Eric IV of Denmark

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Eric IV (1216 – August 9, 1250), also known as Plovpenning, was king of Denmark from 1241 until his death. He was the son of Valdemar II by his wife, Princess Berengária of Portugal, and brother to Abel and Christopher I.

Eric was coruler with his father from 1232.

His short rule was marked by bitter conflicts and civil wars against his brothers. Especially he fought his brother Abel, Duke of Schleswig who seems to have wanted an independent position and who was supported by the counts of Holstein. Eric also fought the Scanian peasants, who rebelled because of his hard taxes, among other things, on ploughs. This gave him his epithet "plough-tax", Danish, Plovpenning).

After a dearly-bought victory over Abel 1250 he negotiated a truce with him but the same year he was taken prisoner by his brother as he passed through Schleswig and was assassinated.

Eric had only daughters surviving from his marriage with Jutta of Saxony, the most important of whom were:

• Sofia of Denmark, married to King Valdemar of Sweden
• Ingeborg (born c. 1244), married to King Magnus VI of Norway
• Jutta, Abbess of St.Agneta in Roskilde (1246-1284).
• Agnes, Abbess of St.Agneta in Roskilde (1249-1288/95).

Eric Plough-tax Born: 1216 Died: August 9 1250
Regnal titles
Preceded by Valdemar the Victorious	King of Denmark 1241-1250	Succeeded by Abel

v • d • e Monarchs of Denmark
Early Danish monarchs	(Harthacnut) · Gorm the Old · Harald Bluetooth · Sweyn Forkbeard†* · Harald II · Canute the Great†* · Harthacanute* · Magnus the Good† · Sweyn II · Harald III · Canute the Saint · Olaf I · Eric Evergood · Niels · Eric the Memorable · Eric Lamb · Sweyn Grathe & Canute V & Valdemar the Great · Canute VI · Valdemar the Victorious · Eric Plough-tax · Abel · Christopher I · Eric Klipping · Eric Menved · Christopher II · Valdemar III · Christopher II · Valdemar Atterdag · Olaf II† · Margaret I†‡
House of Palatinate-Neumarkt	Eric of Pomerania†‡ · Christopher of Bavaria†‡
House of Oldenburg	Christian I†‡ · Hans†‡ · Christian II†‡ · Frederick I† · Christian III† · Frederick II† · Christian IV† · Frederick III† · Christian V† · Frederick IV† · Christian VI† · Frederick V† · Christian VII† · Frederick VI† · Christian VIII† · Frederick VII
House of Schleswig- Holstein-Sonderburg- Glücksburg	Christian IX · Frederick VIII · Christian X§ · Frederick IX · Margrethe II
† also Monarch of Norway · ‡ also Monarch of Sweden · * also Monarch of England · § also Monarch of Iceland

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