Euphemia of Rügen
| Euphemia of Rügen | |
|---|---|
Håkon V of Norway | |
| Issue | Ingeborg of Norway |
| House | Vitslav |
| Father | Vitslav II Prince of Rügen |
Euphemia of Rügen (c. 1280 – May 1312) was
Biography
Euphemia was most likely the daughter of
Euphemia married
Queen Euphemia was well known for her cultural interests. She loved to read and owned a large collection of books, which was said to have been one of the largest collections in Europe at that time. Queen Euphemia represented the emerging chivalric culture. Queen Euphemia, who was eager to cultivate continental culture within the Nordic courts, had translations made of three French and German twelfth-century chivalric romances in verse and sent copies to the Swedish court. The three ballads were titled Herr Ivan lejonriddaren (1303), Hertig Fredrik av Normandie (1301 or 1308) and Flores och Blanzeflor (probably 1312). Each poem has a final statement that they were translated by initiative from Queen Euphemia. These became known in Swedish as the Eufemiavisorna (Norwegian Eufemiavisene), the 'Euphemia ballads', and were popular in both Norway and Sweden.
Her only surviving child was
King Håkon and Queen Euphemia were buried in
References
- ^ Eufemia – utdypning (Store norske leksikon)
- ^ Eufemia – utdypning (Store norske leksikon)
- ^ The assumption that Euphemia was a daughter of Count Günter of Arnstein-Lindow-Ruppin is based, according to Ursula Scheil, on a misunderstanding and was disproved by her in 1945 in the Genealogie der Fürsten von Rügen ("Genealogy of the Princes of Rügen"); (1164 1325), Greifswald, but the story is now widespread. See Die Kinder Wizlaws II
- ^ Ingebjørg Håkonsdatter – utdypning (Store norske leksikon)
- ^ Gamlebyen – boligstrøk i Oslo (Store norske leksikon)
Sources
- Bandlien, Bjørn (ed.) Eufemia: Oslos middelalderdronning (biografi) 2012 ISBN 9788282650397
- Thuesen, Nils Petter Norges dronninger gjennom 1000 år (Tiden, 1991)
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