Richardis of Schwerin (; 1347 – April 23 or July 11, 1377) was

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as the

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of King Albert.

Life

Richardis was the child of

Otto I, Count of Schwerin Otto I of Schwerin (died 1357) was a son of Count Gunzelin VI and Richardis of Tecklenburg. In 1327, he succeeded his father as Count of Schwerin. Otto was married to Princess Mathilda of Werle, a daughter of John III of Werle. They had a daug ...

(d. 1357) and Matilda of Mecklenburg-Werle (d. 1361) and the paternal niece of

Richardis of Schwerin, Duchess of Schleswig Richardis of Schwerin, also called Richardis of Lauenburg or Rixa, (year unknown – before 1386), was a Duchess consort of Schleswig and possibly a Danish queen consort, married to Valdemar III of Denmark (Valdemar V, Duke of Schleswig). ...

, the wife of the former

Valdemar III of Denmark Valdemar III (1314–1364) was King of Denmark from 1326 to 1329, while he was underage; he was also Duke of Schleswig as Valdemar V in 1325–26 and from 1330 to 1364. He was a rival king set up against the unsuccessful Christopher II and was w ...

. She was engaged to Albert of Mecklenburg, who was also to be king of Sweden. In

Wismar Wismar (; ), officially the Hanseatic City of Wismar () is, with around 43,000 inhabitants, the sixth-largest city of the northeastern German state of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, and the fourth-largest city of Mecklenburg after Rostock, Schwerin and ...

on 12 October 1352, the marriage contract was signed. It was not until 1365, however, that they were married in person and Richardis arrived in Sweden. She died in Stockholm and was buried in the Cloister Church at the Black Friars' Monastery.

Children

Eric I, Duke of Mecklenburg Erik, Duke of Mecklenburg (26 July 1397) was the eldest son and heir apparent of Albert, King of Sweden. Erik played a significant role in his father's attempts to secure and reclaim the Swedish throne. Erik and Albert were defeated in battle ...

(1365–1397); also called ''Duke Eric'', heir to the throne of SwedenNordman, Viljo Adolf in ''Albrecht Herzog von Mecklenburg König von Schweden, Suomalaisen Tiedeakatemian Toimituksia B:44:1'', Suomalainen Tiedeakatemia, Helsinki, 1939 p. 336. and Lord of Gotland. * Richardis Catherine of Sweden (1370/1372-1400); married

John of Görlitz John of Görlitz (also known as John of Bohemia and John of Luxembourg; 22 June 1370 – 1 March 1396) was a member of the House of Luxembourg and the only Duke of Görlitz (Zgorzelec) from 1377 until his death. Life Born in Prague, John was the ...

References

Wilhelmina Stålberg: ''Anteqningar om svenska qvinnor'' (Notes on Swedish women) (Swedish) * Åke Ohlmarks: ''Alla Sveriges drottningar'' (All the queens of Sweden) (Swedish) , - , - {{DEFAULTSORT:Richardis of Schwerin Swedish queens, Richardis 1347 births 1377 deaths House of Hagen 14th-century Swedish people 14th-century Swedish women Mothers of German monarchs