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 | | However, when king Canute I of Sweden died, 1195, (Knut's sons were only children at the time) he was chosen, surprisingly without quarrel, as the next king of Sweden, and he returned to his native country, however being regarded quite Danished... |
 | | The only survivor returned with Norwegian support in 1208 and in battle of Lena won Sverker (Sverker's troops were commanded by Ebbe Suneson, the father of his late first wife and brother of archbishop Andrew of Lund), becoming king Eric X of Sweden and drove Sverker to exile to Denmark. |
 | | Catherine was married to the rival dynasty's heir Eric XI of Sweden (but they remained apparently childless), and Benedikte had several daughters, who married high Swedish noblemen. |
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