Ingeborg of Russia (fl. 1118–1131)

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Ingeborg of Russia (fl. 1118–1131)

Duchess of South Jutland. Name variations: Ingeborg of Novgorod. Flourished between 1118 and 1131; daughter of Christina of Sweden (d. 1122) and Mstislav I (b. 1076), grand prince of Kiev (r. 1125–1132); married Knud or Canute Lavard, duke of South Jutland, around 1118; children: Valdemar also known as Waldemar I the Great (1131–1182), king of Denmark (r. 1157–1182); Margaret Knutsdottir (who married Stig Whiteleather); Kristin of Denmark (who married Magnus IV the Blind, king of Norway, in 1332; he repudiated the marriage in 1133); Katrin Knutsdottir (who married Prizlaw of Obotriten).

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