Ingeborg Birgersdotter of Bjelbo

Ingeborg Birgersdotter
Duchess consort of Saxony
Spouse(s) John I, Duke of Saxony
Issue
Helen, Countess of Holstein-Schauenburg
Elisabeth, Duchess of Schleswig
John II of Saxe-Lauenburg
Eric I of Saxe-Lauenburg
Albert III of Saxe-Lauenburg
Sophia, prioress in Plötzkau
Noble family House of Bjelbo (by birth)
House of Ascania (by marriage)
Father Birger Jarl
Mother Ingeborg Eriksdotter of Sweden
Born c.1253
Died 30 June 1302 (aged 4849)
Buried Mölln, Schleswig-Holstein

Ingeborg Birgersdotter (c.1253 - 30 June 1302), was a Duchess consort of Saxony, married to John I, Duke of Saxony. She was the daughter of the Swedish regent Birger Jarl and Princess Ingeborg Eriksdotter of Sweden.

Ingeborg Birgersdotter has been falsely identified as the daughter of her maternal uncle King Eric XI of Sweden, likely because she in contemporary German sources was referred to as filiam regis Suecie and filia Regis Sweonum (Daughter of the Swedish King).

Marriage and issue

Ingeborg married John I, Duke of Saxony, in 1270. She had eight children, among them the following:

References

Ingeborg Birgersdotter of Bjelbo
Born: 1253 Died: 1302
Preceded by
Helene of Brunswick-Lüneburg
Duchess consort of Saxe-Lauenburg
1270–1282
Succeeded by
Margaret of Brandenburg