Kilde: Dansk Biografisk Lexicon Carl Fr. Bricka Project Runeberg (1887-1905) Erik Emune, --1137, king, illegal son of Erik I Ejegod. E. joined during his father's brother king Niels' government his brother Knud Lavard, who had given him some islands to govern. When Knud was murdered 7. January 1131,E. wasn't in the country, but he came quickly demanding revenge; archbishop Asser reached a settlement though on the condition that Magnus Nielsen left Denmark. This was however not respected, which made E. and his halfbrother Harald Kesja urge the people to do a revolt. E. was let down by king Lothar of Germany, while Niels bought Lothar's friendship, and E. had to endure a tough siege in Schleswig in the winter 1131-32, but he got away in spring and succeeded in beating Magnus at Sejerø. Soon after he suffered a defeat at Onsild Bridge and was saved only by the braveness of Bjørn Ironside(Harald Kesja's son) and Åge Christiernsen. Harald Kesja had however joined king Niels, and E. fought against both him and the king, who won a victory at Værebro. At that time E. had married Sigurd Jorsalfarer's repudiated wife Malmfred, a daughter of the Russian Grand Prince Mstislaw or Harald, and he hoped for assistance from Norway, but king Magnus let him down. After archbishop Asser had joined E., Niels tried to start a main battle, but at Fodevig on Whit Monday (4 June) 1134 E. was the victor, especially with the assistance from his cavalry. 3 weeks later king Niels was killed by the Gildebrødrene (Brothers of the guild, Knud Lavard's friends) in Schleswig (25 June 1134), and Erik was paid tribute as king. The by-name Harefoot, which his earlier roaming had given him, was replaced after the victory by the name Emune, which meant "the forever memorable". When Harald Kesja the next year (1135) let himself proclaim king at Urnehoved Thing, E. captured both him and his many sons except one and let them kill.Shortly after E. brought his cavalry across the sea to Rügen and forced the Wends to submission and christening, but the fleet had hardly left the island, before they took up their old paganism. King Magnus persuaded E. to an expedition to Norway, but he met a serious resistance and had to withdraw. When E. 18. Sept. 1137 held a thing at Ribe or Urnehoved, a landlord, Sorte Plov, stepped forward in front of the king. He wanted revenge for having suffered an unjustice, and when he noticed that the king did not wear a coat of mail, he thrusted his spear through him. E. was buried in Ribe Cathedral. E. owned several qualities which also characterized Knud Lavard, like courage, enterprise and stamina, and he had, while he was with his halfbrother, whose memory he honoured, trained himself to be a great warrior. On the other hand he was a different person, and his character was blemished by thoughtless desire of conquest,harshness and cruelty. He had no children by Malmfred who survived him; before his marriage he had a son Svend (Grathe) with a mistress Thunna. Suhm, Hist. af Danmark V. Dahlmann, Gesch. von Dannemark. Ræder, Danmark under Svend Estridsen og hans Sønner. H. Olrik, Knud Lavards Liv og Gærning. Johannes C. H. R. Steenstrup. Malmfred, --1130--, queen, was a daughter of the Russian prince Mstislav or Harald and Christine, a daughter of the Swedish king Inge. M.s maternal aunt Margrethe Fredkulla, king Niels' wife, seems to have worked for relations between the Nordic principalities, it might therefore be she, who arranged a marriage between M. and the Norwegian king Sigurd Jorsalfar ab. 1120, like she had arranged a marriage between M.'s sister Ingeborg and Knud Lavard. Sigurd and M. had a daughter Christine, who was later married to Erling Skakke. In his last years Sigurd, who was mentally sick, repudiated M. and took another wife. M. was then married to her sister's brother-in-law Erik Emune ab. 1132 and shared his changing fate during the battles with king Niels and Magnus, she followed him on his flight to Norway in 1133. In 1134 she became queen at Erik's accession to the throne, but nothing is known of her later life. Munch, Det norske Folks Hist. II. Olrik, Knud Lavard. Johannes C. H. R. Steenstrup.
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