Ingeborg (30 June 1302), was a Duchess consort of

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, married to

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. In contemporary German sources, Ingeborg is referred to as ''filia regis Suecie'' and ''filia Regis Sweonum'' ("daughter of the Swedish King"). In his 1876 commentary on the ''Annales Lubecenses'', Claes Annerstedt speculated that she was the daughter of King

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.Gillingstam, Hans
"Utomnordiskt och nordiskt i de äldsta svenska dynastiska förbindelserna."
''Personhistorisk tidskrift'' 77 (1981): 17. The Danish genealogist Sixten Otto Brenner made the same claim independently in 1961. Brenner noted that Ingeborg's seal featured three leopards, the symbol of the Danish royal family, which Erik had inherited from his mother. He further supported his claim by citing the

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s required for Ingeborg's daughters, Helena and Elisabeth, to marry Count Günther IX of Schwarzburg-Blankenburg and Duke Valdemar of Schleswig, despite their fourth degree of

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with their husbands. Hans Gillingstam challenged these conclusions in 1967. He pointed out that Erik Eriksson is known to have been inherited by his sister Ingeborg Eriksdotter, which suggests that Erik's marriage was childless. Gillingstam argued that it is more likely Ingeborg was the daughter of

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and Ingeborg Eriksdotter.Gillingstam, Hans
"Recensioner: Gorm den gamles ättlingar."
''Personhistorisk tidskrift'' 65 (1967): 3. He also noted that Birger's other daughter Rikissa is referred to as ''filia regis Suecie'' in ''Chronica principum Saxonie'', and the same papal dispensations would have been required for Ingeborg's daughters as for Erik's.

Marriage and issue

Ingeborg married John I, Duke of Saxony, in 1270. She had eight children, among them the following: * Helena (c. 1272 – 1337), married with (1) Günther IX, Count of Schwarzburg-Blankenburg (died 1289), (2) in c. 1297

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* Elisabeth (c. 1274 – before 1306), married in 1287 with Valdemar IV, Duke of Schleswig. *

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(c. 1275 – 22 April 1321) * Eric I (1280/1282 – 1359/1361) * Albert III (c. 1281 – October 1308) * Sophia (died 13 December 1319), prioress in

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References

Primary sources

*Chronica principum Saxonie, MGH SS XXV, page 476 *Annales Lubicenses 1302, MGH SS XVI, page 418 {{DEFAULTSORT:Ingeborg of Saxony Duchesses of Saxe-Lauenburg 1250s births 1302 deaths Year of birth uncertain House of Ascania House of Bjälbo Swedish emigrants to Germany Mothers of Saxon monarchs