Ancestry & Royal Heritage

Royal daughter and lady-in-waiting at the Swedish court, born 1558, passed away 1618. Daughter of King Eric XIV of Sweden and court mistress Anna Larsdotter. Namesake of King Gustav Vasa’s sister, Margareta Eriksdotter Leijonhufvud.

King of Sweden from 1560 to 1568. Eldest son of nation-builder King Gustav I Vasa and Queen Catherine of Saxe-Lauenburg. Through his mother, Eric descended from both the ancient House of Eric and the House of Bjelbo (Folkunga dynasty, Birger Jarl). Renowned Renaissance monarch, humanist scholar, and crowned sovereign.

King of Sweden from 1523 to 1560. Liberated Sweden from the Kalmar Union and King Christian II, established the Protestant Reformation, and laid the foundations of the sovereign Swedish state. Married in 1531 to Catherine of Saxe-Lauenburg, mother of King Eric XIV.

Queen Consort of Sweden (1531–1535) through her marriage to King Gustav I Vasa. Mother of King Eric XIV. Belonged to the ancient Ascanian ducal dynasty of Saxe-Lauenburg, connecting directly into Pomeranian dukes, the Welfs of Brunswick, and the Plantagenet Kings of England.

Reigning Duke of Saxe-Lauenburg from 1507 to 1543. Father of Queen Catherine of Sweden and father-in-law of King Gustav I Vasa.

Duke of Saxe-Lauenburg (1463–1507). Son of Duke Bernard II and Duchess Adelheid of Pomerania-Stolp.

Pomeranian princess of the House of Griffin (Gryf) and Duchess of Saxe-Lauenburg. Daughter of Duke Bogislaw VIII of Pomerania-Stolp.

Reigning Duke of Pomerania-Stolp and administrator of the Prince-Bishopric of Cammin. First cousin of King Eric of Pomerania (King of the Kalmar Union).

Duchess of Pomerania. Daughter of Duke Ernest I of Brunswick-Grubenhagen and Adelheid of Everstein. Member of the ancient House of Welf.

Welf Duke of Brunswick-Grubenhagen. Son of Duke Henry I "the Admirable" of Brunswick-Grubenhagen and Margravine Agnes of Meissen.

Margravine of Meissen of the House of Wettin and Duchess of Brunswick-Grubenhagen. Daughter of Margrave Albert "the Degenerate" and Princess Margaret of Sicily.

Princess of Sicily and Germany of the Imperial House of Hohenstaufen. Daughter of Holy Roman Emperor Frederick II ("Stupor Mundi") and his empress consort Isabella of England (daughter of King John).

English princess of the royal House of Plantagenet, Holy Roman Empress, and Queen of Sicily through her marriage at Worms in 1235 to Emperor Frederick II. Daughter of King John of England and Isabella of Angoulême.

King of England from 1199 to 1216. Succeeded his elder brother Richard I the Lionheart. Forced by his barons in June 1215 at Runnymede to grant Magna Carta Libertatum, the cornerstone of English constitutional liberty and modern Western rule of law.

King of England (1154–1189), Count of Anjou, and Duke of Normandy and Aquitaine through his marriage to Duchess Eleanor of Aquitaine. Creator of the vast Angevin Empire stretching from Scotland to the Pyrenees. Revolutionized English jurisprudence and established the foundation of English Common Law.

Holy Roman Empress through her marriage to Emperor Henry V, and subsequently Lady of the English. Designated heir to the English throne by her father Henry I. Fought the long civil war known as The Anarchy and successfully secured the English crown for her son Henry II, founder of the Plantagenet dynasty.

King of England from 1100 to 1135 and Duke of Normandy. Fourth son of William the Conqueror. Renowned for his administrative mastery, judicial reforms, establishing the Court of Exchequer, and issuing the Charter of Liberties, the direct precursor to Magna Carta.

Duke of Normandy from 1035 and King of England from 1066 until his death in 1087. Led the Norman Conquest of England, triumphed at the historic Battle of Hastings in 1066, commissioned the landmark Domesday Book survey, and established the Norman feudal monarchy.

Duke of Normandy, known in chronicle history as Robert le Magnifique. Father of William the Conqueror. Died returning from a pilgrimage to Jerusalem at Nicaea in 1035.

Duke of Normandy who consolidated the Norman state, founded the abbey at Mont Saint-Michel, and maintained key diplomatic ties with the Kingdom of France.

Ruled as Duke of Normandy for over 50 years (942–996). Successfully defended the duchy against French kings and institutionalized Norman feudalism.

Second ruler of Normandy from 927 to 942. Son of Viking leader Rollo. Expanded Norman sovereign territory west into the Cotentin peninsula and Brittany.

Norse Viking chieftain granted the fief of Normandy by the Treaty of Saint-Clair-sur-Epte in 911 with King Charles the Simple of France. Baptized in 912 under the name Robert. Direct progenitor of the House of Normandy, William the Conqueror, and the entire British royal lineage. Interred in Rouen Cathedral.

Earl of Møre and Romsdal, one of the most powerful chieftains of Viking Age Norway. Chief advisor to King Harald Fairhair (whom he named "Fairhair"). Father of Rollo (founder of Normandy) and Torf-Einarr (Earl of Orkney).

Earl of Oppland and Hedmark in Norway of the Yngling dynasty. Father of Ragnvald, Earl of Møre, and Sigurd Eysteinsson, first Earl of Orkney.

King of Vestfold in southern Norway. It was in honor of King Ragnvald that the skald Thjódólfr of Hvinir composed the ancient poem Ynglingatal, reciting 30 generations of Yngling kings.

King of Vestfold, elder half-brother of Halfdan the Black (father of King Harald Fairhair). Interred in a royal burial mound at Geirstad.

Powerful Yngling king of Vestfold and Vingulmark. Father of Olaf Geirstad-Elf and Halfdan the Black.

King of Romerike and Vestfold. Renowned in the Ynglinga saga as "the Mild" because he rewarded his warriors lavishly with gold.

King of Romerike and Vestfold. Inherited the realm after his father King Halfdan Whiteleg.

Founded the Norwegian branch of the Yngling dynasty after migrating from Värmland. Conquered Solør, Romerike, and parts of Hedmark and Vestfold.

Fled west through the primeval Scandinavian forests following the fall of his father King Ingjald, clearing land to establish the realm of Värmland. Father of King Halfdan Whiteleg.

Last king of the Yngling dynasty to rule at Gamla Uppsala according to Snorri Sturluson’s Ynglinga saga. Unified the petty kingdoms of Svitiod.

Legendary Swedish king who opened roads through the vast Scandinavian wilderness. Interred in Anundshög outside Västerås, the largest royal burial mound in Sweden.

Swedish king of the Vendel Period, celebrated in the Old English epic Beowulf as King Eadgils. Defeated his uncle Onela in the historic Battle on the Ice of Lake Vänern.

King in Uppland, recorded in Beowulf as Ohthere. Buried in the famous Ottarshögen burial mound in Vendel parish, excavated by modern archaeologists and dated to the early 6th century.

Early king at Gamla Uppsala during a great famine. The legendary event of his sacrifice by the Svear for fertile harvests inspired Carl Larsson’s monumental painting "Midvinterblot" in the National Museum of Sweden.

In Snorri Sturluson’s Ynglinga saga, euhemerized as the first royal king of the Svear at Gamla Uppsala and legendary eponymous founder of the Yngling dynasty.