Danish kings

About Eric II of Denmark, which obtains a quantity of enemies and eventually be killed.

Eric II of Denmark, which had done away with Magnus and Harald Kesja and his sons were now sole king. And he did not hesitate for a gift letter to thank God and all His saints for the formidable victory in Fotevik, and Erik allocated Assers episcopal residence in Lund rich cargo gifts. For in spite of Emperor Lothar and Pope Innocent 'efforts were Asser seated as Archbishop. The letter of termination did not even shown up, perhaps because Innocent had in his pocket on Lothar, for a moment were driven from the Holy See.

Erik also made sure to lay the groundwork tiol a canonization of his half brother Knud Lavard as a way to ensure his ancestral claim to the throne. By Ringsted church where he was Canute buried, he founded a monastery to be sure to obtain the necessary miracles by Canute's grave, and from England call him a monk, Robert of Ely, who had to compose a saint biography of Canute.

After the battle of Fotevik was also a shortage of bishops, and Erik hastened to to identify a row, including Assers nephew Eskil, who was bishop of Roskilde. But then he put a gøgeæg in the fragile royal already. For scarcely had Eskil sat in bishop before he swore himself with the Sealand great man, Peter Bodilsen, even Eric's friend, now his bitter enemy, and got Eric evicted from Sealand. The background is not known, but perhaps they feared that it would take them, as had happened other, Erik had found it useful to eradicate in order to secure his royal power.

It succeeded, however, Erik regain Zealand. Eskil had to conclude a humiliating settlement, but retained, however the head. Only three years after he had been sole King, Eric's reign was over. He became the 18th September 1137 killed a thing sitting outside Ribe, where he was buried.

Eric got the nickname Emune which proved enough means "the always memorable", but what he was reminded of the good or evil, is open to question.