Ingeborg Magnusdotter of Sweden

Ingeborg Magnusdotter of Sweden
Ingeborg Magnusdotter of Sweden on her tomb.
Queen consort of Denmark
Reign	1296–1319
Born	c. 1277 Sweden
Died	5 April or 15 August 1319 Convent of St. Clare, Roskilde
Burial	St. Bendt's Church, Ringsted
Spouse	Eric VI of Denmark
House	House of Bjelbo
Father	Magnus III of Sweden
Mother	Helwig of Holstein
Religion	Roman Catholicism

Princess Ingeborg Magnusdotter of Sweden, (b. 1277, Sweden – d. 5 April or 15 August 1319), was a Danish queen consort, daughter of king Magnus III of Sweden and wife of king Eric VI of Denmark.

Life

Ingeborg was born a daughter of King Magnus III of Sweden and Helwig of Holstein. In 1288, she was engaged to marry to King Eric Menved of Denmark, a marriage which took place in Helsingborg in 1296 as a part of dynastic policies; in 1298, her brother king Birger of Sweden married her husband's sister, Princess Martha of Denmark. The dispensation necessary for the marriage was not obtained until 1297 because of the conflict between her spouse and the archbishop Jens Grand.

Queen Ingeborg was described as beautiful and tender. She is not believed to have played any political role. She had eight sons who died as children, as well as six miscarriages, although the sources differ between eight and fourteen children: whathever the case, her many pregnancies led to miscarriages, or the birth of children who died soon after. She and her husband was the ally of her eldest brother, King Birger, and her husband's sister queen Martha of Sweden during the Swedish throne conflicts; they received their son in 1306 after the Håtuna games, and later Birger and Martha temselwes as refugees after the Nyköping Banquet in 1318.

In 1318, Queen Ingeborg gave birth to a son who lived: she showed him off to the public from her carriage, from which he fell from her grip, broke his neck and died. After this, she entered the convent of St. Clare in Roskilde of the sorrow. According to one legend she was forced to the convent by her husband, who blamed her for the death of their son, according to another because of the sorrow caused by the deaths of her brothers, Erik Magnusson and Valdemar Magnusson. In 1319, she foretold the death of herself, her spouse and the archbishop, and soon after, she died followed by her husband.

Ancestry

Ancestors of Ingeborg Magnusdotter of Sweden

16. Bengt Snivil               8. Magnus Minniskiöld                       4. Birger jarl                             18. Sune Sik               9. Ingrid Ylva                       2. Magnus III of Sweden                                   20. Canute I of Sweden               10. Eric X of Sweden                       21. Cecilia Johansdotter of Sweden               5. Ingeborg Eriksdotter of Sweden                             22. Valdemar I of Denmark               11. Richeza of Denmark                       23. Sofia of Minsk               1. Ingeborg Magnusdotter of Sweden                                         24. Adolf III, Count of Holstein               12. Adolf IV, Count of Holstein                       25. Adelheid of Querfurt               6. Gerhard I, Count of Holstein-Itzehoe                             26. Hermann II, Lord of Lippe               13. Heilwig of Lippe                       27. Oda of Tecklenburg               3. Helvig of Holstein                                   28. Henry Borwin II, Lord of Mecklenburg               14. John I, Lord of Mecklenburg                       29. Christine of Sweden               7. Elisabeth of Mecklenburg                             30. Poppo VII, Count of Henneberg               15. Luitgard of Henneberg

References and literature

• Dehn-Henning Nielsen: Kings och Queens i Danmark, Copenhagen 2007, ISBN 978-87-89542-71-3
• Kay Nielsen, Ib Askholm: Danmarks kongelige familier i 1000 år, 2007, ISBN 978-87-91679-09-4 Kay Nielsen, Ib Askholm: Danmarks Kongelige familier i 1000 år, 2007, ISBN 978-87-91679-09-4
• Rikke Agnete Olsen: Kongerækken, København 2005, ISBN 87-595-2525-8 Rikke Agnete Olsen: Kongerækken, København 2005, ISBN 87-595-2525-8
• http://runeberg.org/salmonsen/2/12/0387.html
• http://runeberg.org/dbl/8/0280.html
• http://historiska-personer.nu/min-s/p1e05a0be.html