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Inga Olafsdatter of Varteig (Inga Olafsdatter fra Varteig) (Varteig, Østfold, 1183 or c. 1185 – 1234 or 1235) was the mistress of King Haakon III of Norway and the mother of King Haakon IV of Norway.
When Inga Olafsdatter was born in 1185, in Sarpsborg, Viken, Norway, her father, Olav Haavardsen Rygge, was 35 and her mother, Margarethe Bjørnsdatter, was 23. She married Haakon III Sverresson King of Norway in 1203, in Eidsberg, Østfold, Norway. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 2 daughters. She died about 1234, at the age of 50.
Jun 3, 2020 · 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 had 5 siblings: Gyrid Bolt (born Olavsdatter), Margrethe Toresson av Borg (born Olavsdatter av Varteig) and 3 other siblings. Inga partnered Håkon Sverresson. Håkon was born circa 1182, in birth place. They had 2 children: Håkon IV Håkonsson and one other child.
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When Haakon III Sverresson King of Norway was born about 1175, in Norway, his father, Sverre Sigurdsson King of Norway, was 31 and his mother, Margareta Eriksdotter, was 22. He married Inga Olafsdatter in 1203, in Eidsberg, Østfold, Norway. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 2 daughters.
But after his death a woman, Inga Olafsdatter of Varteig, whom Håkon had taken as a mistress for a time in 1203, appeared at the Birkebeiner court with an infant son who she claimed was Håkon's son.
