Catherine ( sv, Katarina Eriksdotter; 12th-century) was a Swedish princess, daughter of King

Eric the Saint Eric IX, ( Swedish: ''Erik Jedvardsson; Erik den helige; Sankt Erik''; d. 18 May 1160) also called Eric the Holy, Saint Eric, and Eric the Lawgiver, was a Swedish king in the 12th century, 1156–1160. The ''Roman Martyrology'' of the Catholic ...

and his queen,

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Biography

She married

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, who probably was a Swedish

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. They had a daughter,

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, who married the

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, and later

Eskil Magnusson Eskil Magnusson (c. 1175 – c. 1227) was a nobleman and lawspeaker (''Lagman'') of Västergötland. He is the first attested legal official in what is now Sweden about whom we have any extensive information. Biography He was a member of the Bje ...

, the

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12th-century births Catherine 1140 Year of death unknown House of Eric 12th-century Swedish women Daughters of kings {{authority control