Martha Eriksdotter

The basics

Quick Facts

Gender
Female
Family
Father:Eric X of Sweden
Siblings:Ingeborg Eriksdotter of Sweden
Spouse:Nils of Tofta
Children:Sixten
The details

Biography

Martha Eriksdotter (Märta Bonde) is said to be the daughter to Erik X, King of Sweden. However, her existence has been doubted by some modern Swedish historians that think she was just made up by Charles VIII or his chroniclers to provide him with a more impressive background.
It's said that she was married to Nils Sixtensson Sparre, a Marshal in Sweden. Martha’s paternity and her marriage are recorded in the book Anteckningar om svenska qvinnor by PG Berg and Wilhelmina Stålberg, Page 274. The title of the book in English is: Notes on Swedish women. (A biographical dictionary from 1864, covering only Swedish women.)
In Swedish the page reads:
Märtha, dotter af Erik X, som blef gift med Nils Sixtensson till Tofta, och, genom detta äktenskap, stammoder för Sparre- och Oxenstjerna-slägterna.
English translation:
"Martha, daughter of Erik X, who was married to Nils Sixtensson of Tofta, and, through this marriage a progenitress strain for the Sparre and Oxenstjerna families.

Children

They together had 2 children,

  • Sixten Nilsson Sparre
  • Abjorn Nilsson Sparre

Ancestry

Ancestors of Martha Eriksdotter
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
16. Jadvard Thordsson Bonde
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
8. Erik IX "the Saint" of Sweden
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
17. Cecilia Svensdotter
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
4. Canute I of Sweden
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
18. Bjørn Haraldsen Ironside
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
9. Christina of Denmark
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
19. Catherine Ingesdotter of Sweden
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
2. Erik X of Sweden
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
20. Sverker I of Sweden
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
10. John, Prince of Sweden
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
21. Ulvhild Håkansdotter
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
5. Cecilia Johansdotter of Sweden
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
22.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
11.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
23.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
1. Märta Bonde
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
24. Erik I the Good of Denmark
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
12. Canute Lavard, Prince of Denmark
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
25. Boedil Thurgotsdatter
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
6. Valdemar I of Denmark
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
26. Mstislav I, Grand Prince of Kiev
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
13. Ingeborg of Kiev
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
27. Christina Ingesdotter of Sweden
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
3. Richeza, Princess of Denmark
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
28.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
14. Volodar of Polask
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
29.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
7. Sophia of Minsk
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
30. Bolesław III Wrymouth, Duke of Poland
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
15. Richeza of Poland
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
31. Salomea of Berg
 
 
 
 
 
 

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