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This is the first major piece of scholarship to provide an overview of the lives of Sweden’s earliest documented queens, together with some of their most influential female relatives, who lived between 970 and 1330. Cover 1 Half Title 2 Series Page 3 Title Page 4 Copyright Page 5 Dedication 6 Table of Contents 8 List of Figures 10 Acknowledgements 12 Notes 14 1 Introduction 16 1.1 Literature Review 19 1.2 Historical Context: Kingship, Kinship, and State Formation 31 1.3 Mythical and Ancient Royal Dynasties 41 2 Semi-Historical Women: 970–1090 51 2.1 Sigrid Storråda 52 2.2 Estrid and Edla 72 2.3 Gunnhild of Sweden, Gunnhild of Denmark, and Gyda 82 2.4 Estrid Njalsdatter 84 2.5 Ingamoder 85 2.6 Concluding Remarks 92 3 Christian Queenship: 1090–1210 101 3.1 Helena 105 3.2 Margareta Fredkulla 113 3.3 Ingegerd Haraldsdatter 118 3.4 Ragnhild of Tälje 120 3.5 Ulvhild Håkonsdatter 127 3.6 Rikissa of Poland 140 3.7 Kristina Bjørnsdatter 143 3.8 Brigida Haraldsdatter 147 3.9 Kristina Stigsdatter Hvide 151 3.10 Ingegerd Sverkersdotter 152 3.11 Helena Sverkersdotter of Denmark 155 3.12 The Unnamed Wife of Knut I – Cecilia? 156 3.13 Ingegerd Birgersdotter 159 3.14 Benedicta Ebbesdatter Hvide 16

Author

Caroline Wilhelmsson

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