Charles VII (Sweden)
Karl VII. , Karl Sverkersson , († April 12, 1167 on Visingsö ) was King of Sweden from 1161 until his death . The count goes back to Johannes Magnus .
Life
He was married to Kristina, the daughter of Stig Hvítaledr, a tall man from the powerful Hvide family, who were also related to the Danish royal family and had their estates in Skåne , and his wife Margareta, the daughter of Knud Lavard . The son Sverker Karlsson emerged from this short marriage .
Karl was the son of King Sverker the Elder, murdered in 1155 (or 1156), and his wife Ulvhild Håkonsdatter . After Ericus Olai von Uppsala, he took over the title of king from his father in Öst- Götaland two years before the death of Erik the Holy († 1160) . The fact that he became king of East Godaland in 1158 is supported by a letter from Pope Hadrian IV to the "King of the Gods" from 1159 because of the St. Peter's penny . After he had won the 1161 battle of Örebro against the then regent of Svealand , the Danish prince Magnus Henriksson , and killed him, he also became king of this part of Sweden .
In 1164, at the request of Charles, the Swedish bishops and Jarl Ulfs, the Pope granted the pallium to the monk Stefan from the Alvastra monastery , which Charles's parents had founded. He was Sweden's first archbishop and resided in Uppsala . The Swedish Church was able to almost completely break away from its dependence on the Danish Archbishop in Lund . This progress in church politics was mainly due to Stefan's achievement.
According to the First Novgorod Chronicle, a campaign to Ladoga should have taken place in the spring of 1164 , but it failed. Karl's role in this has not been recorded.
On April 12, 1167, Karl was attacked and killed on Visingsö by Knut Eriksson . Charles was buried in the monastery of Alvastra.
The oldest surviving medieval documents in Sweden and the oldest surviving royal seal have come down to us from Charles' government.
literature
- Hans Gillingstam: Karl Sverkersson . In: Svensk Biografisk Lexikon .
- KH Karlsson: K. Sverkersson . In: Theodor Westrin (Ed.): Nordisk familjebok konversationslexikon och realencyklopedi . 2nd Edition. tape 13 : Johan – Kikare . Nordisk familjeboks förlag, Stockholm 1910, Sp. 944-944 (Swedish, runeberg.org ).
- Lars o. Lagerqvist: Sveriges regenter. Från forntid till nutid . Norsteds Förlag, Stockholm 1996, ISBN 91-1-963882-5
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Karlsson Sp. 644. Saxo Grammaticus only calls her "Niece of Waldemar" I. (Gesta Danorum book 14, chap. 28, 23.)
- ↑ Gillingstam
- ↑ Detlev Schwennicke: European family tables . New series, volume II, plate 115
- ↑ Lagerqvist p. 59.
- ↑ Karlsson Sp. 644.
| predecessor | Office | successor |
|---|---|---|
| Erik IX. |
King of Sweden 1160–1167 |
Knut I. |
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Charles VII |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Karl Sverkersson |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | King of Sweden |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 12th Century |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 12, 1167 |
| Place of death | Visingsö |