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Her husband died on 29 May 1259, rumored to have been poisoned. Their son and heir Eric V of Denmark was a child, and Margaret was made regent until her son's maturity in 1264. [2] This was unprecedented in Denmark, as no queen or queen dowager, as far as it is known, had until then formally and officially have the mandate as regent of Denmark.
When Margaret Sambiria was born in 1233, in Pomerania, Prussia, Germany, her father, Sambor II Duke of Pomerania, was 22 and her mother, Matilda of Mecklenburg, was 29. She married Christopher I of Denmark in 1248, in Copenhagen, København, Denmark.
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Her husband died on 29 May 1259 (rumored to have been poisoned). Their son and heir Eric V of Denmark was a child and Margaret was made regent, a position she held until 1264. Eric"s succession overrode the rights of the descendants of earlier monarchs, counter to the dictates of agnatic seniority.
Margaret Sambiria +. Margareta von Pommerellen was born circa 1230 to Sambor II. von Pommerellen (c1208-1278) and Mechtild zu Mecklenburg (-aft1269) and died December 1282 of unspecified causes. She married Christopher I of Denmark (1219-1259) 25 April 1248 JL .
Margaret Sambiria (in Danish: Margrethe Sambiria, Sambirsdatter or Margrethe Sprænghest; c. 1230 – December 1282) was Queen of Denmark by marriage to King Christopher I, and regent during the minority of her son, King Eric V from 1259 until 1264.
Her husband died on 29 May 1259, rumored to have been poisoned. Their son and heir Eric V of Denmark was a child, and Margaret was made regent until her son's maturity in 1264. This was unprecedented in Denmark, as no queen or queen dowager, as far as it is known, had until then formally and officially have the mandate as regent of Denmark.
Aug 17, 2018 · Margaret Sambiria. Margie was a tough old bird with a reputation as a competent and enlightened ruler with a strong-willed and energetic personality. Her nicknames were ’Burst-horse’* and ‘Black Greta’. When her husband, King Christopher of Denmark, demanded autonomy from the church it launched a full blown feud. The King insisted that ...
