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Shortly after the death of King Haakon, Inga gave birth to a son who she claimed was the child of the recently deceased king. Inga's claim was supported by several of King Haakon's Birkebeiner followers. However, her claim placed both her and her son in a dangerous position. Consequently, a group of Birkebeiner loyalists fled with Inga and her ...
Jun 3, 2020 · Find a Grave Memorial ID: 210777112. Source citation. Inga, from Varteig in Østfold, maintained a relationship with King Haakon III who visited nearby in Borg (now Sarpsborg) during late 1203. Her son Haakon succeeded to the Norwegian throne at the age of 13. Inga seriously ill died before 1234 in Bergen Birkebeiner loyalists fled with Inga ...
When Inge Olavsdatter Varteig was born about 1185, her father, Olav Haavardsen Rygge, was 36 and her mother, Margarethe Bjørnsdatter, was 24. She had at least 1 son with Lendermann Jon Gundbjørnsson Drotning. She died in 1235, in Bergen, Norway, at the age of 51.
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- Lendermann Jon Gundbjørnsson Drotning
Inga of Varteig (1185-1234) was the mistress of King Haakon III of Norway and the mother of Haakon IV of Norway. Inga of Varteig was born in Varteig, southeastern Norway in 1185, and, in 1203, she had an affair with King Haakon III of Norway when he visited nearby Borg. Haakon died in 1204, and Inga gave birth to their son shortly after, naming him Haakon in honor of his father. In the winter ...
Varteig is located north of the city of Sarpsborg and east of the Glomma river. Varteig was part of the Tune municipality until 1861. It was designated to be a municipality by a split from Tune in 1861. At that time Varteig had a population of 1,405. On 1 January 1992 a small part of the district Furuholmen, with 12 inhabitants, was moved to ...
Inga, from Varteig in Østfold, maintained a relationship with King Haakon III who visited nearby in Borg (now Sarpsborg) during late 1203. King Haakon subsequently died in early 1204. His reign had been marked by competition between the Bagler and Birkebeiner factions for control of Norway during a period of civil war.
Inga Olavsdatter, Av Varteig. Abt 1182 - 1234. Olav Haavardsson (Smorkull) Abt 1150 - 1200. Miss Bjornsdatter. Abt 1162 - Bjorn Nikolasson (Bukk) Abt 1130 - 1179.
