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The Plantagenet Ancestry, by William Henry Turton, 1968
Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists, 7th Edition, by Frederick Lewis Weis, additions by Walter Lee Shippard Jr., 1999 Page: 241-5
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Eric the Victorious (VI), Old Norse: Eir�kr inn sigrs�li, Modern Swedish: Erik Segers�ll, (970?- 994 or 995), was king of the Swedes during the second half of the 10th century.
The extent of his kingdom is disputed. In addition to the Swedish heartland round lake M�laren it may have extended down the Baltic Sea coast as far south as Blekinge.
The Norse sagas relate that he was the son of Bj�rn Eriksson and that he ruled together with his brother Olof Bj�rnsson. He married Sigrid the Haughty, the daughter of the legendary Viking Skagul Toste, but would later divorce her and give her G�taland as a fief. According to Eymund's saga he took a new queen, Au�, the daughter of Haakon Sigurdsson, the ruler of Norway.
Before this happened, his brother Olof died, and a new co-ruler had to be appointed, but the Swedes refused to accept his rowdy nephew Styrbj�rn the Strong as his co-ruler. Styrbj�rn was given 60 longships by Eric and sailed away to live as a Viking. Styrbj�rn would become the ruler of Jomsborg and an ally and brother-in-law of the Danish king Harold Bluetooth. Styrbj�rn returned to Sweden with a major Danish army, which Eric defeated in the Battle of the F�risvellir at Old Uppsala.
According to Adam of Bremen, Eric would conquer Denmark and chase away its king Sweyn Forkbeard and proclaimed himself the king of Sweden and Denmark which he ruled until his death which would have taken place in 994 or 995. He is said to have been baptised in Denmark, but later returned to the Norse gods.
In all probability he founded the town of Sigtuna, which still exists and where the first Swedish coins were stamped for his son and successor Olof Sk�tkonung.
However, Adam of Bremen only gives Emund Eriksson as predecessor to Eric the Victorious, but it is possible that Emund and Bj�rn were co-rulers, like Erik and Olof and their semi-legendary ancestors Bj�rn at Hauge and Anund Uppsale.
Note: First King of all Sweden who reigned from 970-994. He was on many warri
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