Ingegerd Knutsdatter of Denmark also called ''Ingerta'' and ''Ingerd'' (born between 1080 and 1085 – year of death unknown), was a Danish princess, daughter of King

Canute IV of Denmark Canute IV ( – 10 July 1086), later known as Canute the Holy ( da, Knud IV den Hellige) or Saint Canute (''Sankt Knud''), was King of Denmark from 1080 until 1086. Canute was an ambitious king who sought to strengthen the Danish monarchy, ...

and Queen Adela. She is regarded as the founding mother of the House of Bjelbo of subsequent Swedish and Norwegian kings (beginning with two great-great-grandsons). At the deposition and murder of her father in 1086, her mother left Denmark and returned to Flanders with her son Charles, while Ingegerd and her sister Cæcilia Knudsdatter followed their paternal uncle

Eric I of Denmark Eric I ( – 10 July 1103), also known as Eric the Good ( da, Erik Ejegod), was King of Denmark following his brother Olaf I Hunger in 1095. He was a son of Sweyn II. His mother's identity is unknown. He married Boedil Thurgotsdatter. Biog ...

and

Boedil Thurgotsdatter Boedil (Bodil) Thurgotsdatter (died 1103) was a Danish queen, queen consort of King Eric I of Denmark. Biography Boedil was the daughter of the Danish Earl Thurgot Fagerskind and Thorgunna and the sister of Svend Thrugotsen. Her grandfather, c ...

, who became their foster parents, to Sweden. Both sisters married Swedish aristocrats: Cæcilia married Jarl Eric, and Ingegerd married Folke the Fat and became the mother of

Bengt Snivil Bengt Snivil (also known as ''Bengt Snivel'') from the House of Bjelbo was a Swedish magnate in mid-12th century. Some more or less romantic later literature has given him the title of jarl, although no proper historical source attests to such. ...

. It is known that both of these marriages took place in Sweden.Dansk biografisk Lexikon / IV. Bind. Clemens - Eynden
/ref> Eric and Boedil returned to Denmark when Eric became monarch in 1095. Her sister Cecilia later returned to Denmark, but nothing suggests that Ingegerd did the same.

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