Ingerd Jakobsdatter, also called ''Ingerd af Regenstein'' (1200–1258) was a Danish noble, countess of

Regenstein The County of Regenstein was a mediaeval State of the Holy Roman Empire, statelet of the Holy Roman Empire. It was ruled by the Duchy of Saxony, Saxon comital House of Regenstein, named after their residence at Regenstein Castle near Blankenburg (H ...

by marriage to count Konrad III of Regenstein. She established the

Franciscan The Franciscans are a group of related Mendicant orders, mendicant Christianity, Christian Catholic religious order, religious orders within the Catholic Church. Founded in 1209 by Italian Catholic friar Francis of Assisi, these orders include t ...

and

Dominican order The Order of Preachers ( la, Ordo Praedicatorum) abbreviated OP, also known as the Dominicans, is a Catholic mendicant order of Pontifical Right for men founded in Toulouse, France, by the Spanish priest, saint and mystic Dominic of Cal ...

in Denmark, and was the founder of the female Franciscan abbey Skt. Clara Kloster af Damiani Orden. Ingerd was the daughter of Jakob Sunesen af

Møn Møn () is an island in south-eastern Denmark. Until 1 January 2007, it was a municipality in its own right but it is now part of the municipality of Vordingborg, after merging with the former municipalities of Langebæk, Præstø, and Vordingbo ...

(d. 1246) and Estrid (d. 1246) and belonged to the powerful Danish noble clan

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. Before 1224, she married the Danish office holder Skore (d. before 1237), and before 1245 the German count Conrad III of Regenstein (d. before 1253). During her second marriage, she lived in Germany, but she returned to Denmark as a widow. Through great land donations, she established the orders of

and

in Denmark, in 1236 and 1253 respectively. The first act was done in 1236, when she founded the

Franciscan Friary, Copenhagen The Franciscan Friary, Copenhagen (also known as Greyfriars - da, Gråbrødrene) was the most important Franciscan friary in Denmark. History The friary of the Franciscans in Copenhagen was founded in 1238 by Countess Ingerd of Revenstein. She ...

. Twenty years later, she introduced the Dominican order in Denmark. She was a correspondent of

Clare of Assisi Clare of Assisi (born Chiara Offreduccio and sometimes spelled Clara, Clair, Claire, Sinclair; 16 July 1194 – 11 August 1253) was an Italian saint and one of the first followers of Francis of Assisi. She founded the Order of Poor Ladie ...

and

Agnes of Bohemia Agnes of Bohemia, O.S.C. ( cs, Svatá Anežka Česká, 20 January 1211 – 2 March 1282), also known as Agnes of Prague, was a medieval Bohemian princess who opted for a life of charity, mortification of the flesh and piety over a life of luxury ...

, and in 1254, she was given permission by the pope to establish a female Dominican convent in

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, Skt. Clara Kloster af Damiani Orden, to which she donated all her substantial fortune and property and herself entered.

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Dansk kvindebiografisk leksikon: Ingerd Jakobsdatter
{{DEFAULTSORT:Jakobsdatter, Ingerd 1200 births 1258 deaths Danish nobility 13th-century Danish nobility 13th-century Danish women landowners 13th-century Danish landowners Medieval Danish nobility 13th-century Danish women

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