Eric Gregerson Lillie

Eric Greggerson Lillie was distantly related to the "peasant-king" Gustaf Eriksson Wasa, as a younger son and not occupying any important position in the world, he escaped the persecution to which the elder brothers, Bishop Matthis, Folke Gregersson and Bengt Gregersson were subject, all being executed at the Stockholm Bloodbath, 1520.

Eric Gregerson Lillie became a merchant dealing with the Hanseatic cities through his marriage with Agnes, daughter of 'kopman' (merchant), Eli Johanson of Gothenburg, absorbing the latter's business upon his death in 1510.