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Catherine Birgersdotter was the daughter of the Swedish regent Birger Magnusson ( Birger Jarl) and Princess Ingeborg Eriksdotter of Sweden. Her older brother Valdemar Birgersson was King of Sweden from 1250 to 1275. On 17 October 1259, Catherine married Siegfried I, Prince of Anhalt-Zerbst (c. 1230 – 1298) regent the Principality of Anhalt ...
Jun 29, 2020 · The sisters there chose Catherine as their Abbess. In 1385, St. Bridget’s granddaughter Ingegerd, the daughter of Märtha, entered the Order and was elected Abbess. Catherine died in 1831 and was canonized in 1484. St. Bridget was canonized in 1391; her body remains at Vadstena. She is the patron saint of Sweden, and in 1999, she was named co ...
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Aug 9, 2023 · Wikipedia: Catherine Birgersdotter of Bjelbo (fl. 1245 - 1289), was a Princess consort of Anhalt, married to Siegfried I, Prince of Anhalt-Zerbst. She was the daughter of the Swedish regent Birger Jarl and Princess Ingeborg Eriksdotter of Sweden.
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Father. Siegfried I. Mother. Catherine Birgersdotter of Bjelbo. Albert I (born c. 1258; died 17 August 1316) was a German prince of the House of Ascania and the second ruler of the Principality of Anhalt-Zerbst from 1298 until his death.
- 1298-17 August 1316
- Siegfried I
- Liutgard, Agnes
- Catherine Birgersdotter of Bjelbo
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Birger grew up and spent his adolescence in Bjälbo, Östergötland, but the exact date of his birth remains uncertain and available historical sources are contradictory. Examinations of his mortal remains indicate that he was probably about 50 upon his death in 1266, which would indicate a birth around 1216. However, his father Magnus Minnesköld is a...
When the papal diplomat William of Modena visited present Sweden around 1248, he urged the Swedish kings to fulfill the rules of the Catholic Church, an exhortation which Birger seems to have taken as a chance to strengthen his position by simply taking the side of the church against other members of his family (alternatively it's possible to inter...
Ingeborg died in 1254 and in 1261 Birger married the Danish queen dowager Matilda of Holstein. Birger died on 21 October 1266, at Jälbolung in Västergötland. His grave in Varnhem Abbeywas opened in May 2002. There is a statue of the great duke in his own square Birger Jarls Torg next to Riddarholm Church in Stockholm, erected by Bengt Erland Fogelb...
- c. 1210, Probably in Östergötland
- Varnhem Abbey, Västergötland
Catherine Birgersdotter of Bjelbo (fl. 1245 - 1289), was a Princess consort of Anhalt, married to Siegfried I, Prince of Anhalt-Zerbst. She was the daughter of the Swedish regent Birger Jarl and Princess Ingeborg Eriksdotter of Sweden. Marriage and issue. On 17 October 1259, Catherine married Siegfried I, Prince of Anhalt-Zerbst.
Catherine Birgersdotter of Bjelbo fl. 12451289 was a 13th-century Swedish noblewoman of the House of Bjelbo Folkungatten. She was Princess consort of
