With his first wife, the Danish noble
Benedicta Ebbesdatter (Galen branch of the Hvide family), b. , d. 1200), whom he married before 1190 when yet living in Denmark, Sverker had at least one well-attested daughter,
Helena. There were possibly further children, such as Karl Sverkersson who according to Norwegian sources married a daughter of king
Sverre of Norway and lost his life in 1198; his position is however doubtful, and if he was King Sverker's son he died in adolescence at the latest. There were possibly even two other daughters, Margaret and Christina, married to Witzlav of
Rügen and
Henry II, Lord of Mecklenburg ("Henry Borwin" in some later texts), respectively. The genealogical reconstruction is based on vague contemporary statements – however, Margaret and Christina may just have been Sverker's first wife's kinswomen. The second marriage in 1200 with
Ingegerd, daughter of the
Folkunge Jarl
Birger Brosa, produced a son and heir,
Johan (1201–1222), who was chosen king of Sweden 1216. It has also been argued however that it is possible Ingegerd was in fact Sverker's first wife, and Benedicta his second, and that possibly more of the evidence may point to this conclusion instead. His attested daughter
Helena Sverkersdotter married (earl) Sune Folkesson of the family of Bjälbo, justiciar of
Västergötland. Their daughters
Catherine and
Benedicta became pawns in marriages to gain Swedish succession after 1222, when the
Sverker dynasty became extinct in male line. Catherine was married to the rival dynasty's heir King
Erik Eriksson but they remained apparently childless. Benedicta married
Svantepolk of Viby and had several daughters, who married Swedish noblemen. Several Swedish noble families claim descent from Benedicta. == Notes ==