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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.
Sep 19, 2017 · While Håkon’s mother, Inga of Varteig, had managed to get word out to the Birkebeiners, news of the prince’s existence also reached the ears of the Baglers. The pair was hunted throughout Folkenborg (what is today Eidsberg) and it was only a matter of time before they were found.
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...
Jun 3, 2020 · Inga Olafsdatter Mistress of King Haakon III. 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 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.
Jun 30, 2016 · The new king, elected by the Birkebeiners, was Inge Baardsson. Soon it was discovered that the recently deceased king, Haakon Sverresson, had left an unknown living heir who had been born in 1204 to Inga of Varteig (one of the mistresses of influence) in Folkenborg, Norway, in the province of Østfold.
The Life Summary of Inga. When Inga Olafsdatter av Varteig was born in 1185, in Varteig, Sarpsborg, Østfold, 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.