The house of St Eric was one of the two noble families, dynasties, which rivalled for the kingship of Sweden between 1150 and 1220. The first king of this dynasty was Eric IX of Sweden whom the later world has ubbed as Saint Eric. Coat of Arms of Stockholm, depicting Eric IX of Sweden Eric IX of Sweden (or Erik the Lawgiver or Eric the Saint. ...

The other dynasty was the House of Sverker. After the extinction of the House of Stenkil and the coronation of Sverker I of Sweden in 1130, a civil war commenced. ...

The dynasty of St Eric favored the Varnhem monastery, and several of its members lay interred there.

The last king was Eric XI, the Lame and the Stutterer, who died 1250, apparently without children (though some later legends of some German families have attributed one or two daughters to him).

His nephew, the then underage son of his sister Ingeborg, was elected king Valdemar I of Sweden, under regency of his father Birger Jarl. Valdemar Birgersson (1239-1302), King of Sweden 1250-1275/1288/1302, was the son of princess Ingeborg Eriksdotter of Sweden and Birger Jarl, Earl Birger Magnusson of Bjälbo, who more or less ruled Sweden from 1248 under king Eric Ericsson the Lame his brother in law. ... Birger Jarl Statue of Birger jarl in Stockholm Birger Jarl  listen? or Earl Birger, (1210 – 1266), Swedish statesman, full name Birger Magnusson of Bjälbo, son of Magnus Minnesköld of Bjälbo and Ingrid Ylva, nephew to the Earl Birger Brosa, and the most famous member of the ancient noble family of...