Richardis of Schwerin, Queen of Sweden

For other people of the same name, see Richardis of Schwerin.
Richardis of Schwerin

Queen Richardis as sculpted on Albert's grave
Queen consort of Sweden
Tenure 1365–1377
Born c.1347
Schwerin?
Died 23 April/11 July 1377 (aged 2930)
Stockholm
Burial Stockholm Dominican Church
Spouse Albert, King of Sweden
Issue Eric I, Duke of Mecklenburg[1]
Richardis Catherine, Duchess of Görlitz
House House of Hagen
Father Otto I, Count of Schwerin
Mother Matilda of Mecklenburg-Werle
Religion Roman Catholicism

Richardis of Schwerin (Swedish: Rikardis; 1347 April 23 or July 11, 1377) was Queen consort of Sweden as the wife of King Albert.

Life

Richardis was the child of Otto I, Count of Schwerin (d. 1357) and Matilda of Mecklenburg-Werle (d. 1361) and the paternal niece of Richardis of Schwerin, Duchess of Schleswig, the wife of the former Valdemar III of Denmark. She was engaged to Albert of Mecklenburg, who was also to be king of Sweden. In Wismar on 12 October 1352, the marriage contract was signed. It was not until 1365, however, that they were married in person and Richardis arrived in Sweden. She died in Stockholm and was buried in the Cloister Church at the Black Friars' Monastery.

Children

Ancestry

References

  1. Nationalencyklopedin (The National Encyclopedia)
  2. Nationalencyklopedin (The National Encyclopedia)
  3. Nordman, Viljo Adolf in Albrecht Herzog von Mecklenburg König von Schweden, Suomalaisen Tiedeakatemian Tuomituksia B:44:1, Suomalaisen Tiedeakatemia, Helsinki, 1939 p 336.
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Richardis of Schwerin, Queen of Sweden
House of Hagen
Born: circa 1347 Died: 23 April/11 July 1377
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Title last held by
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Queen consort of Sweden
1365–1377
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