Danish queen. She was originally Princess of Sweden of the Bielbo Dynasty, a daughter of King Magnus III Barnlock and Queen Haelwig. Her year of birrth is an estimate. By 1288 she had been strategically engaged to King Eric VI Meanwith of Denmark. Their wedding in Elsinburg was eight years later, and his sister Princess Martha married her brother two years after that. Papal permission necessary for the marriage was not until 1297 because Danish Archbishop Archbishop John Grand was on bad terms with his king which delayed the marriage. Though written of with becoming traits, she had no role known to us in political affairs. Pregnant a total of twelve times including miscarriages, eight boys she gave birth to died when they were children. She and her brother the Danish king supported the Swedish, her brother, during the major conflicts between the royal brothers in Sweden which culminated in the Swedish royal couple fleeing to Denmark in 1319. The year before, the major tragedy of her life occurred when her only living son was killed in a carriage accident. As one story goes, her husband King Eric forced her to join the St. Clare's Convent in Roskilde while blaming her for the little prince's death. Another story has her becoming a nun there because she wished to withdraw from her position as queen when she found out that two of their brothers had been murdered by King Birger before he left Sweden. When she died herself, she had predicted it and the deaths of her husband and the archbishop.
Danish queen. She was originally Princess of Sweden of the Bielbo Dynasty, a daughter of King Magnus III Barnlock and Queen Haelwig. Her year of birrth is an estimate. By 1288 she had been strategically engaged to King Eric VI Meanwith of Denmark. Their wedding in Elsinburg was eight years later, and his sister Princess Martha married her brother two years after that. Papal permission necessary for the marriage was not until 1297 because Danish Archbishop Archbishop John Grand was on bad terms with his king which delayed the marriage. Though written of with becoming traits, she had no role known to us in political affairs. Pregnant a total of twelve times including miscarriages, eight boys she gave birth to died when they were children. She and her brother the Danish king supported the Swedish, her brother, during the major conflicts between the royal brothers in Sweden which culminated in the Swedish royal couple fleeing to Denmark in 1319. The year before, the major tragedy of her life occurred when her only living son was killed in a carriage accident. As one story goes, her husband King Eric forced her to join the St. Clare's Convent in Roskilde while blaming her for the little prince's death. Another story has her becoming a nun there because she wished to withdraw from her position as queen when she found out that two of their brothers had been murdered by King Birger before he left Sweden. When she died herself, she had predicted it and the deaths of her husband and the archbishop.
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