Ulvhild Håkonsdatter

Ulvhild Håkonsdatter (* 1095/1100; † 1148 ) was Queen of Sweden twice and once of Denmark in three marriages .

Life

There are no reliable sources about Ulvhild's youth and first marriage. She was probably a daughter of the Norwegian magnate Hakon Finnson - a descendant of the great Norwegian skald Eyvindr Skáldaspillir (* around 920, † 990) from the Thjotta family. Around 1116 she married the Swedish King Inge the Younger . Inge died around 1123, according to legend, poisoned by Ulvhild.

Ruins of the Alvastra monastery where Ulvhild was buried.

After his death she moved to Denmark and married the widowed King Niels Svensson there . This marriage also remained childless. According to Saxo Grammaticus , Sverker I of Sweden kidnapped her and made her his wife. As a bride's gift, she is said to have received a piece of land that she and Sverker donated in 1143 for the construction of Sweden's first Cistercian monastery , Alvastra . After her death in 1148 she was buried there. Sverker married Rikissa of Poland , who as the wife of Ulvhild's stepson from her second marriage, Magnus Nielsson , had already been Ulvhild's predecessor as Queen of Sweden. Ulvhild's daughter Helena married Rikissa's son.

progeny

From the marriage with Sverker I .:

Charles VII. Sverkersson († murdered April 12, 1167), King of Sweden (1161–1167), ⚭ 1163 Christine Stigsdotter, daughter of Stig Hvitaledhr and Margaret Princess of Denmark
- His son was Sverker II. Karlsson, King of Sweden (1196–1208)
Helena Sverkersdotter (* around 1130, † after 1158), ⚭ 1156 Knut V. Magnusson 1147 King of Jutland, 1154–1157 co- King of Denmark , † murdered August 9, 1157
Prince Jon Sverkersson († murdered 1153/54), Jarl in Sweden
Princess Ingegerd Sverkersdotter († 1204); from 1164 prioress of the Vreta monastery
Possibly also a son of Sune Sik.
- His daughter Ingrid Ylva ⚭ 1195 Magnus Minnesköld , through her son Birger Jarl, became the ancestral mother of the Kings of Sweden 1250-1364, Kings of Norway (1380-1387) and Kings of Denmark (1376-1387) from the Folkunger family .

Web links

heimskringla.no - Saxo Grammaticus: Niels (Danish)

Individual evidence

↑ Detlev Schwennike: European family tables , Verlag JA Stargardt, Marburg, 1984 New Series, Volume II, Plate 105
^ Horst Windmann: Schleswig as territory. Wachholtz, Neumünster 1954, family table Dept. I (1050–1200)
↑ Saxo Grammaticus: Gesta Danorum 11th book chapter 10.
↑ Lars o. Lagerqvist: Sveriges regenter. Från forntid till nutid . Norsteds Förlag AB Stockholm 1996. ISBN 91-1-963882-5 , p. 54.

personal data
SURNAME	Ulvhild Håkonsdatter
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Queen of Sweden and Denmark
DATE OF BIRTH	around 1100
DATE OF DEATH	1148

[1] Detlev Schwennike: European family tables , Verlag JA Stargardt, Marburg, 1984 New Series, Volume II, Plate 105

[2] Horst Windmann: Schleswig as territory. Wachholtz, Neumünster 1954, family table Dept. I (1050–1200)

[3] Saxo Grammaticus: Gesta Danorum 11th book chapter 10.

[4] Lars o. Lagerqvist: Sveriges regenter. Från forntid till nutid . Norsteds Förlag AB Stockholm 1996. ISBN 91-1-963882-5 , p. 54.