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Eric IV of Denmark

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Eric IV (1216-August 9, 1250), also known as Plovpenning, was king of Denmark from 1241 until his death. He was the son of Valdemar II by his wife, Princess Berengária of Portugal, and brother to Abel and Christopher I.

Valdemar was coruler with his father from 1232.

Eric fought the Scanian peasants, who rebelled because of his hard taxes, among other things, on ploughs. This gave him his epithet "ploughmoney", Danish, Plovpenning). He also fought his brother Abel, Duke of Schleswig, and as he negotiated a truce with him he was taken prisoner and assassinated.

Eric had only daughters surviving from his marriage with Jutta of Saxe, the most important of whom were:


Preceded by King of Denmark
1241–1250 		Succeeded by
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