Father was Gustaf Knutsson Sparre (Born 1222, Adelsö, Sweden), Grandfather was Knut Sixtensson Sparre (Born 1190, Adelsö, Sweden), Great grandfather was Sixten Sixtensson Sparre (born 1165 in Tofta, Uppsala, Sweden)
Descent from this house was regarded as such hard currency in medieval and early modern power games that some aspirants (most notably Charles VIII of Sweden) even fabricated a descent (see Tofta) to show that they too were heirs of the House of Erik.
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The manor of Tofta, in Adelsö, Uppland, was his main seat, and his other remarkable manor was Ekholmen, in Veckholm, same province.