{"slug": "erik-of-pomerania", "label": "Erik of Pomerania", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erik_of_Pomerania", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q161958", "qid": "Q161958", "description": "King of Norway, Denmark, Sweden, Kalmar Union", "entries": 20, "years": 17, "span": [1382, 1459], "span_label": ["1382 CE", "1459 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Conflict & Security", "count": 7}, {"title": "Culture & Society", "count": 4}, {"title": "Religion & Belief", "count": 2}, {"title": "Health & Medicine", "count": 2}, {"title": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "count": 2}, {"title": "Births", "count": 1}, {"title": "Economy & Finance", "count": 1}, {"title": "Deaths", "count": 1}], "also_known_as": ["Eric of Pomerania"], "related": [{"slug": "kalmar-union", "label": "Kalmar Union", "shared": 4}, {"slug": "sweden", "label": "Sweden", "shared": 3}, {"slug": "gotland", "label": "Gotland", "shared": 3}, {"slug": "christopher-of-bavaria", "label": "Christopher of Bavaria", "shared": 3}, {"slug": "monarchy-of-norway", "label": "Monarchy of Norway", "shared": 3}, {"slug": "denmark", "label": "Denmark", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "margaret-i-of-denmark", "label": "Margaret I of Denmark", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "karl-knutsson", "label": "Karl Knutsson", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "norway", "label": "Norway", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "iceland", "label": "Iceland", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "greenland", "label": "Greenland", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "orkney", "label": "Orkney", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": 1382, "year_label": "1382 CE", "section": "Births", "date": null, "text": "probable – Erik of Pomerania, King of Norway, Sweden and Denmark (d. 1459)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1367364320#Births", "title": "1382", "revid": 1367364320, "section": "Births"}}, {"year": 1389, "year_label": "1389 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": "September 8", "text": "September 8 – Erik of Pomerania becomes the new King of Norway with the regnal name of Erik III after being elected at Trondheim by the Ting, the kingdom's assembly.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1360559797#July–September", "title": "1389", "revid": 1360559797, "section": "Events › July–September"}}, {"year": 1396, "year_label": "1396 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": "July 23", "text": "July 23 – Queen Margaret makes her great-nephew and adopted son Erik of Pomerania joint ruler of Sweden. Eric has already been made joint ruler of Norway.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1360576293#July–September", "title": "1396", "revid": 1360576293, "section": "Events › July–September"}}, {"year": 1397, "year_label": "1397 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": "June 17", "text": "June 17 – Erik of Pomerania is crowned in Kalmar (Sweden) as ruler of the Kalmar Union, a personal union of the three kingdoms of Denmark, Norway (with Iceland, Greenland, the Faroe Islands, Shetland and Orkney) and Sweden (including Finland and Åland) engineered by Queen Margaret I of Denmark, his great-aunt and adoptive mother, who retains de facto power in the realm.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1363907908#April–June", "title": "1397", "revid": 1363907908, "section": "Events › April–June"}}, {"year": 1406, "year_label": "1406 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": "October 26", "text": "October 26 – Erik of Pomerania, ruler of the Kalmar Union, marries Philippa, daughter of Henry IV of England, in Lund Cathedral.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1357536622#October–December", "title": "1406", "revid": 1357536622, "section": "Events › October–December"}}, {"year": 1412, "year_label": "1412 CE", "section": "Health & Medicine", "date": "October 28", "text": "October 28 – Erik of Pomerania becomes sole ruler of the Kalmar Union (Sweden, Denmark and Norway) on the death of Queen Margaret.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1357537157#October–December", "title": "1412", "revid": 1357537157, "section": "Events › October–December"}}, {"year": 1429, "year_label": "1429 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "January 6", "text": "January 6 – The Congress of Lutsk opens in the Grand Duchy of Lithuania at the castle of Liubartas in Lutsk. In addition to the Lithuanian nobles gathered there with the Supreme Duke of Lithuania Władysław II Jagiełło and the Grand Duke Vytautas, the Congress is attended by Sigismund, King of Germany, Bohemia, Hungary and Croatia; Erik VII, King of Denmark; a Komtur of the Teutonic Knights; Vasily II, Grand Prince of Moscow; Boris, Duke of Tver; Ivan III, Duke of Ryazan; the Voivode Dan II of Wallachia; and representatives of the Pope, the Byzantine Empire and Moldavia, to discuss the coronation of Vytautas as the King of Lithuania, as well as the siege of Moldavia, entering a against the Ottoman Empire, the ongoing war between Denmark and the Hanseatic League, religious unions and divisions, and assorted economic, trade, and tax-related issues.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1351320610#January–March", "title": "1429", "revid": 1351320610, "section": "Events › January–March"}}, {"year": 1434, "year_label": "1434 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "June 24", "text": "June 24 – Iron mine owner Engelbrekt Engelbrektsson begins the Engelbrekt rebellion in Sweden against King Erik, starting with an attack against the town of Borlänge, followed by Köpingehus, burning down offices there and then marching on towards Västerås.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1335073150#April–June", "title": "1434", "revid": 1335073150, "section": "Events › April–June"}}, {"year": 1434, "year_label": "1434 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": "November 12", "text": "November 12 – Bishop Nils Ragvaldsson of Sweden delivers a speech at the Council of Basel, arguing the Kingdom of Sweden and its monarch, Eric of Pomerania deserve senior rank over the Spanish delegation.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1335073150#October–December", "title": "1434", "revid": 1335073150, "section": "Events › October–December"}}, {"year": 1435, "year_label": "1435 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "July 17", "text": "July 17 – Peace of Vordingborg is signed, ending the war between the Hanseatic League of German cities (Hamburg, Lübeck, Lüneburg, Rostock, Stralsund and Wismar) and the Scandinavian Kalmar Union of Denmark and Sweden. King Eric VII of Denmark and Adolph VIII, Count of Holstein sign, along with Hein Hoyer, representing the League, at Vordingborg Castle. Denmark cedes the Duchy of Schleswig to Holstein and agrees to stop interfering with the League, to end ten years of war.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1370372061#July–September", "title": "1435", "revid": 1370372061, "section": "Events › July–September"}}, {"year": 1435, "year_label": "1435 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "October 14", "text": "October 14 – Eric of Pomerania is reinstated as king of Sweden, only briefly, however, he is once again deposed in January of the following year.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1370372061#October–December", "title": "1435", "revid": 1370372061, "section": "Events › October–December"}}, {"year": 1436, "year_label": "1436 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "January 11", "text": "January 11 – Erik of Pomerania is deposed from the Swedish throne for the second time, only three months after having been reinstated. Engelbrekt Engelbrektsson remains the leader of the land, in his capacity of rikshövitsman, the military commander of the realm.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1351320639#January–March", "title": "1436", "revid": 1351320639, "section": "Events › January–March"}}, {"year": 1438, "year_label": "1438 CE", "section": "Health & Medicine", "date": "October 17", "text": "October 17 – Erik of Pomerania, King of Sweden, Denmark and Norway, loses direct control of Sweden, as Karl Knutsson Bonde is elected Regent of Sweden.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1365935905#October–December", "title": "1438", "revid": 1365935905, "section": "Events › October–December"}}, {"year": 1439, "year_label": "1439 CE", "section": "Economy & Finance", "date": "September 24", "text": "September 24 - King Erik XIII of Sweden is declared deposed in Sweden while Karl Knutsson Bonde continues to serve as Regent of Sweden. Erik remains King of Norway.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1373513363#July–September", "title": "1439", "revid": 1373513363, "section": "Events › July–September"}}, {"year": 1442, "year_label": "1442 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": "June 4", "text": "June 4 – Erik III is deposed as King of Norway and the nobles vote to invite King Christopher of Sweden to become the new monarch.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1360560025#April–June", "title": "1442", "revid": 1360560025, "section": "Events › April–June"}}, {"year": 1446, "year_label": "1446 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "August", "text": "August – Christopher of Bavaria undertakes a fruitless military campaign against Gotland to end Erik of Pomerania's piracy.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1360566332#July–September", "title": "1446", "revid": 1360566332, "section": "Events › July–September"}}, {"year": 1446, "year_label": "1446 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "August 24", "text": "August 24 – After many years of fruitless negotiations between Christopher of Bavaria and Erik of Pomerania, a Swedish war march to Gotland is launched in the early summer of 1446. King Christopher comes with a force to the island and on an open field in Västergarn with crossbowmen at gunpoint behind each monarch's back; regular peace negotiations take place.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1360566332#July–September", "title": "1446", "revid": 1360566332, "section": "Events › July–September"}}, {"year": 1448, "year_label": "1448 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "July 29", "text": "July 29 – The War in Gotland begins in Scandinavia as an army from Sweden, commanded by Generals Magnus Gren and Birger Trolle, invades the island of Gotland, at the time ruled by Denmark. The invasion is repelled by Erik of Pomerania, ruler of the island and the former King of Sweden and Denmark.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1367832753#July–September", "title": "1448", "revid": 1367832753, "section": "Events › July–September"}}, {"year": 1449, "year_label": "1449 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "June 4", "text": "June 4 – Erik of Pomerania, formerly the King of Sweden, Denmark and Norway, hands over possession of the island of Gotland to the Swedish invaders.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1365251873#April–June", "title": "1449", "revid": 1365251873, "section": "Events › April–June"}}, {"year": 1459, "year_label": "1459 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "September 24", "text": "September 24 – Erik of Pomerania, King of Norway, Denmark and Sweden (b. 1382)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1366548241#Deaths", "title": "1459", "revid": 1366548241, "section": "Deaths"}}]}