Eria

[Gr. erion, wool.] ( Bot.) A genus of plants, order Orchid aceæ, so called on account of the woolline of its flowers. Eric, (eer'ik.) [Swed., Henry.] The Swedish kings of this name of whom anything is known are: - ERIC EDMUNDSEN, Upsala king; D. 885.- ERIC THE VICTORIOUS, son of the preceding, and joint succe or with his brother Olave; celebrated for his victory over Styrbiorn, son of the latter, who claimed the inheritance on his father's death; died 993, or soon after. - Two kings, both bearing the name of ERIC, contended for the throne in the civil war which broke out about 1066, and in this war both the kings and all the chief Swedes are said to have fallen. Besides these, four other Erics must have been known traditionally: -ST. ERIC, who reigned 1155-1160, being called ERIC IX. After him comes ERIC KNUTSEN, or ERIC X., grandson of the preceding, called the good. harvest king, reigned 1210-1216. ERIC ERICSEN, OF ERIC XI., a grave and righteous prince, in whom the race of St. Eric expired, reigned 1222-1250. ERIC XII., of the house of the Folkungers, who rose to power during the reign of the preceding; king during the lifetime of his father, Magnus Ladislas, and at length poisoned by his mother, Blanche of Namur, 1350-1359. ERIC XIII. of Sweden, and VII. of Denmark, before his election duke of Pomerania, chosen in Sweden 1396; co-regent with Margaret of Waldemar up to his dethronement, by Engelbrecht-Engelbrechtsen, in 1434, and after that, having been again acknowledged, dethroned in all the three kingdoms of Sweden, Norway, and Denmark, at the death of that prince , 1439. ERIC XIV., son of Gustavus Vasa, B. 1533, succeeded 1560, compelled to abdicate by his brothers 1569, poisoned in prison 1577. E'ric. There were 9 kings of Denmark of this name:two unknown in the 9th century, and then ERIC I., called "the Good," reigned 1095-1105. ERIC II., reigned 1134-1137. ERIC III., called "the Lamb," succeeded the preceding, and abdicated 1147. ERIC IV., appointed by his brother, Abel, reigned 1242-1250. ERIC V., succeeded 1259, a a inated 1286. ERIC VI., reigned 1286-1319. ERIC VII., same as ERIC XIII. of Sweden.