Princess Katarina Ingesdotter, of Sweden and Denmark

Katarina Ingesdotter av Sverige

Also known as Christina Ingesdotter of Sweden

• Catherine was the daughter of King Inge the Elder of Sweden and Queen Helena. She was the sister of Christina Ingesdotter of Sweden and Margaret Fredkulla. Catherine was the youngest of the three royal daughters:[1] her sister Christina married in the 1090s, and her sister Margaret in 1101. Catherine is assumed to have been of about the same age as her future spouse, and was thus born in around the year 1100
• Catherine of Sweden (Swedish: Katarina Ingesdotter) was a medieval Swedish princess who married the Danish prince Bjørn Haraldsen Ironside.

Married

• KATARINA. The primary source which confirms her parentage and marriage has not so far been identified. m BJØRN "Jernside/Ironside" of Denmark, son of HARALD "Kesja" Regent of Denmark & his wife Ragnhild of Norway (-drowned 1134).
• BJØRN Jernside (-drowned 1134). The Chronicon Roskildense records that "Byorn et Hericum Diaconum" drowned "ad castellum…ante prtum Sleswich" one year before the death of their father[540]. married KATARIN of Sweden, daughter of INGE I Stenkilsson King of Sweden & his first wife Helena. The primary source which confirms her parentage and marriage has not yet been identified.

Bjørn & his wife Katarina had one child:

• i) KIRSTIN The primary source which confirms her parentage and marriage has not yet been identified. married [St] ERIK Jedvardsson "den helige" King of Sweden, son of JEDVARD --- & his wife Cecilia of Sweden (-murdered [near Uppsala] 18 May 1159, bur Uppsala Church).

Source Project MedLands, Denmark Kings - http://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/DENMARK.htm#BjornJernsidedied1134

Source Project MedLands, Sweden Kings - http://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/SWEDEN.htm

Life

Catherine's father died in 1110, and was succeeded on the Swedish throne by his nephews. By the time of her father's death, Catherine would still have been a child. Her mother is reported to have entered Vreta Abbey as a widow. Her eldest sister, Christina, lived in Kievan-Rus', and was in Sweden considered as to far away to be given a share in the inheritance of their father.[3] Their sister Margaret was at this point queen of Denmark. It is known that Margaret shared her inheritance with her niece Ingrid in Norway, and her niece Ingeborg in Denmark.[4] Catherine is not mentioned in these transactions, but as the only unmarried daughter of Inge left in Sweden, she would have been one of his heirs.[5]
According to the Knýtlinga saga, Catherine married the Danish prince Bjørn Haraldsen Ironside.[6] Only one child is known from this union; their daughter Christina, future queen of Sweden, who is estimated to have been born in circa the year 1122. In 1134, Catherine's spouse sided with his uncle Eric II of Denmark in the Danish war of succession, but was killed by Eric the same year.[8] Her daughter Christina is estimated to have married the future king Eric IX of Sweden in the 1140s.

Links:

• https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Katarina_Ingesdotter
• http://genealogics.org/getperson.php?personID=I00122090&tree=LEO
• https://www.revolvy.com/page/Catherine-Ingesdotter-of-Sweden
• http://www.mathematical.com/ingesdotirchristina1078.html

Sources

• Anteckningar om svenska qvinnor
• Kungagravar och medeltidshistoria, Beckman, Natanael, Fornvännen 22-47, 1921
• Nordisk familjebok / Uggleupplagan. 3. Bergsvalan - Branstad

Katarina Ingesdotter av Sverige

Länkar:

• https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Katarina_Ingesdotter
• http://genealogics.org/getperson.php?personID=I00122090&tree=LEO
• https://www.revolvy.com/page/Catherine-Ingesdotter-of-Sweden
• http://www.mathematical.com/ingesdotirchristina1078.html
• Anteckningar om svenska qvinnor
• Kungagravar och medeltidshistoria, Beckman, Natanael, Fornvännen 22-47, 1921
• Nordisk familjebok / Uggleupplagan. 3. Bergsvalan - Branstad