Canute Porse the Elder or ''Knud/Knut Porse'' (died 30 May 1330) was a medieval Danish nobleman and

Duke of Samsø Duke of Samsø was a title created for Canute Porse the Elder in the 14th century which was later recreated as the Landgraviate of Samsø in the 18th century. Dukes of Samsø Then the Island was part of the crown domain until the end of the 14t ...

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, and Duke of Estonia.

Biography

Porse was the son of Peder Porse, who was one of several Danish nobleman involved in the assassination of King

Eric V of Denmark Eric V Klipping (1249 – 22 November 1286) was King of Denmark from 1259 to 1286. After his father Christopher I died, his mother Margaret Sambiria ruled Denmark in his name until 1266, proving to be a competent regent. Between 1261 and 1262, t ...

and thus was exiled since 1286 with his family. On 21 June 1327, Porse married Norwegian princess

Ingeborg Ingeborg is a Germanic feminine given name, mostly used in Germany, Denmark, Sweden and Norway, derived from Old Norse ''Ingiborg, Ingibjǫrg'', combining the theonym ''Ing'' with the element ''borg'' "stronghold, protection". Ingebjørg is the No ...

(1301–1361), daughter of King

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(1270–1319). She was also

Duchess of Södermanland Duke is a male title either of a monarch ruling over a duchy, or of a member of Royal family, royalty, or nobility. As rulers, dukes are ranked below emperors, kings, grand princes, grand dukes, and sovereign princes. As royalty or nobility, t ...

by her first marriage to Swedish prince Eric Magnusson, Duke of Södermanland (1282–1318). Through her first marriage, she was the mother of King Magnus (IV & VII) of Sweden and Norway (1316–1374) and of

Euphemia of Sweden Euphemia of Sweden (Swedish: ''Eufemia Eriksdotter''; 1317 – 16 June 1370) was a Swedish princess. She was Duchess consort of Mecklenburg, heiress of Sweden and of Norway, and mother of King Albert of Sweden. (c. 1338-1412) . Biography E ...

(1317–1370) wife of

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. Before marrying Duchess Ingeborg, Porse had led the troops that put a military end to the reign of her brother-in-law King

Birger Birger is a Scandinavian name from Old Norse, ''bjarga'', meaning "to help, to save, to protect". It is widely used in Norway as Birger but also as Børge. The Swedish variant of ''Birger'' would soon evolve into ''Börje'', however, the prior form ...

in 1318. In 1322, without the approval of the Swedish government, he had joined forces with her to invade and try to conquer

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(then in Denmark), which failed and caused trouble for them with that government. In the next year Ingeborg's valuable dowry of

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Populated places in Västra Götaland Co ...

was besieged and in a peace settlement in 1326 (the year before she married Porse) she was given Dåvö in

Munktorp Munktorp is a urban areas of Sweden, locality situated in Köping Municipality, Västmanland County, Sweden with 455 inhabitants in 2010. Munktorp is the site of the historic Munktorp Church (''Munktorps kyrka''). The church is associated with Da ...

instead. Following his marriage to Ingeborg, Porse became duke of her extensive additional domains in

Halland Halland () is one of the traditional provinces of Sweden (''landskap''), on the western coast of Götaland, southern Sweden. It borders Västergötland, Småland, Scania and the sea of Kattegat. Until 1645 and the Second Treaty of Brömsebro ...

and

Samsø Samsø (Anglicized: "Samso" or "Samsoe") is a Denmark, Danish island in the Kattegat off the Jutland Peninsula. Samsø is located in Samsø municipality. The community has 3,724 inhabitants (2017) (January 2010:4,010) called ''Samsings'' and is ...

. In 1329, her authority was extended to the Duchy of Estonia, but Canute Porse died the year after that. Porse and Ingeborg had two sons (below), who lost their

n hundreds of Bjäre and North Åsbo in 1341,Ulf Sundberg in ''Medeltidens svenska krig''

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1999 p. 140 but retained Halland till their deaths via the

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. * Haakon Porse,

(died 1350) * Canute Porse the Younger, Duke of Halland (died 1350)

References

Succession

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