For Christmas I got given a copy of N.A.M. Rodger’s The Safeguard of the Sea: A Naval History of Britain, Vol 1: 660-1649 and whilst reading it last night I came across a single reference to King Eric the Lamb of Denmark.
Apart from the fact that he was King of Denmark in 1137 and sent a fleet to raid England I can’t find out anything about Eric the Lamb, most importantly I can’t find out why he was called that (’The Lamb’ that is, I’m sure that Eric was chosen by his parents and was a very respectable name for twelth century Danish royalty).
