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Martyrdom of Eric IX

Type Event Region Sweden Time 1160

On 18 May 1160, Swedish King Eric IX was assassinated in Uppsala after attending mass, traditionally blamed on political rivals.…

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  1. 1160Old Uppsala · UpplandEric IX was attacked and killed by armed men as he left the church at Old Uppsala after mass; traditional sources identify the assassins as belonging to a rival political faction.
  2. 1160–1167Sweden · SwedenEric's body was venerated as a relic and the Church gradually honored him as a martyr; his son Knut Eriksson was still a minor, so Karl Sverkersson succeeded him, and Swedish politics entered a phase of renewed Sverker rule.

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