Boedil Thurgotsdatter
| Boedil Thurgotsdatter | |
|---|---|
Queen consort of Denmark | |
| Tenure | 1095–1103 |
| Died | 1103 |
| Burial | Mount of Olives, Jerusalem |
| Spouse | Eric I of Denmark |
| Issue | Canute Lavard (1096–1131), prince and Catholic saint |
| Father | Thurgot Fagerskind |
| Mother | Thorgunna |
Boedil (Bodil) Thurgotsdatter (died 1103) was a Danish queen, queen consort of King Eric I of Denmark.
Biography
Boedil was the daughter of the Danish Earl Thurgot Fagerskind and Thorgunna and the sister of Svend Thrugotsen. Her grandfather, called
She is believed to have been married to Eric before 1086, as she and her husband lived in exile in the Swedish court during the reign of King Olaf of Denmark (1086–1095). Contemporary chronicles praise her beauty and character. Saxo praised her for her tolerance of her husband's constant adultery, and it was claimed that she even helped to do the hair for his mistresses.
In about the year of 1100 she accompanied her husband on his pilgrimage to Jerusalem. He travelled by horse, and she by carriage. Eric became sick and died of fever in Paphos in 1103, but Bodil continued on the pilgrimage and managed to reach Jerusalem later that year.[1] She died there, and was buried on the Mount of Olives,[1] or at its foot in the Valley of Josaphat.
Later status
In 1170, king
See also
- Asser Thorkilsson (fl. 1089 – 1137), nephew (son of her brother, Svend Thrugotsen)
References
- ^ a b Follett, Christopher (12 January 2017). "King Erik: the only Danish king to be buried abroad, but where in Cyprus is his body?". The Copenhagen Post. Archived from the original on 17 April 2019. Retrieved 17 April 2019.