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Volodar of Minsk. Mother. Richeza of Poland. Gravestone for Queen Sophia in St. Bendt's Church in Ringsted. Sophia of Minsk or Sophia of Polotsk (died 5 May 1198) was a Danish queen consort by marriage to King Valdemar I of Denmark, and a landgravine of Thuringia by marriage to Louis III, Landgrave of Thuringia .
Aug 10, 2023 · Valdemar married Sophia of Minsk (c. 1141–1198), half-sister of Canute V of Denmark and daughter of Dowager Queen Rikissa of Sweden from her marriage with Volodar of Minsk (Vladimir or Volodar Glebovich of the Rurikids, died 1167), ruling Prince of Principality of Minsk. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valdemar_I_of_Denmark
- Minsk, Krasnoyarsk Krai
- Valdemar The Great, King of Denmark
- Krasnoyarsk Krai
- "Sofiya"
A former director of the Danish National Museum, Fritze Lindahl, was the first to propose a hypothesis that the Cross of Dagmar could have come to Denmark together with Sophia via Minsk, Belarus. The purpose of this article is to verify Lindahl’s hypothesis, combining the Belarusian and Danish sources for the first time.
- The Journal of Belarusian Studies
- 105-123
- English
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Nov 3, 2021 · Sophia was the daughter of Prince Volodar of Minsk and the king’s daughter Richiza. In her previous marriage with the Danish king Magnus, Richiza had a son, Knud, of whom Sophia was a half-sister. Sophia’s engagement to Valdemar was meant to seal an alliance between Knud and Valdemar.
IssueValdemar married Sophia of Minsk (c. 1141–1198), half-sister of Canute V of Denmark and daughter of Dowager Queen Rikissa of Sweden from her marriage with Volodar of Minsk (Vladimir or Volodar Glebovich of the Rurikids, died 1167), ruling Prince of Principality of Minsk, and they had the following children:
- Ingeborg (1175-1236)
- Sophia of MINSK (1140-1198)
- Valdemar I (1131-1182)
Gravestone for Queen Sophia in St. Bendt's Church in Ringsted. Sophia of Minsk or Sophia of Polotsk (died 5 May 1198) was a Danish queen consort by marriage to King Valdemar I of Denmark, and a landgravine of Thuringia by marriage to Louis III, Landgrave of Thuringia. Contents. Life; Origin; Childhood; Queen; Later life; Issue; References ...
Sophia of Minsk is most famous for being a Russian tsarina who was the wife of Peter the Great. She was born in 1657 and died in 1704. Sophia of Minsk was influential in the early years of her husband's reign, but she fell out of favor with him after he began to favor his mistress, Anna Mons.
