Ingeborg Mstislavna of Kiev ( fl. 1137) was a Ruthenian princess, married to the Danish prince

Canute Lavard Canute Lavard ( Danish: Knud Lavard; cognate with English Lord) (12 March 1096 – 7 January 1131) was a Danish prince. Later he was the first Duke of Schleswig and the first border prince who was both a Danish and a German vassal, a positio ...

Jutland Jutland ( da, Jylland ; german: Jütland ; ang, Ēota land ), known anciently as the Cimbric or Cimbrian Peninsula ( la, Cimbricus Chersonesus; da, den Kimbriske Halvø, links=no or ; german: Kimbrische Halbinsel, links=no), is a peninsula of ...

. She was the daughter of Grand Prince

Mstislav I of Kiev Mstislav I Vladimirovich Monomakh ( Russian: Мстислав Владимирович Великий, uk, Мстислав Володимирович Великий; February, 1076 – April 14, 1132), also known as Mstislav the Great, was ...

and Christina Ingesdotter of Sweden and was in about 1116 married to Canute in a marriage arranged by her maternal aunt, the Danish queen

Margaret Fredkulla Margaret Fredkulla (Swedish: ''Margareta Fredkulla''; Danish: ''Margrete Fredkulla''; Norwegian: ''Margret Fredskolla''; 1080s – 4 November 1130) was a Swedish princess who became successively queen of Norway and Denmark by marriage to kings ...

. In 1130, she tried to prevent Canute from going to the gathering where he was to be murdered, but without success. She gave birth to their son,

Valdemar I of Denmark Valdemar I (14 January 1131 – 12 May 1182), also known as Valdemar the Great ( da, Valdemar den Store), was King of Denmark from 1154 until his death in 1182. The reign of King Valdemar I saw the rise of Denmark, which reached its medieval zen ...

, posthumously in January 1131. In 1137, she refused to support the suggestion of Christiern Svendsen to proclaim her son monarch after the death of

Erik Emune Eric II the Memorable ( da, Erik II Emune; – 18 September 1137) was king of Denmark between 1134 and 1137. Eric was an illegitimate son of Eric I of Denmark, who ruled Denmark from 1095 to 1103. Eric the Memorable rebelled against his uncle Ni ...

. Ingeborg is not mentioned after this, and the date of her birth and death are unknown.

Issue

* Margaretа of Denmark; married Stig Hvitaledr *

Christine of Denmark Christina Knutsdatter of Denmark, in Norway known as ''Kristin Knutsdotter'', (c. 1118–1139) was a Danish princess who became Queen of Norway as the spouse of King Magnus IV ''the Blind'' of Norway. Christina was born to Canute Lavard and Ing ...

(b. 1118); married (1133) Magnus IV of Norway * Catherine of Denmark; married Pribislav Henry, Duke of Mecklenburg *

(born 1131)

References

* Ingeborg i Carl Frederik Bricka, Dansk biografisk Lexikon (första utgåvan, 1894) 12th-century Rus' women Danish princesses 12th-century Danish women Kievan Rus' princesses 12th-century Danish people Rurik dynasty House of Estridsen 12th-century Rus' people {{Europe-royal-stub