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Eric III of Denmark

1100 - 1146

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Eric III Lamb (Danish: Erik III Lam, c. 1120 – 27 August 1146) was King of Denmark from 1137 until 1146. He was the grandson of Eric I and the nephew of Eric II, whom he succeeded on the throne. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Eric III of Denmark has received more than 140,446 page views. His biography is available in 32 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 29 in 2019). Eric III of Denmark is the 3,920th most popular politician (up from 4,165th in 2019), the 118th most popular biography from Denmark (up from 136th in 2019) and the 52nd most popular Danish Politician.

Eric III of Denmark is most famous for being the son of Eric II of Denmark and his wife, Queen Margaret. He was king of Denmark from 1241 to 1250. Eric III was a weak king, and he had to rely on his advisers to rule Denmark.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Eric III of Denmark ranks 3,920 out of 15,577. Before him are Margaret, Countess of Tyrol, Xi Zhongxun, Stenkil, Maria Theresa of Austria-Este, Queen of Sardinia, Jangsu of Goguryeo, and Naina Yeltsina. After him are Ruzi Ying, Paolo Lucio Anafesto, Gundobad, Ottavio Farnese, Duke of Parma, Laurent Gbagbo, and Ashur-uballit I.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1100, Eric III of Denmark ranks 18. Before him are Sverker I of Sweden, Emperor Qinzong, Najm ad-Din Ayyub, Inge the Elder, Shirkuh, and Antipope Gregory VIII. After him are Inge the Younger, Arnold of Brescia, Khabul Khan, Kerbogha, Bernard de Tremelay, and Niklot. Among people deceased in 1146, Eric III of Denmark ranks 2. Before him is Imad ad-Din Zengi. After him are Injong of Goryeo, Vsevolod II of Kiev, and Helena of Serbia, Queen of Hungary.

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In Denmark

Among people born in Denmark, Eric III of Denmark ranks 118 out of 893. Before him are Allan Simonsen (1952), Frederik, Crown Prince of Denmark (1968), N. F. S. Grundtvig (1783), Prince Valdemar of Denmark (1858), Boetius of Dacia (1240), and Gudfred (800). After him are Bjarne Stroustrup (1950), Haakon III of Norway (1182), Martin Andersen Nexø (1869), Sveinn Björnsson (1881), Erik Bruhn (1928), and Louis Hjelmslev (1899).

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Among POLITICIANS In Denmark

Among politicians born in Denmark, Eric III of Denmark ranks 52. Before him are Knud, Hereditary Prince of Denmark (1900), Prince George of Denmark (1653), Frederick, Hereditary Prince of Denmark (1753), Absalon (1128), Prince Valdemar of Denmark (1858), and Gudfred (800). After him are Haakon III of Norway (1182), Sveinn Björnsson (1881), Guthrum (830), Magnus, Duke of Holstein (1540), Barthold Georg Niebuhr (1776), and Caroline Amalie of Augustenburg (1796).

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