Ingegerd Birgersdotter of Bjelbo

Ingegerd Birgersdotter of Bjelbo
Queen consort of Sweden
Reign	1200–1208
Born	c. 1180
Died	1230
Spouse	Sverker II of Sweden
Father	Birger Brosa
Mother	Queen Brigida

Coat of Arms of Bjelbo

Ingegerd (or Ingegärd) Birgersdotter of Bjelbo (or Bjälbo), (ca. 1180–7 April after 1210, possibly 1230), was a Swedish Queen Consort, second spouse of King Sverker II of Sweden.

Ingegerd was born into one of Sweden's most powerful noble families, the Bjälbo family, as the child of Birger Brosa and the Queen Dowager Brigida Haraldsdotter; her mother was the child of King Harald Gille of Norway and had in her first marriage herself been the Queen of Sweden in 1160–1161.

In 1200, she was married to King Sverker after the death of his first consort and became Queen of Sweden directly upon her marriage. Through her connections, she was to play an important part in her husband's politics. In 1202, her father died, and queen Ingegerd and her husband proclaimed their one-year-old son Prince Johan as the heir and head of the Bjelbo clan through her. In 1204, a conflict broke out between her husband and her family, and in 1205, her family broke with her after the death of the sons of King Canute I of Sweden at the Battle of Älgarås. She acted as mediator between the king and her family, but failed to reconcile them, and in 1210, her husband was killed at the Battle of Gestilren.

The later life of queen Ingegerd is not known, nor is the year of her death. In 1216, her son was made king. Historians suggest that she spent her later life with her brother Magnus, in Scania or in Denmark. The year of 1230 is suggested as the date of her death.

Children

John I of Sweden, (1201?–1222), king 1216–1222.

Ancestry

Ancestors of Ingegerd Birgersdotter of Bjelbo

8. Folke the Fat

4. Bengt Snivil

18. Canute IV of Denmark

9. Ingrid Knutsdotter

19. Adela of Flanders

2. Birger Brosa

5. Sigrid Lakman (?)

1. Ingegerd Birgersdotter of Bjelbo

12. Magnus III of Norway (?)

6. Harald IV of Norway

3. Brigida Haraldsdotter

28. Inge the Elder

14. Ragnvald Ingesson

29. Helena

7. Ingrid Ragnvaldsdottir

References

Agneta Conradi Mattsson: Riseberga kloster, Birger Brosa & Filipssönerna (Risberga convent, birger brosa and the sons of Philip) Vetenskapliga skrifter utgivna av Örebro läns museum 2, 1998, ISBN 91-85642-24-X
Dick Harrison: Jarlens sekel - En berättelse om 1200-talets Sverige. (The century of the jarl en story from 13th century Sweden) Ordfront, Stockholm, 2002, ISBN 91-7324-999-8
Åke Ohlmarks: Alla Sveriges drottningar (All the queens of Sweden) (Swedish)

Swedish royalty
Ingegerd Birgersdotter Born: 1180 Died: 7 April after 1210 (1230?)
Preceded by Benedikte Ebbesdotter	Queen consort of Sweden 1200–1208	Succeeded by Rikissa of Denmark

Swedish royal consorts

Sigrid the Haughty/Świętosława^ (late 10th century)* Aud Haakonsdottir of Lade (990s–995) Estrid of the Obotrites (1000–1022) Gunnhildr Sveinsdóttir^ (1022–1050) Astrid Njalsdotter (1050–1060) Helena (1079–1084) Blotstulka (1084–1087) Helena (1088–1105) Ingegerd of Norway^ (1105–1118) Ragnhild Halstensdotter (1105–1117) Ulvhild Håkansdotter^ (1117–1125) Richeza of Poland (1127–1130) Ulvhild Håkansdotter^ (1134–1148) Richeza of Poland (1148–1156) Christina Björnsdatter (1156–1160) Brigida Haraldsdotter (1160–1161) Christina Stigsdatter (1163/1164–1167) Cecilia Johansdotter (1167–1190) Benedicta Ebbesdotter (1196–1199/1200) Ingegerd Birgersdotter (1200–1208) Richeza of Denmark (1210–1216) Helena Pedersdatter Strange (1229–1234) Catherine Sunadotter (1243/1244–1250) Sophia Eriksdotter (1260–1275) Hedwig of Holstein (1276–1290) Märta Eriksdotter (1298–1318) Blanche of Namur (1335–1363) Beatrice of Bavaria (1356–1359) Margareta Valdemarsdotter* (1363–1364) Richardis of Schwerin (1365–1377) Philippa of England^ (1406–1430)* Dorothea of Brandenburg^ (1445–1448)* Karin Karlsdotter (1448) Merete Lydekedatter (1448) Catherine Karlsdotter (1448–1450) Dorothea of Brandenburg^ (1457–1464)* Elin Gustavsdotter (1466–1467) Christina Abrahamsdotter (1470) Ingeborg Tott (1470–1497) Christina of Saxony^ (1497–1501)* Ingeborg Tott (1501–1503) Mette Dyre (1504–1512) Christina Gyllenstierna (1512–1520) Isabella of Austria^ (1520–1521)* Catherine of Saxe-Lauenburg (1531–1533) Margaret Leijonhufvud (1536–1551) Catherine Stenbock (1552–1560) Karin Månsdotter (1567–1568) Catherine Jagellon (1568–1583) Gunilla Bielke (1585–1592) Anne of Austria (1592–1598) Christina of Holstein-Gottorp (1599/1604–1611) Maria Eleonora of Brandenburg (1620–1632) Hedwig Eleonora of Holstein-Gottorp (1654–1660) Ulrika Eleonora of Denmark (1680–1693) Frederick of Hesse-Kassel (1718/1719–1720) Ulrika Eleonora (1720–1741) Louisa Ulrika of Prussia (1751–1771) Sophia Magdalena of Denmark (1771–1792) Frederica of Baden (1797–1809) Hedvig Elisabeth Charlotte of Holstein-Gottorp* (1809–1818) Désirée Clary* (1818–1844) Josephine of Leuchtenberg* (1844–1859) Louise of the Netherlands* (1859–1871) Sophia of Nassau* (1872–1907) Victoria of Baden (1907–1930) Louise Mountbatten (1950–1965) Silvia Sommerlath (1976–present)

* also Queen of Norway ^ also Queen of Denmark

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