Richardis of Schwerin

Richardis' cenotaph in the Doberan Minster.

Richardis' grave slab in the Dominican monastery in Stockholm.

Richardis von Schwerin (* before 1352, † 1377 ) was the wife of King Albrechts III. Queen of Sweden.

Her parents were Otto Graf von Schwerin and his wife Mechthild von Werle-Goldberg († 1361), daughter of Johann III. from Werle-Goldberg .

It was first mentioned in 1352 in connection with the pledge of the town of Boitzeburg for the dowry upon marriage. After Johannes Messenius she married Albrecht, who later became King Albrecht III. , 1365. Then in 1377 another letter of protection was issued by her. Otherwise it will not appear in the document.

literature

Hans Gillingstam: Article “Ricardis” in: Svensk biografisk lexikon

Footnotes

↑ Boitzeburg or Boitzenburg was a town and an office at the mouth of the Boitze in the Elbe near Hamburg. (Johann Huebner's Staats = newspaper and conversation lexicon. Regenspurg and Vienna 1759. p. 168.)

personal data
SURNAME	Richardis of Schwerin
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Queen of Sweden
DATE OF BIRTH	before 1352
DATE OF DEATH	1377
Place of death	Stockholm

[bb-1] Boitzeburg or Boitzenburg was a town and an office at the mouth of the Boitze in the Elbe near Hamburg. (Johann Huebner's Staats = newspaper and conversation lexicon. Regenspurg and Vienna 1759. p. 168.)