Catherine ( sv, Katarina Eriksdotter; 12th-century) was a

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princess, daughter of King Eric the Saint and his queen, Christina of Sweden.

Biography

She married Nils Blake, who probably was a Swedish

magnate The magnate term, from the late Latin ''magnas'', a great man, itself from Latin ''magnus'', "great", means a man from the higher nobility, a man who belongs to the high office-holders, or a man in a high social position, by birth, wealth or ot ...

. They had a daughter, Kristina Nilsdotter, who married the Norwegian Earl

Hakon the Mad Haakon the Crazy (Old Norse: ''Hákon galinn'', Norwegian: ''Håkon Galen'') was a Norwegian ''jarl'' and Birkebeiner chieftain during the civil war era in Norway. Håkon Galen was born no later than the 1170s and died in 1214. His epithet "the cr ...

, and later Eskil Magnusson, the lawspeaker of Västergötland.

References

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