According to genealogical research, Birgitta Gustafsdotter and Sten Sture ( and consequently also Gustav Vasa ) were descended from King Sverker II of Sweden, through King Sverker's granddaughter Benedikte Sunesdotter ( who was married to Svantepolk Knutsson, son of Duke of Reval ).

His rival Gustav I of Sweden descended only from Sverker II of Sweden and the Dynasty of Sverker ( who apparently did not descend from ancient Swedish kings ).

According to genealogical research, Sten Sture's father descended from King Sverker II of Sweden ( both through family of Vinga and through family of Aspenäs ).

Albert based his claims on the Swedish crown upon two family ties with the Swedish House of Sverker, both through Albert's mother, through whom he was granted the first place in the Swedish succession order, and through Kristina Sverkersdotter, a daughter of Sverker II of Sweden, also known as Sverker the Young.

Sverker II had been the king of Sweden between 1196 and 1208.

John was the son of King Sverker II of Sweden of the House of Sverker and Queen Ingegerd of the Bjälbo dynasty.

Due to the influence of the mighty second-of-the-realm, Jarl Birger Brosa, Sverker II, the head of the rival dynasty was chosen as King of Sweden, over the underaged boys.

# Redirect Sverker II of Sweden

cs: Sverker II.

de: Sverker II.

es: Sverker II Karlsson

fr: Sverker II de Suède

it: Sverker II di Svezia

nl: Sverker II van Zweden

pt: Sverker II da Suécia

simple: Sverker II of Sweden

fi: Sverker II Kaarlenpoika

Their sole historically attested child was Sverker Karlsson, a young boy when Charles died, and who later became the chosen king Sverker II of Sweden ( 1195 – 1208 / 10 ) after the death of Charles ' rival king Canute I.

Sverker I ( English exonym ; Sweartgar, Old Swedish: Swærkir konongær gambli ) or Sverker the Elder ( murdered 25 December 1156 ) was King of Sweden from about 1130 till his death.

* King Sverker I of Sweden ( approximate date ; d. 1156 )

1127 to Magnus the Strong, King of Västergötland ; second on 18 June 1136 to Volodar Glebovich, Prince of Minsk and Hrodno ; and third in 1148 to King Sverker I of Sweden.

In 1156 Knud V married Princess Helena of Sweden, daughter of King Sverker I and his first wife Ulvhild ; in consequence, Richeza became the step-mother-in-law of her own son.

With his first wife, the Danish noble Benedicta Ebbesdatter ( Galen, apparently not Hvide as otherwise alleged, b. c. 1165 / 70, d. 1200 ), whom he married before 1190 when yet living in Denmark, Sverker had at least one well-attested daughter, Helena Sverkersdotter, as well as possibly further children, such as Karl ( who died in adolescence at the latest, if ever lived ; but his existence is from the record that he is alleged to have married a daughter of king Sverre of Norway ), and possibly even two other daughters ( if they existed, their names are given by reconstructive history research as Margaret and Kristina – however they may just have been Sverker's first wife's kinswomen ).

(* c. 1155 – 1167 Charles VII of Sweden ( his mother was the widow of Inge the Younger ) who married Kirsten Stigsdatter, according to Norse legends daughter's daughter's daughter of Inge the Elder ; this couple continued the in c 1130 ascended dynasty of Sverker )

In 1208 the opposing side, the House of Eric, besieged the capital Stockholm ; Sverker and Valierus fled to Denmark.

Danish King Valdemar the Victorious provided Sverker with a large army ; medieval sources estimate the size of the force at 12, 000 to 18, 000.

* January 31 – Battle of Lena: Inferior Swedish forces defeat the invading Danes and king Sverker the Younger is deposed as king of Sweden.

Christian descended, through both Valdemar I of Sweden and Magnus I of Sweden, from the Swedish Dynasty of Eric, and from Catherine, daughter of Inge I of Sweden, as well as from Ingrid Ylva, granddaughter of Sverker I of Sweden.

Eric was born after his father, King Eric X, had already died, and in the meantime the fifteen-year-old John I of Sweden from the rival House of Sverker had been hailed king by the Swedish aristocracy, against the will of the Pope, who preferred Eric as king.

Sune Sik, as a son of King Sverker, is counted by other Swedish historians as a person of history and the man buried at Vreta ( see photo ).

In this way, the marriage with Sverker I give Richeza the opportunity to help her son, and some historians assume that she partially married the Swedish King for this reason.

Burislev, Richeza's son with Sverker I, became a rival claimant of the Swedish throne against Knud Eriksson, and in 1167 he finally took part in his paternal heritage and was chosen King of Östergötland.

King Canute's sons continued to live in the Swedish royal court, until 1203, when his brothers and family brought forward claims to the throne, and Sverker did not acquiesce, at which point Eric and his brothers escaped to Norway.

King Sverker confirmed and enlarged privileges for the Swedish church and the Valerius Archbishop of Uppsala.

Around 1203, Canute's four sons, who had lived in Swedish royal court, began to claim the throne and Sverker exiled them to Norway.

Their daughters Catherine of Ymseborg and Benedicta of Ymseborg became pawns in marriages to gain Swedish succession after 1222, when the Sverker dynasty went extinct in male line.

da: Sverker Karlsson den yngre

no: Sverker Karlsson den yngre

sv: Sverker den yngre

da: Sverker Karlsson den ældre

no: Sverker den eldre

sv: Sverker den äldre