Mechthild of Holstein
Mechthild von Holstein (* 1220 or 1225 ; † 1288 in Kiel ) was Queen of Denmark from 1250 to 1252 .
Life
Mechthild - daughter of Adolf IV. Von Holstein - married Abel in 1237 , who was King of Denmark from 1250 to 1252. There were four children from the marriage:
- Waldemar III. Abelson , Duke of Schleswig
- Erich I. , Duke of Schleswig (also: Erik I.)
- Sophie of Denmark
- Abel Abelsen.
After Abel's death in 1252, Mechthild von Holstein and Birger Jarl got married - both in a second marriage - in Bjälbo (Sweden). Christina Birgersdotter came from the marriage.
In a deed dated May 12, 1260, Mechthild von Holstein, together with her two sons Erich I and Abel Abelsen, pledged their property in Stapelholm , Fræzlæt , Schwansen and the Jarnwith crown estate to the Holstein counts Johann I and Gerhard I , their brothers. The aforementioned document also mentions the Rendsburg fortress , which Mechthild received as a dowry.
Mechthild von Holstein is buried in Varnhem's monastery church in Varnhem near Skara / Västergötland in Sweden .
ancestry
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Adolf II. (Schauenburg and Holstein) (1128–1164) Count of Schauenburg, Holstein and Stormarn |
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Adolf III. (Schauenburg and Holstein) (1160–1225) Count of Schauenburg and Holstein |
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| Mechthild von Schwarzburg-Käfernburg | |||||||||||||
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Adolf IV. (Schauenburg and Holstein) (1205–1261) Count of Schauenburg and Holstein |
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| Burchard III. (Querfurt) | |||||||||||||
| Adelheid of Querfurt | |||||||||||||
| Mathilde of equals | |||||||||||||
| Mechthild of Holstein | |||||||||||||
| Bernhard II (Lippe) | |||||||||||||
| Hermann II (Lippe) | |||||||||||||
| Heilwig von Are-Hostaden | |||||||||||||
| Heilwig von der Lippe | |||||||||||||
| Simon I. (Tecklenburg) | |||||||||||||
| Oda of Tecklenburg | |||||||||||||
| Oda from Berg-Altena | |||||||||||||
literature
- Kristian Erslev: Mechthilde . In: Carl Frederik Bricka (Ed.): Dansk biografisk Lexikon. Tillige omfattende Norge for Tidsrummet 1537-1814. 1st edition. tape 11 : Maar – Müllner . Gyldendalske Boghandels Forlag, Copenhagen 1897, p. 205-206 (Danish, runeberg.org ).
- Albert von Stade : Annales Stadenses. Edente Io. M. Lappenberg . In: Monumenta Germaniae Historica . Scriptores (in folio). Volume 16: (Annales aevi Suevici). Hahn, Hannover 1859, pp. 271–379, here pp. 363–367.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Diplomatarium Danicum. Række 2, Bind 1: 1250-1265. Munksgaard, Copenhagen 1938, no.316.
- ^ Horst Windmann: Schleswig as territory. Basic features of the constitutional development in the Duchy of Schleswig from the beginnings to the extinction of the Abel House in 1375 (= sources and research on the history of Schleswig-Holstein. Volume 30, ISSN 0173-0940 ). Wachholtz, Neumünster 1954, p. 172 (at the same time: Kiel, Universität, Dissertation, 1952).
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| SURNAME | Mechthild of Holstein |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Queen of Denmark (1250–1252) |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1220 or 1225 |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1288 |
| Place of death | Kiel |