Margaret of Sweden, Queen of Norway
| Margaret of Sweden | |
|---|---|
| Queen consort of Norway | |
.jpg) Heraldic lions used by the Erican dynasty | |
| Reign | 1189–1202 |
| Born | circa 1155 Sweden |
| Died | 1209 Norway |
| Spouse | Sverre of Norway |
| Issue | Christina of Norway |
| Father | Eric IX of Sweden |
| Mother | Christina Björnsdotter |
Margaret of Sweden (Margrete Eriksdotter) (circa 1155–1209) was Norwegian queen consort as spouse of King Sverre of Norway.
Biography
Margaret was the daughter of King Eric IX of Sweden and Queen Christina Björnsdotter. In 1189, she married Norwegian King Sverre. She is only sporadically mentioned in history during her tenure as queen; primarily in connection with an attempt by Nikolas Arnesson to become Bishop of Stavanger. A general view about Queen Margaret was that she had "eit mistankens skjær over seg" (English: "had a shadow of suspicion") over her, and she has been regarded as intrigant [1]
- Ho er berre sporadisk omtala i Sverris saga, mest utførleg i samband med eit angiveleg forsøk frå Nikolas Arnesson på å bli biskop i Stavanger. Alt her har omtalen av dronninga eit mistankens skjær over seg.
She became a widow in 1202, returned to her native Sweden, and retired to her estates in Västergötland and Värmland. Departing Norway, she had to leave her daughter Kristina Sverresdotter behind against her will. She spent two years in Sweden and returned to Norway in 1204.
On 1 January 1204, two days after she had returned to Norway, her stepson, King Haakon III of Norway, died with obvious symptoms of poisoning. Margaret became a suspect of the crime, and one of her servants tried to prove her innocence in a trial by ordeal which failed. The servant was drowned and Margareta fled back to Sweden.
Margaret returned to Norway in 1209, when her daughter married co-regent Filip Simonsson, the Bagler party candidate to the throne of Norway. Margaret took part in the wedding. Immediately after she was ill, and died a few weeks later.[2]
References
Other sources
- Magerøy, H. Soga om birkebeinar og baglar (1988)
- Imsen, Steinar Våre dronninger: fra Ragnhild Eriksdatter til Sonja (Oslo: 1991)
- Koht, Halvdan Norske dronningar (in "The Old Norse Sagas", 1931)
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