Margrethe I
 

Name: Margrethe Valdemarsdatter

Birth: 1353

Child of: Valdemar Atterdag & Hedvig of Southern Jutland

Reign: 1387 -1412

Marriage: 1363 to Håkon 6 of Norway

Children: Olav/Oluf

Death: 1412

Throne passed to: Erik of Pomerania

Notes:




Danish, Norwegian, Swedish regent, Queen of Norway.

Youngest daughter of Valdemar Atterdag.

http://pics.livejournal.com/norwegianne/pic/0007a63a Margrethe's sarcophagus at Roskilde Cathedral. Picture taken by me.

I was right! She was only ten years old, when she got married!

Margareta wanted the three Nordic kingdoms to stay as one. But unfortuneately, that wouldn't happen.

This is one person it would be truly breathtaking if she would wake up and enter today's world !!!!!

I think it would be really interesting ;)
Btw, thank you for info and picture Norwegianne! :flowers:
p.s. I love your avatar ;)

Margrethe 1387 - 1412
Born 1353 at Söborg, Denmark. Parents: King Valdemar IV Atterdag of Denmark and Helvig of Sönderjylland.
Ruled Denmark from 1376 and Norway from 1380 in the name of her son Oluf. Defeated Albrekt 24 of February 1389 and was recognized as Queen of Sweden (a title she had used since 1375). She later ruled in the name of Erik, who in 1389 had been elected King of Norway and in 1396 King of Denmark and Sweden. She died 28 of October 1412 onboard her ship in the port of Flensborg.
Married 9 of April 1363 at Copenhagen's Palace to King Håkon VI of Norway. Child: Oluf.
http://www.warholm.nu/Kongeda
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Margrethe_I
http://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Margrethe_I

http://geneweb.inria.fr/roglo?lang=e...rgrethe+I&t=PN
http://www3.dcs.hull.ac.uk/cgi-bin/g...oyal?royal5410

book about Margrethe I http://www.amazon.com/Margrethe-1353.../dp/9004136525

This just reminds me of the TV show "Salve". It was about Sweden (or more correctly, the city of Kalmar) in 1397. (The show was made in 1997, so it took place six hundred years before that.) Eric of Pomerania and Queen Margarete were two very important characters in this show.

Queen Margarethe
 

I wonder why she didnt remarry after the death of her husband and son?

I think she might have just wanted to keep all the power to herself. But there might be another explaination too. Anyone knows?

Margrethe I
 

Thank you Furienna for that information.

Oh thank you for the info I have been trolling threads looking for info on her and didnt want to drag another thread of topic by asking.

Was she really the only Queen who ever ruled in Denmark? (well, of course except for Margrethe II)

I believe she was. I can't think of any queen ruling in Denmark except for the two Margarethes.

official she was, but I bet some of the queenconsorts have had a lot of influense in their husbands ruling.

Fun bonus info: in Sweden Margrethe I was (and still is) called "Kung byxlös" - "King 'without pants' " :-)

Thanks for your answers, also for the extra information;)
Well, I can imagine as well, that there were Queen consorts who had influence on the politics. But it's some kind of sad, that there weren't any other ruling Queens. It's always the men. Hopefully the future will be fairer.
That sentence used in Sweden is good.

She must have been a good/successful ruler?

Margrethe I was never Queen of Denmark (she was Queen consort of Norway). She was regent for her son.

From 1259 -1264 another Margrete was regent for her son Erik 5. Glipping.

If we give these two queens numbers Margrethe I should have been Margrethe II, and the present queen Margrethe III.
If we don't give them numbers the present Queen are Margrethe I

Are there any good books about her?

Margrethe is one of the women who changed the world:

Encyclopædia Britannica's Guide to Women's History

She was an amazing woman and queen.

Well, she was one of the most powerful women of her time, that's for sure.