The Skaggs-Files

ERIK Svendson, illegitimate son of SVEND II Estridsen King of Denmark & his wife his mistress --- (Slangerup[510] ---- -Paphos, Cyprus [10 Jul] 1103, bur Cyprus). His brother King Knud appointed him Jarl in Sjalond in [1080][511]. On the release of his brother Olav from prison in Flanders, Erik retired with his wife to Sweden[512]. He succeeded his brother in 1095 as ERIK I “Ejegod/the Good” King of Denmark. The Chronicon Roskildense records that "Hericus Bonus frater eius" succeeded after the death of "Olavus rex" and reigned for eight years[513]. Snorre records that "Eirik the Good, King Svein's fourth son" succeeded King Olav and ruled for eight winters[514]. Saxo Grammaticus records that he undertook a pilgrimage to Jerusalem in 1102 as penance for having killed four warriors but died en route in Cyprus[515]. The Chronicon Roskildense records that "Hericus…cum uxore sua Botilda" left for Jerusalem in 1103 but died on arriving "ad Kyprum"[516]. According to Saxo Grammaticus, King Erik was "unusually tall…matched by corresponding strength" but "only the power of lust and the rage of intemperance marred this brilliance of body and mind"[517]. The Liber Vitæ of Durham names "Eiric rex Danorum Botild regina"[518].

m (before 1086) as her second husband, BODIL Thorgunnasdatter, widow of BJØRN, daughter of THRUGOT Ulfsen & his wife Thorgunna Vagnsdatter (-Mount of Olives, Jerusalem 1103, bur St Mary’s Church in Joseph’s Valley). She is named as the wife of Erik by Saxo Grammaticus, who also gives her father's and paternal grandfather's names[519]. A charter dated 1194/95 names “Botildis Regina ex nobilissima Danorum prosapia orta” as mother of “Kanutum…Dux Danorum et Rex Slavorum”[520]. The Chronicon Roskildense records that "Hericus…cum uxore sua Botilda" left for Jerusalem in 1103 but died on arriving "ad Kyprum"[521]. Saxo Grammaticus records that she accompanied her husband on pilgrimage to Jerusalem and died there[522]. The Liber Vitæ of Durham names "Eiric rex Danorum Botild regina"[523].

King Erik I & his wife had one child: