During the reigns of Eric XIV and John III of Sweden, the dynasty nouveau of Sweden worked to have some most royal ancestry attached. Similar background also produced the enumeration of Swedish monarchs, Eric taking an unrealistically high regnal number. Some of genealogies are obviously ludicrous, but some bits of it are actually later verified. This list presents some verified descents from early Scandinavian monarchs, over half a millennium preceding Eric, John and Charles.
From first king of Norway to the Vasa kings
edit2) Tore Ragnvaldsson, earl of Møre and his wife Aalov Aarbod, daughter of Harald I of Norway and Gyda Eriksdotter of Hordaland. Tore was son of Ragnvald Eysteinsson, Earl of Møre
3) Bergljot Toresdotter m Sigurd, Earl of Lade (Sigurd Hakonarson)
4) Haakon the Mighty, Earl of Lade, Viceroy of Norway
5) Eric, Earl of Lade, Viceroy of Norway, Earl of Northumberland m Gyda of Denmark
6) Haakon the younger, Earl of Lade, Viceroy of Norway, Earl of Worcester m Gunhild of the Vendes
7) Bodil Hakonardottir m Earl Ulf Galiciafare
8) Thrugot Ulfsson m Thorgunna Vagnsdottir
9) Bodil, Queen of Denmark m Eric I of Denmark
10) Canute Lavard, Duke (of South Jutland), Overlord of Obotrites/ Vendes m Ingeborg of Kiev
11) Margaret Knudsdatter m Stig of Hvide, Stig Tokesen Hvitaleder, head of the Hvide clan
12) Christina Stigsdatter of Hvide m Charles VII of Sweden
13) Sverker II of Sweden m Benedicta Ebbesdatter (of the Galen)
14) Helena Sverker of Sweden m Earl Sune Folkesson, Justiciar of Westrogothia
15) Benedicta Sunesdotter m Svantepolk of Reval, son of Canute, Duke of Reval, himself a bastard son of Valdemar II of Denmark, son of Valdemar I of Denmark, son of Canute Lavard the aforementioned
16) Ingeborg Svantepolksdotter m3 Tune Anundsson of Vinga
17) Anund Tunesson of Vinga
18) Ingeborg Anundsdotter m Jon Hemmingsson of Lejonansikte
19) Anund Jonsson m Ramborg Israelsdotter of Finsta, cousin of St Bridget of Sweden
20) Christina Anundsdotter m Anund Sture of Räfsnäs, son of Märta Bosdotter of the Natt och Dag, daughter of Bo Bosson of the Natt och Dag, son of Cecilia Knutsdotter of Aspenäs, daughter of Knut Jonsson of Aspenäs, son of Ingeborg Svantepolksdotter the aforementioned from her earlier marriage with Johan Filipsson of Aspenäs.
21) Gustav Sture of Räfsnäs m Brita Stensdotter of Bielke
22) Brita Gustavsdotter Sture m Johan Christersson of Vasa (dynasty)
23) Eric Johansson of Vasa m Cecilia Månsdotter of Eka clan
24) Gustav Vasa, king m2 Margaret Lejonhuvud
25) John III of Sweden (second son) and Charles IX of Sweden (fourth son)