Erik of Pommern
| Eric of Pomerania | |
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| King of Norway | |
| Reign | 1389–1442 (co-ruler until Margaret I's death 1412) |
| Coronation | 1392 in Oslo 17 June 1397 in Kalmar |
| Predecessor | Margaret I |
| Successor | Christopher I |
| King of Denmark | |
| Reign | 1396–1439 (de facto from 1412) |
| Coronation | 17 June 1397 in Kalmar |
| Predecessor | Margaret I |
| Successor | Christopher III |
| King of Sweden | |
| Reign | 1396–1439 (de facto from 1412) |
| Coronation | 17 June 1397 in Kalmar |
| Predecessor | Margaret I |
| Successor | Christopher I |
| Regent | Karl Knutsson (1438–40) |
| Born | 1381/82 Rügenwalde, Pomerania (now Darłowo, Poland) |
| Died | 24 September 1459 (aged 76–78) Rügenwalde Castle |
| Burial | Blessed Virgin Mary Church in Rügenwalde, Holy Roman Empire (now Darłowo, Poland) [30] |
| Spouse |
Philippa of England Cecilia (morganatic) |
| House | Griffins |
| Father | Wartislaw VII, Duke of Pomerania |
| Mother | Mary of Mecklenburg-Schwerin |
| Religion | Roman Catholicism |
Eric of Pomerania KG (1381 or 1382 – 24 September 1459) was King Eric (Eirik) III of Norway (1389–1442), King Eric VII of Denmark (1396–1439), and King Eric (Ericus) of Sweden (1396–1439), in all three known mainly as Erik af/av Pommern. He was the first King of the Nordic Kalmar Union, succeeding his adoptive mother Margaret I of Denmark, and was also Duke Eric I of Pomerania.
Referring to Eric of Pomerania as King Eric XIII of Sweden is a later invention, counting backwards from Eric XIV (1560–1568), who adopted his numeral according to a fictitious history of Sweden. Going back into prehistory, it is not known how many Swedish monarchs were named Eric before this one (at least six were).
Born Boguslaw, he was the son of Wartislaw VII, Duke of Pomerania, and Maria of Mecklenburg-Schwerin. Eric's paternal grandparents were Boguslaw V, Duke of Pomerania and his second wife Adelheid of Brunswick-Grubenhagen. His maternal grandparents were Henry III, Duke of Mecklenburg and Ingeborg of Denmark, Duchess of Mecklenburg. Their son Albert was a rival of Olaf Haakonsson in regard to the Danish succession in 1375.
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