This lists those

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magnates (

count Count (feminine: countess) is a historical title of nobility in certain European countries, varying in relative status, generally of middling rank in the hierarchy of nobility. Pine, L. G. ''Titles: How the King Became His Majesty''. New York: ...

duke Duke is a male title either of a monarch ruling over a duchy, or of a member of Royal family, royalty, or nobility. As rulers, dukes are ranked below emperors, kings, grand princes, grand dukes, and above sovereign princes. As royalty or nobi ...

s, and other sort of

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s) who have held

Halland Halland () is one of the traditional provinces of Sweden (''landskap''), on the western coast of Götaland, southern Sweden. It borders Västergötland, Småland, Skåne, Scania and the sea of Kattegat. Until 1645 and the Second Treaty of Br ...

(''Hallandia'') as

fief A fief (; ) was a central element in medieval contracts based on feudal law. It consisted of a form of property holding or other rights granted by an overlord to a vassal, who held it in fealty or "in fee" in return for a form of feudal alle ...

, or its southern or northern part, as a

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Earl in Halland

* Charles Eriksen, maternal grandson of

Canute IV of Denmark Canute IV ( – 10 July 1086), later known as Canute the Holy () or Saint Canute (''Sankt Knud''), was King of Denmark from 1080 until 1086. Canute was an ambitious king who sought to strengthen the Danish monarchy, devotedly supported the ...

, son of Eric, Earl of Falster

Count of Halland

* Knud Valdemarsen, joint king of Denmark from 1170, prince of Halland 1177–1182 * Niels I, Count of Halland, 1218Svane, Erling (2002), I Skjoldet springe Løver, Odense:University Press of Southern Denmark, pp. 30–34 (died the same year), bastard son of

Valdemar II of Denmark Valdemar II Valdemarsen (28 June 1170 – 28 March 1241), later remembered as Valdemar the Victorious () and Valdemar the Conqueror, was King of Denmark from 1202 until his death in 1241. In 1207, Valdemar invaded and conquered Bishopric of L� ...

Count of Northern Halland

* Duke Skule of Norway, fiefholder of Northern Halland 1228–1240 *Niels II, Count of Northern Halland 1241–1251 * Jacob Nielsen, Count of Halland (northern) 1283–1305 *Duke Erik Magnusson, fiefholder of North Halland (seat in Varberg castle) 1310–1318

Duke of Northern Halland

Ingeborg of Norway Ingeborg of Norway (; ; ; 1301 – 17 June 1361) was a Norwegian princess and by marriage a Swedish royal duchess with a position in the regency governments in Norway (1319–1327) and Sweden (1319–1326) during the minority of her son, King ...

, Duchess of North Halland 1312–1341 as Erik Magnusson's consort and widow *

Magnus Eriksson Magnus Eriksson (April or May 1316 – 1 December 1374) was King of Sweden from 1319 to 1364, King of Norway as Magnus VII from 1319 to 1355, and ruler of Scania from 1332 to 1360. By adversaries he has been called ''Magnus Smek'' (). Medi ...

, fiefholder of North Halland in 1318, king 1319 of Sweden and Norway, and overlord of all of

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from 1332

Duke of Southern Halland

Erik Knudsen Skarsholm Erik Knudsen (1255-1303) was a Danish duke and Drost, the youngest son of Canute, Duke of Estonia and Jadviga of Rügen and therefore a grandson of Valdemar II of Denmark and cousin of his contemporary the king Eric V of Denmark. In 1277 he was m ...

(c. 1235–1304), Duke of Southern Halland 1284–1304, titularly of Reval, eldest son of

Canute, Duke of Reval Canute or Knud Valdemarsen (1207 – 1260) was an illegitimate son of King Valdemar II of Denmark, who became Duke of Revelia, Blekinge and Lolland. Canute was the son of the king by his mistress, Helena Guttormsdotter, widow of Danish nobleman ...

, Lolland and Blekinge, bastard son of

and grandson of Swedish Earl Guttorm *

Christopher Christopher is the English language, English version of a Europe-wide name derived from the Greek language, Greek name Χριστόφορος (''Christophoros'' or ''Christoforos''). The constituent parts are Χριστός (''Christós''), "Jesus ...

, brother of

Eric VI of Denmark Eric VI Menved (1274 – 13 November 1319) was King of Denmark (1286–1319). A son of King Eric V and Agnes of Brandenburg, he became king in 1286 at age 12, when his father was murdered on 22 November by unknown assailants. On account of his ...

, Duke of Southern Halland 1307–1326 *

Canute Porse Canute Porse the Elder or ''Knud/Knut Porse'' (died 30 May 1330) was a medieval Danish nobleman and Duke of Samsø, Duke of Halland, Duke of Estonia, and Count of Kalundborg. Biography Porse was the son of Peder Porse, who was one of several ...

, second consort of Duchess Ingeborg (above), Duke of South Halland 1327–1330

Duke of Halland

* Ingeborg of Norway, Duchess now of all of Halland 1327–1341 as consort and widow (for South Halland's part) of Canute * Canute Porse Jr., Duke of Halland 1330–1350 holding the title simultaneously with his mother Ingeborg (above) and brother Hacon (below) * Hacon Porse, Duke of Halland 1330–1350 holding the title simultaneously with his mother Ingeborg and brother Canute (above) * Ingeborg of Norway (above), Duchess of Halland 1341–1353 in her own right *

Benedict, Duke of Halland Bengt Algotsson (also Benedictus; d. 1360) was a medieval Swedish lord. He was the Duke of Finland and Halland, as well as the Viceroy of Scania in 1350s. Ancestry Bengt Algotsson's grandfather from the paternal side, Brynolf Bengtsson, was lik ...

and Finland, Duke 1353–1357, died 1360 *

Prince Bertil, Duke of Halland Prince Bertil of Sweden, Duke of Halland (Bertil Gustaf Oskar Carl Eugén; 28 February 1912 – 5 January 1997), was a member of the Swedish royal family. He was the third son of King Gustaf VI Adolf and his first wife, Princess Margaret of Conn ...

1912–1997 **

Princess Lilian, Duchess of Halland Princess Lilian of Sweden, Duchess of Halland (born Lillian May Davies, later Craig; 30 August 1915 – 10 March 2013), was a British fashion model who became a member of the Swedish royal family through her 1976 marriage to Prince Bertil, Duke ...

1976–2013, prince Bertil's consort and widow *

Prince Julian, Duke of Halland A prince is a male ruler (ranked below a king, grand prince, and grand duke) or a male member of a monarch's or former monarch's family. ''Prince'' is also a title of nobility (often highest), often hereditary, in some European states. The fema ...

2021–present

Coat of arms

The first known

coat of arms A coat of arms is a heraldry, heraldic communication design, visual design on an escutcheon (heraldry), escutcheon (i.e., shield), surcoat, or tabard (the last two being outer garments), originating in Europe. The coat of arms on an escutcheon f ...

of Halland consisted of a crowned

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leopard The leopard (''Panthera pardus'') is one of the five extant cat species in the genus ''Panthera''. It has a pale yellowish to dark golden fur with dark spots grouped in rosettes. Its body is slender and muscular reaching a length of with a ...

over 10 hearts and was used by Niels II and James I and most likely also by Niels I although no examples are preserved from the latter's reign. The colours of this first symbol are uncertain. In 1305, James used a seal showing a lion and 20 hearts. Knud Porse used his family's arms depicting three red ''sea leaves'' in a gold shield. One of the seals used by Duchess Ingeborg of Sweden, Halland, and Samsø represents Halland by an arms '' party per fess'', with an unspecified colour in chief and a leopard in the larger lower base. This seal dates from 1336, and the figure was repeated in her seal used 1340–1352. A fresco in

Søborg Castle Søborg Castle (, ) is a ruined castle south of Gilleleje in North Zealand, Denmark. It was one of the strongest castles in Denmark and was also used as a prison. It was inhabited until the Count's Feud in 1535, when it is speculated that it was ...

, Denmark, dates from her stay there 1331–36 and shows the arms of Halland as a crowned upstanding silver lion on blue. This insignia ''Azure, a lion rampant Argent crowned Argent'' is closely related to the current arms of the province although the current lion is no longer crowned but has two tails. From 1449 to 1972 a modified version Halland's first arms was represented in the

coat of arms of Denmark The coat of arms of Denmark () has a lesser and a greater version. The state coat of arms () consists of three pale blue lion (heraldry), lions attitude (heraldry)#Passant, passant wearing crown (heraldic charge), crowns, accompanied by nine re ...

now symbolizing the monarch's title ''

King of the Goths The title of King of the Goths (; ; ) was for many centuries borne by both the kings of Sweden and the kings of Denmark. In the Swedish case, the reference is to Götaland (land of the Geats); in the Danish case, to the island of Gotland (land ...

''. This title referred to the possession of the island

Gotland Gotland (; ; ''Gutland'' in Gutnish), also historically spelled Gottland or Gothland (), is Sweden's largest island. It is also a Provinces of Sweden, province/Counties of Sweden, county (Swedish län), Municipalities of Sweden, municipality, a ...

. Occasionally, Gotland was represented in the Danish arms with an additional arms as well, an

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. Duke Benedict's personal escutcheon, from his family, depicted a lion of the

Bjälbo dynasty Bjälbo is a small village in Mjölby Municipality, Östergötland, Sweden. The medieval House of Bjälbo had a church and a manor house at Bjälbo. Magnus Minnesköld was probably born here, and in around 1210 his son Birger Magnusson. Today ...

References

::In-line: ::General: # ''Varberg – en kommuns historia'', Varbergs kommun, 1993. Varberg: Carlssons Boktryckeri AB.

External links

One of the seals of Duchess Ingeborg
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