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, and his second spouse, Margarete of

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and

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References

* Alf Henrikson: ''Dansk historia'' (Danish history) (1989) (Swedish) * Sven Rosborn (In Swedish): ''När hände vad i Nordens historia'' (When did what happen in the historiy of the Nordic countries) (1997)
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* https://web.archive.org/web/20110604072630/http://runeberg.org/nfad/0404.html * http://runeberg.org/dbl/4/0621.html 1285 births 1330 deaths Danish royal consorts House of Griffins Burials at Sorø Abbey Place of birth missing Place of death missing 14th-century Danish women 14th-century Danish people 13th-century Danish women 13th-century Danish people {{Europe-royal-stub