Martha Eriksdotter

Martha Eriksdotter
Martha Eriksdotter
Spouse	Nils Sixtensson Sparre
Issue	Sixten Nilsson Sparre ; Abjorn Nilsson Sparre
House	House of Eric (by birth)
Father	Erik X of Sweden

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

Family 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

References

Book “Anteckningar om svenska qvinnor” by PG Berg and Wilhelmina Stålberg. Page 274.
"Märtha". Anteckningar om svenska qvinnor (in Swedish). 0274. Retrieved 2014-03-07.