King Sverker is dead. He will be followed by decades of fighting over the throne between his own Sverker dynasty and the rival Erik dynasty. In this episode, we cover the first four decades of this drama, which includes a King being proclaimed a Saint, more royal intermingling and the rise of a powerful, non-royal family of Jarls.
Seeing as the crazy marriages and family relations from last time just keep getting more and more complicated, we have uploaded a couple of helpful family tree images to our social media pages! Check them out if you need a refresher on who is related to who....
68. The Mecklenburg Menace
67. Worst First Day Ever
66. Margareta and the Pirates
65. Olof to Albert
64. From the Stone Ages to Runestones
63. The One Where Everyone Dies
62. Don’t Kiss Albert, Kiss Bo Jonsson Grip
61. The Aftermath of Visby
S6. Tour of Skåne
60. Saint Birgitta, Religious Superstar
59. 1361 and the Battle of Visby
58. The Road to Visby
57. Here We War Again
56. The Black Death
55. Revenge of the Danes
54. A King Comes of Age
53. War and Peace
52. A Royal Stock Check
S5. Swedes in the Early Olympics
51. Medieval Trivia
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