
            6. Abel (1218 – 29 June 1252), King of Denmark from 1250, married Matilda of Holstein (d. 1288) — for his descendants, see below
            7. Christopher I (1219 – 29 May 1259), King of Denmark from 1252, married in 1248 to Margaret Sambiria, daughter of Duke Sambor II of Pomerelia — for his descendants, see below
         5. Ingeborg (1175 – 29 July 1236), married in 1193, to King Philip II of France (d. 14 July 1223)
         6. Helena (c. 1180 – 22 November 1233), married in 1202 to Duke William of Lüneburg (d. 1213)
         7. Richeza (1190–1220), married King Eric X of Sweden (d. 1216)
   2. Harald Kesja (1080–1135), from 1102 to 1103 regent of Denmark, married Ragnhild Magnusdotter, a daughter of King Magnus III of Norway
      1. Björn Ironside (d.1134), married Catherine Ingesdotter, the daughter of King Inge I of Sweden
         1. Christina (d. 1170), married King Eric IX of Sweden (d. 18 May 1160), King of Sweden from 1156
      2. Olaf (d. c. 1143), Danish anti-king
         1. (illegitimate) Harald Skrænk, leader of a peasant rebellion in Scania, c. 1182
   3. Ragnhild Eriksdatter, married Hakon Sunnivasson
      1. Eric III (c. 1120 – 27 August 1146), King of Denmark from 1137, married in 1155 to Lutgard, the daughter of Count Rudolf I of Stade
   4. Eric II (c. 1090 – 18 July 1137), King of Denmark from 1134, married Malmfred, a daughter of Grand Prince Mstislav I of Kiev
      1. Sweyn III (c. 1125 – 23 October 1157), King of Zealand from 1147, King of Denmark from 1152, married Adela, a daughter of Conrad, Margrave of Meissen
         1. Luitgard, married Margrave Berthold I of Istria (d. 1188), Count of Andechs, from 1173 Margrave of Istria