Ingeborg Birgersdotter of Bjelbo

Ingeborg Birgersdotter (c.1253 - 30 June 1302), was a Duchess consort of Saxony, married to John I, Duke of Saxony. She was the daughter of the Swedish regent Birger Jarl and Princess Ingeborg Eriksdotter of Sweden.

Ingeborg Birgersdotter
Duchess consort of Saxony
Bornc.1253
Died30 June 1302 (aged 4849)
BuriedMölln, Schleswig-Holstein
Noble familyHouse of Bjelbo (by birth)
House of Ascania (by marriage)
Spouse(s)John I, Duke of Saxony
IssueHelen, Countess of Holstein-Schauenburg
Elisabeth, Duchess of Schleswig
John II of Saxe-Lauenburg
Eric I of Saxe-Lauenburg
Albert III of Saxe-Lauenburg
Sophia, prioress in Plötzkau
FatherBirger Jarl
MotherIngeborg Eriksdotter of Sweden

Ingeborg Birgersdotter has been falsely identified as the daughter of her maternal uncle King Eric XI of Sweden, likely because she in contemporary German sources was referred to as filiam regis Suecie and filia Regis Sweonum (Daughter of the Swedish King).

Marriage and issue

Ingeborg married John I, Duke of Saxony, in 1270. She had eight children, among them the following:

References

  • Cronica Principum Saxonie, MGH SS XXV, sida 476
  • Annales Lubicenses 1302, MGH SS XVI, sida 418
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