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Ingeborg of Denmark
Duchess of Mecklenburg-Schwerin
Born(1347-04-01)1 April 1347
Sønderborg Castle[1]
Died16 June 1370(1370-06-16) (aged 23)
Mecklenburg?
SpouseHenry III, Duke of Mecklenburg
IssueEuphemia, Princess of Mecklenburg-Werle
Albert IV, Duke of Mecklenburg
Maria, Duchess of Pomerania
Ingeborg, Abbess of Ribnitz
Names
Ingeborg Valdemarsdatter
HouseEstridsen
FatherValdemar IV of Denmark
MotherHelvig of Schleswig
ReligionRoman Catholicism
Danish Royalty
House of Estridsen
Valdemar IV Atterdag
Children
Christopher, Duke of Lolland
Margaret Valdemarsdatter
Ingeborg, Duchess of Mecklenburg
Catherine Valdemarsdatter
Valdemar Valdemarsen
Margaret I

Ingeborg of Denmark (Template:Lang-da) (1 April 1347–16 June 1370) [2] was the eldest daughter of Valdemar IV of Denmark and his wife Helvig of Schleswig. By marriage she was Duchess of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, although she died before her husband's succeed her father-in-law. She was potential heiress to the Danish throne and was the older sister of Margaret I of Denmark.

Ingeborg was betrothed to Duke Henry of Mecklenburg after the death of Ingeborg's older sister Margaret in 1350, who was betrothed to the Duke. She had two sisters named Margaret. The marriage contract between Henry and Ingeborg was established in Dornburg October 23, 1350. Ingeborg and Henry then married in 1362. They had the following children:

  • Euphemia (d. 1400), married to John V, Prince of Mecklenburg-Werle
  • Albert IV (1362–1388), Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, married to Elisabeth of Holstein
  • Maria (1363–1403), wife of Wartislaw VII, Duke of Pomerania
  • Ingeborg (1368–1408), a nun in Ribnitz 1376, where she was the abbess 1395–1408

Ingeborg was potential heir to the Danish throne in 1363 upon the death of her only surviving brother Christopher, Duke of Lolland. However, Denmark was an elective monarchy, and also, Ingeborg did not outlive her father, she died on 16 June 1370, aged twenty-three. Ingeborg's father died five years after in an attack of gout without appointing an heir. The succession of to the Danish throne was disputed. The Estates of Denmark met at Odense to elect the next king. The nobles were divided between either electing Ingeborg's son Albert IV, put forth by his grandfather Albert II, Duke of Mecklenburg; Margaret's son Olaf II, heir to the Norwegian throne; or choosing a new dynasty. The estates were eventually won over by Queen Margaret's charm and popularity, as the only surviving daughter of the deceased king, and along with the potential of a union with Norway and anti-German sentiments, Olaf II was elected as King of Denmark in 1376 with Queen Margaret as regent.[3] With Albert III, Duke of Mecklenburg, Ingeborg's brother-in-law, on the Swedish throne, the Danish may not want another Mecklenburg ruler in Scandinavia.

Ingeborg's grandson Eric of Pomerania inherited the rights of his grandmother and succeeded as King of Denmark in 1396 with Margaret as his regent. He became the first monarch of the Kalmar Union between Denmark, Norway, and Sweden. Her last surviving descendants was Christopher of Bavaria who succeeded Eric as ruler of the Kalmar Union.

Ancestry

Family of Ingeborg of Denmark, Duchess of Mecklenburg
16. Christopher I of Denmark
8. Eric V of Denmark
17. Margaret Sambiria
4. Christopher II of Denmark
18. John I, Margrave of Brandenburg
9. Agnes of Brandenburg
19. Jutta of Saxony
2. Valdemar IV of Denmark
20. Barnim I, Duke of Pomerania
10. Bogislaw IV, Duke of Pomerania
21. Marianna of Sweden?
5. Euphemia of Pomerania
22. Wizlaw II, Prince of Rügen
11. Margaret of Rügen (d. 1320)
23. Agnes of Brunswick-Lüneburg
1. Ingeborg of Denmark
24. Eric I, Duke of Schleswig
12. Valdemar IV, Duke of Schleswig
25. Margaret of Rügen (d. 1272)
6. Eric II, Duke of Schleswig
26. John I, Duke of Saxony
13. Elisabeth of Saxe-Lauenburg
27. Ingeborg Birgersdotter of Bjelbo
3. Helvig of Schleswig
28. Gerhard I, Count of Holstein-Itzehoe
14. Henry I, Count of Holstein-Rendsburg
29. Elisabeth of Mecklenburg
7. Adelheid of Holstein
30. William, Count of Bronkhorst-Reckheim
15. Heilwig von Bronckhorst
31. Ermengarde of Randerode

References

  1. ^ Our Family History and Ancestry. "Ingeborg Valdemarsdatter, Prinsesse of Denmark". Retrieved 2011-05-05.
  2. ^ Template:MLCC
  3. ^ Margaret of Denmark By Mary Hill. Page 52-55

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