Erik Knudsen Skarsholm

Erik Knudsen (1255-1303) was a Danish duke and Drost, the youngest son of Canute, Duke of Estonia and Jadviga of Rügen and therefore a grandson of Valdemar II of Denmark and cousin of his contemporary the king Eric V of Denmark.[1][2] In 1277 he was mentioned as a Junker.[1] In 1279 he lived in Zealand on his farm of Skarsholm and was the chairman of the county council.[3] In 1283 he was appointed as the Drost of Denmark.[1] In 1284 he was made the Duke of Southern Halland.[1] He was also the lord of Skarsholm. In 1285 he was knighted by the king of Sweden. He is buried in Ringsted.[1]

References
  1. "Erik Knudsen til Skarsholm". geni_family_tree. Retrieved 2022-08-24.
  2. Feldbæk, Ole (2003). Gyldendal og Politikens Danmarkshistorie: 1700-1800. Den lange fred. Bd 9 (in Danish). Gyldendalske boghandel. ISBN 978-87-89068-26-8.
  3. Arup, Erik (1925). Danmarks historie (in Danish). H. Hagerup. p. 318.
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