Ingegerd Knutsdatter
| Ingegerd Knutsdatter | |
|---|---|
| Born | c.1080–1085 |
| Spouse | Folke the Fat |
| Issue | Bengt Snivil |
| House | Estridsen |
| Father | Canute IV of Denmark |
| Mother | Adela of Flanders |
Ingegerd Knutsdatter of Denmark also called Ingerta[1] and Ingerd[2] (born between 1080 and 1085 – year of death unknown), was a Danish princess, daughter of King Canute IV of Denmark and Queen Adela.[3] She is regarded as the founding mother of the House of Bjelbo of subsequent Swedish and Norwegian kings (beginning with two great-great-grandsons).[4]
At the deposition and murder of her father in 1086, her mother left Denmark and returned to Flanders with her son
Cæcilia Knudsdatter followed their paternal uncle Eric I of Denmark and Boedil Thurgotsdatter, who became their foster parents, to Sweden.[3] Both sisters married Swedish aristocrats: Cæcilia married Jarl Eric, and Ingegerd married Folke the Fat[3] and became the mother of Bengt Snivil. It is known that both of these marriages took place in Sweden.[5]
Eric and Boedil returned to Denmark when Eric became monarch in 1095. Her sister Cecilia later returned to Denmark, but nothing suggests that Ingegerd did the same.
References
Sources
- Line, Philip (2007). Kingship and State Formation in Sweden: 1130 - 1290. Brill.