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- Richeza of Denmark (Swedish: Rikissa Valdemarsdotter ; ? –8 May 1220) was Queen of Sweden as the wife of King Eric X, and the mother of King Eric XI.
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Richeza of Denmark (Swedish: Rikissa Valdemarsdotter; ? –8 May 1220) was Queen of Sweden as the wife of King Eric X, and the mother of King Eric XI.
Richeza of Poland ( Polish: Ryksa Bolesławówna, Swedish: Rikissa; 12 April 1116 [1] – after 25 December 1156), a member of the House of Piast, was twice Queen of Sweden and once Princess of Minsk through her three marriages. Richeza was the daughter of Bolesław III Wrymouth, Duke of Poland, by his second wife, Salomea of Berg.
When Richeza of Denmark was born in 1182, in Roskilde, Denmark, her father, Valdemar I. "Den Store" Konge af Danmark, was 51 and her mother, Sophia of Minsk Vladamirovna, was 41. She married Erik Knutsson. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 4 daughters. She died on 8 May 1220, in Denmark, at the age of 38.
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Died on May 8, 1220; daughter of Sophie of Russia (c. 1140–1198) and Waldemar or Valdemar I the Great (b. 1131), king of Denmark (r. 1157–1182); sister of Ingeborg (c. 1176–1237/38), queen of France; sister of Canute VI (1163–1202), king of Denmark (r. 1182–1202), and Waldemar II the Victorious (1170–1241), king of Denmark (r. 1202–1241); marrie...
1210. Sex: Edit Facts. Biography. Richeza of Denmark was born circa 1180 to Valdemar I of Denmark (1131-1182) and Sofia of Minsk (c1140-1198) and died 1220 of unspecified causes. She married Erik X of Sweden (c1180-1216) 1210 JL . Contents. 1 Biography. 2 Children. 3 Footnotes (including sources) Children. Footnotes (including sources) Categories.
In the same year 1210 he married princess Richeza of Denmark, daughter of the late Valdemar I of Denmark, and sister of Valdemar Sejr. This was to make up relations with Denmark, which had traditionally supported the Sverker dynasty, against the Norwegian-supported dynasty of Eric.
From Wikimedia Commons, the free media repository. Richeza or Rixa (1182-1220), in Swedish Rikissa, was a Princess of Denmark and by marriage became Queen of Sweden . Richeza of Denmark. Queen consort of Sweden. Rikissa, tegning av den ubrukte gravstenen ved siden av mannen i Varnhem kirke.
