Euphemia of Pomerania

Euphemia of Pomerania
Queen consort of Denmark
Reign	1320–1330
Born	1285
Died	26 July 1330
Burial	Sorø Abbey
Spouse	Christopher II of Denmark
House	House of Estridsen House of Pomerania
Father	Bogislaw IV, Duke of Pomerania
Mother	Magarete of Rügen
Religion	Roman Catholicism

Euphemia of Pomerania (1285 – 26 July 1330) was a Danish Queen consort, spouse of King Christopher II of Denmark. She was the daughter of Bogislaw IV, Duke of Pomerania and his second wife, Magarete of Rügen.

Euphemia wed Christopher in 1300. The marriage was likely arranged to provide Christopher with support from the states of her mother and father.

Euphemia had at least six known children:

• Margarete (1305–1340), married Louis V, Duke of Bavaria
• Erik (1307–1331)
• Otto, Duke of Lolland and Estonia (born c. 1310 – died after 1347)
• Agnes (d. 1312), died young
• Heilwig (born c. 1315)
• Valdemar, King of Denmark (1320–1375)

She is buried in the Sorø Abbey.

Ancestry

Family of Euphemia of Pomerania

16. Bogislaw I, Duke of Pomerania 8. Bogislaw II, Duke of Pomerania 17. Anastasia of Greater Poland 4. Barnim I, Duke of Pomerania 18. Mestwin I, Duke of Pomerania 9. Miroslawa of Pomerelia 19. Swinisława 2. Bogislaw IV, Duke of Pomerania 20. Canute I of Sweden 10. Eric X of Sweden 21. Cecilia Johansdotter of Sweden 5. Marianna of Sweden 22. Valdemar I of Denmark 11. Richeza of Denmark 23. Sophia of Minsk 1. Euphemia of Pomerania 24. Wizlaw I, Prince of Rügen 12. Jaromar II, Prince of Rügen 25. Margaret 6. Wizlaw II, Prince of Rügen 26. Swietopelk II, Duke of Pomerania 13. Euphemia of Pomerania 27. Euphrosyne of Greater Poland 3. Margaret of Rügen (d. 1320) 28. William of Winchester, Lord of Lüneburg 14. Otto I, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg 29. Helena of Denmark 7. Agnes of Brunswick-Lüneburg 30. Albert II, Margrave of Brandenburg 15. Matilda of Brandenburg 31. Matilda of Landsberg

References

• Alf Henrikson: Dansk historia (Danish history) (1989) (Swedish)
• Sven Rosborn (In Swedish): När hände vad i Nordens historia (When did what happen in the historiy of the Nordic countries) (1997)
• Den store danske encyklopædi Eufemia_af_Pommern
• http://runeberg.org/nfad/0404.html
• http://runeberg.org/dbl/4/0621.html