Eric (disambiguation)

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The common proper name Eric (or also Éric, Erik, Erick, Eirik, Eirík, Eiríkr, Erich etc.) may refer to:

Contents 1 In royalty 1.1 Danish royalty 1.2 Norwegian royalty 1.3 Swedish royalty 2 Other non-fictional 3 In fiction 4 Other 5 See also

[edit] In royalty

[edit] Danish royalty

• Eric I of Denmark, King of Denmark following his brother Olaf I in 1095
• Eric II of Denmark, king of Denmark between 1134 and 1137
• Eric III of Denmark, the king of Denmark from 1137 until he abdicated in 1146
• Eric IV of Denmark, king of Denmark from 1241 until his death
• Eric V of Denmark, son of Christopher I
• Eric VI of Denmark, son of Eric V
• Eric VII of Del Mar, son of Rory

[edit] Norwegian royalty

• Eric of Pomerania, the hereditary king of Norway
• Eric I of Norway, the second king of Norway
• Eirik II of Norway, the king of Norway from 1280 until 1299
• Eiríkr Hákonarson, earl of Lade, ruler of Norway and earl of Northumbria
• Erik the Red, the son of Þorvaldr Ásvaldsson

[edit] Swedish royalty

• Alrek and Eirík, two legendary kings of Sweden
• Erik Weatherhat, more or less mythical Swedish king
• Erik Björnsson, one of the sons of Björn Ironside
• Erik Refilsson, Swedish king of the House of Munsö
• Eric Anundsson, Swedish king who ruled during the 9th century
• Eric VI of Sweden, king of the Swedes during the second half of the 10th century
• Eric VII of Sweden, Swedish monarch
• Eric IX of Sweden, Swedish king between 1150 and 1160
• Eric X of Sweden, the King of Sweden between 1208 and 1216
• Eric XI of Sweden, the son of king Erik X of Sweden and Richeza of Denmark
• Eric XII of Sweden, rival King of Sweden and to his father Magnus II from 1356 to his death in 1359
• Eric XIV of Sweden, King of Sweden from 1560 until he was deposed in 1568

[edit] Other non-fictional

• Alfred Éric Leslie Satie (Erik Satie) (1866–1925), French composer and pianist
• Eric Staal, Canadian NHL player from Thunder Bay, Ontario

[edit] In fiction

• Eric Cartman, one of the main characters in South Park
• Eric, or, Little by Little, a novel
• Erec, a character from Arthurian legend
• Erik the Red (comics), fictional character in the Marvel Comics comic book universe
• Erik, the Phantom of the Opera, a disfigured genius, created by French writer Gaston Leroux
• Eric the Cavalier, a character in the Dungeons & Dragons (TV series)
• Prince Eric, the love interest of Princess Ariel in the Disney movie, The Little Mermaid

[edit] Other

• Eric, a Discworld novel by Terry Pratchett
• Eric Python IDE, integrated development environment for the Python programming language
• Education Resources Information Center, branch of the U.S. Department of Education
• Eric Bauman, creator of eBaums World

[edit] See also

• Eric, a name of Scandinavian origin, and the most used male name in Sweden.
• Erich (town), town and a nagar panchayat in Jhansi district in the state of Uttar Pradesh, India
• Ericsson