Family
Married to
- 1) Queen Ulvhild Håkansdotter, widow of Inge the Younger, who escaped from her second husband, King Niels of Denmark. Children:
- Johan (Jon jarl), slain by enraged peasants during a meeting of the Thing in the early 1150s, possibly father of Cecilia
- Charles Sverkerson, Sverker's successor as head of dynasty and ruler of parts of Gothenland
- Ingegerd (died in 1204), prioress of Vreta convent
- Helena of Sweden, married to Canute V of Denmark, son of Magnus Nilsson ("Magnus I of Sweden")
- 2) Richeza of Poland (after Ulvhild's death), previously married to Magnus Nilsson and Volodar of Minsk. Attested son of this marriage was:
- Burislev Sverkersson, rival king of Sweden between 1167 and 1173
- Sune Sik Sverkersson, by Rycheza, is thought to have been born about 1154.
| Sverker I of Sweden House of Sverker Born: ca 1100 Died: 25 December 1156 | ||
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| Vacant Title last held by Ragnvald Knaphövde | King of Sweden 1130–1156 |
Succeeded by Erik the Saint |
| Preceded by Magnus the Strong |
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