Kristina of Norway/Cristina de Noruega 1234 – 1262

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Princess Kristina of Norway, daughter of Håkon Håkonsson and Margrethe Skulesdatter, was born in Bergen, Norway in 1234. On 31 March, 1258 she married Don Felipe, a brother to King Alfonso X of Castile, in Santa Maria la Mayor in Valladolid. The marriage produced no children.

Kristina died in 1262. A sarcophagus, presumed to contain her remains, is placed in Covarrubias. Picture of a rendering of Kristina in Covarrubias: http://www.pilegrim.info/images/xxlarge/714267.jpg

A psalm book owned by Kristin is currently owned by the Royal Library in Copenhagen: Prinsesse Kristina - myte og virkelighet : Prinsesse Kristinas salmebok

Prinsesse Kristina - myte og virkelighet
Pilegrimsledene til Nidaros - Prinsesse Kristina
Pilegrimsledene til Nidaros - Hellig Olavs kapell i Spania

Cristina HÃ¥konsdatter - Wikipedia, la enciclopedia libre
Princess Kristina of Norway - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

 

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Biography of Princess Cristina of Norway:
Cristina de Noruega | Real Academia de la Historia

 

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Painting of Infanta Christina of Castile

Christina of Norway, Infanta of Castile - Alchetron, the free social encyclopedia

Christina of Norway (Norwegian Kristina Hkonsdotter 1234 1262) was the daughter of Hkon IV and his wife, Margrete Skuledotter. She was born in Bergen. As part of an alliance she was betrothed to Philip, brother of Alfonso X of Castile. They married in 1258, and she lived in Castile until her d

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Christina of Norway is buried in the Collegiate Church of Covarrubias ,in 1958 her coffin was opened for an official examination.
Inside the stone sarcophagus they found a coffin containing the mummified body of a woman and the results of her examination stated that she was 1.72 m (5 ft 6") and approximately 28-29 years old at the time of death.

 

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Christina, Infanta of Castile, was buried in the abbey church in Covarrubias, Spain, which is 40 km (25 miles) south of Burgos. There, her wooden coffin was placed inside a simple limestone sarcophagus, ornamented with carved vine leaves.

Photo of the tomb:

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f1/Colegiata_de_Covarrubias_-_Tumba_de_la_princes_Kristina.jpg