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Helen was born in Denmark, the daughter of King Sverker II and Queen Benedicta. Her father was an exile there at that time. In 1195 or 1196, he was crowned King of Sweden. In 1208, he was deposed, and in 1210, he died in battle. Helen Sverkersdotter, the only daughter of the deposed king, was educated at Vreta Abbey at the time of her father's ...
Helen of Sweden. Helen (Swedish: Helena [1] or Elin - 1130s – fl. 1158), is the assumed name of a medieval Swedish princess and Danish queen, Queen consort of King Canute V of Denmark. The date of her birth is not known; her father was King Sverker I of Sweden and her mother has been assumed to be Sverker's first spouse, Queen Ulvhild .
Helen, is the assumed name of a medieval Swedish princess and Danish queen, Queen consort of King Canute V of Denmark. The date of her birth is not known; her father was King Sverker I of Sweden and her mother has been assumed to be Sverker's first spouse, Queen Ulvhild.
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HELEN OF SK Ö VDE, ST. Fl. 12th century, V ä sterg ö tland, Sweden. Helen (or Elin) became a widow quite young. According to legend she was murdered after a family strife and buried in the church of Sk ö vde, which she had helped build. When later she was venerated as a martyr, the church was named for her.
Jan 30, 2023 · Ann-Helén Laestadius grew up among the Sámi, an Indigenous people living near the Arctic Circle, in Europe. Her novel, “Stolen,” a success in her native Sweden, reflects that culture to a ...
Helen of Sweden - Swedish: Helena or Elin - may refer to: Helena (wife of Inge the Elder), Queen consort of Sweden around 1079. Helena Pedersdatter Strange, Queen consort of Sweden 1229. Helena of Sweden, Princess of Sweden (name not certain), 12th century Queen of Denmark. Helen, Princess of Sweden about 1190. Category: Human name ...
Helen (fl. 1100s) Queen of Sweden. Flourished in the 1100s; married Inge I the Elder, king of Sweden (r. 1080–1110, 1112–1125); children: Katerina Ingesdottir (who married Bjorn, prince of Denmark); Christina of Sweden (d. 1122); Margaret Frithpoll (d. 1130); Rognvald of Sweden. Inge I was also married to Maer.
