biography
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| male
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| lived:
| (12th-c)
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| biography:
| Patron saint of Sweden. He became king of Sweden c.1155, and is said to have led a Christian crusade for the conversion of Finland. He is thought to have been murdered at Mass in Uppsala by a Danish pretender to his throne. He was married to Kristina, and became father of King Knut Eriksson (died c.1195). |
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