Ingrid Ragnvaldsdotter

Ingrid Ragnvaldsdotter
Ingrid Ragnvaldsdotter
Harald Gille; Ottar Birting; Arne Ivarsson
House	Stenkil
Father	Ragnvald Ingesson

Ingrid Ragnvaldsdotter (

Norwegian history.^[1]

Biography

Ingrid Ragnvaldsdotter was born between 1100 and 1110. History has not recorded either the name nor background of Ingrid's mother. She was the daughter of

Inge I of Sweden. However, Ragnvald died early and never succeeded as king.^[2]

Ingrid first married

Skåne

.

Ingrid soon after married King

Sigurd, proclaimed co-rulers, and in waging the ensuing war against the attempted usurper, Sigurd Slembe. She remained one of the most important advisors of King Inge throughout his reign.^[4]

Her third husband was Ottar Birting (Óttarr Birtingr), a prominent lendmann, but she was again widowed when he was killed in Nidaros at some point in the 1140s.

Between her third and fourth husband, Ingrid bore a child out of wedlock, Orm Ivarsson, by an otherwise unknown man called Ivar Sneis.

Ingrid's fourth and last husband was Arne Ivarsson of Stårheim, (Árni Ívarsson á Stoðreimi), another prominent lendmann with whom she had four children. Arne Ivarsson was subsequently called Kongsmåg meaning in-law of the king.

As an advisor to her son King Inge, Ingrid played a prominent part in many of the events of the early

Haakon the Broadshouldered. In the saga Heimskringla, Ingrid is last mentioned when she and her husband left Norway for exile in Denmark

.

Notes on name

Ingrid's name can be found in a wide variety of spellings in the modern Scandinavian languages and English. Her first name, in Old Norse Ingiríðr, is rendered as Ingrid or Ingerid. Her

patronym

, in Old Norse Rögnvaldsdóttir, can be rendered as Ragnvaldsdotter, Ragvaldsdotter or Ragnvaldsdatter.

Issue

by Henry Sweynson (Henrik Skadelår)

King
Sverker I of Sweden
; was himself murdered; and was regarded a usurper afterwards
Jarl Ragnvald Henriksson (Ragvald Henriksson) -
Riksjarl
of Sweden during his brother's brief reign
Burits Henriksson (also Buris/Boris; likely 1130–1167, murdered), Earl of
Luitgard of Stade
and Hermann II, Count of Winzenburg.

by Harald Gille (Haraldr Gilli)

King
Inge Haraldsson
of Norway (Ingi Haraldsson)

by Ivar Sneis (Ívarr Sneis)

Orm Ivarsson (Ormr konungsbróðir) (illegitimate) - prominent leader during the reign of king Magnus Erlingsson, and after the death of Erling Skakke, next to the king in power.

by Arne Ivarsson of Stårheim (Árni Ívarsson á Stoðreimi)

Philip of Herdla (Philippus í Herðlu)
Bishop Nicholas Arnesson (Nikolás Árnason) - co-founder of the Bagler party
Inge Arnesson (Ingi Árnason)
Margrete Arnesdotter (Margrét Árnadóttir), who became mother of the Bagler king Philip Simonsson

References

Sources

Lagerqvist, Lars O Sverige och dess regenter under 1000 år (Stockholm: Albert Bonniers Förlag AB. 1982)

Preceded by Christine of Denmark	Queen consort of Norway 1134–1136	Succeeded by Ragna Nikolasdatter

[1] Ingerid Ragnvaldsdatter (Store norske leksikon)

[2] Ingerid Ragnvaldsdatter– utdypning (Store norske leksikon)

[3] source: Lagerqvist

[4] Gilchrist Harald 4 Gille (Store norske leksikon)

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