Christina Hvide (in
Swedish
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: ''Kristina Stigsdotter'') (c. 1145 – c. 1200) was
Queen of Sweden
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as the wife of King
Charles VII and the mother of King
Sverker II of Sweden
''Sverker'' is a studio album by Neo-Medieval group Corvus Corax.
Track listing
# "Intro Gjallarhorni" - 0:58
# "Gjallarhorni" - 2:59
# "Sverker" - 4:31
# "Fiach Dubh" - 6:38
# "Trinkt vom Met" - 0:35
# "The drinking loving dancers" - 5:19
# ...
.
Life
Christina ''Stigsdatter'' was the daughter of the Danish nobleman
Stig Tokesen (died 1150) of the Hvide family from
Scania
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(then a Danish province) and the Danish Princess Margaret of Denmark who was the daughter of
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 position ...
. She was married to King
Charles VII of Sweden
Charles VII or Carl ( Swedish: ''Karl Sverkersson''; c. 1130 – 12 April 1167) was ruler of Götaland, and then King of Sweden from c. 1161 to 1167, when he was assassinated in a military attack by Knut Eriksson who succeeded him as Canute I.
He ...
in 1163 (or 1164) and was in Sweden known as Queen Kristina. In 1163, the Swedish
jarl
Jarl is a rank of the nobility in Scandinavia. In Old Norse, it meant "chieftain", particularly a chieftain set to rule a territory in a king's stead. ''Jarl'' could also mean a sovereign prince. For example, the rulers of several of the petty k ...
Guttorm greeted her in Scania and travelled with her to Sweden, but it is guessed that the ceremony took place after the inauguration of the new archbishop
Stefan (archbishop of Uppsala) in 1164. When her husband was deposed in 1167, she fled to Denmark with her son.
The date of her birth and death is not known, but suggested to be c. 1145 and c. 1200 respectively.
Children
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Sverker II of Sweden
''Sverker'' is a studio album by Neo-Medieval group Corvus Corax.
Track listing
# "Intro Gjallarhorni" - 0:58
# "Gjallarhorni" - 2:59
# "Sverker" - 4:31
# "Fiach Dubh" - 6:38
# "Trinkt vom Met" - 0:35
# "The drinking loving dancers" - 5:19
# ...
(1164–1210), King of Sweden 1195–1208.
References
* Åke Ohlmarks: ''Alla Sveriges drottningar'' (All the queens of Sweden) (Swedish)
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