Sverker II of Sweden

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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Sverker The Younger Karlsson or Sverker den yngre Karlsson in Swedish (Old Norse: Sörkvir Karlsson) (born before 1167, probably already c. 1164 died July 17, 1210 in the Battle of Gestilren), was king of Sweden from 1196 to 1208. He was a son of king Karl Sverkersson of Sweden and queen Christine Stigsdatter of Hvide, a Danish noblewoman. His parents' marriage has been dated to 1162 or 1163. When his father Charles had been murdered in Visingsö in 1167, apparently by (minions of) the next king, Knut Eriksson, the boy Sverker was taken to Denmark and grew up there in the clan of his mother's (Hvide, leaders of Zealand). Sverker also allied himself with the Galen clan (leaders in Skåne) who were close to the Hvide anyway, by marriage with lady Benedikte. The Danish king used him as claimant to Sweden, thus helping to destabilize the neighboring country yet more.