Ingeborg of Kiev
Ingeborg Mstislawna von Kiev ( Russian Ингеборга Киевская ; bl. 1137) was a princess of the Kievan Rus , a member of the Rurikids dynasty and the wife of the Danish duke Knud Lavard of Jutland .
Life
She was the daughter of Grand Duke Mstislaw I of Kiev and Christina Ingesdotter of Sweden . In 1116 she was married to Knud Lavard in a wedding arranged by her maternal aunt, the Danish Queen Margarethe Fredkulla . In 1130 she tried unsuccessfully to prevent Knud from traveling to a meeting at which he was supposed to be murdered. In January 1131 their son Waldemar I of Denmark was born. In 1137 she refused the proposal of Christians Svendsen to declare her son monarch after the death of Erik Emune .
children
- Margaret of Denmark; married Stig Hvitaledr
- Christine of Denmark (* 1118); married Magnus IV of Norway in 1133
- Catherine of Denmark; married Prislav , the exiled son of the Abodrite prince Niklot
- Waldemar I of Denmark , (* 1131)
literature
- Ingeborg . In: Carl Frederik Bricka (Ed.): Dansk biografisk Lexikon. Tillige omfattende Norge for Tidsrummet 1537-1814. 1st edition. tape 8 : Holst – Juul . Gyldendalske Boghandels Forlag, Copenhagen 1894, p. 282 (Danish, runeberg.org ).
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Ingeborg of Kiev |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Ingeborg Mstislawna of Kiev (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Princess of Kievan Rus and the wife of the Danish Duke Knud Lavard of Jutland |
| DATE OF BIRTH | before 1116 |
| DATE OF DEATH | after 1137 |