Sophia of Minsk or Sophia of Polotsk (died 5 May 1198) was a Danish queen consort by marriage to King Valdemar I of Denmark , and a landgravine of Thuringia by marriage to Louis III, Landgrave of Thuringia .
12-1177: Queen Sophia or Queen Sophie may refer to: Sophia of Minsk , Queen of Denmark Sophia of Denmark (1241–1286), Queen of Sweden Sophia of Bavaria (1376–1425), Queen of Bohemia Sophia of Halshany (1405?–1461), Queen of Poland Sophie of Pomerania (1498–1568), Queen of Denmark and Norway Sophie Amalie of Brunswick-Calenberg (1628–1685), Queen of Denmark and Norway Sophie of Mecklenburg-Güstrow (1557–1631), Queen of Denmark and Norway Sophia Charlotte of Hanover (1668–1705), Queen in Prussia Sophia Louise of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (1685–1735), Queen in Prussia Sophia Dorothea of Hanover (1687–1747), Queen in Prussia Sophie Magdalene of Brandenburg-Kulmbach (1700–1770), Queen of Denmark and Norway Sophia Magdalena of Denmark (1748–1813), Queen of Sweden Sophie of Württemberg (1818–1877), Queen of
24-604: A deal with Valdemar, making him his co-ruler. Canute was an inferior king to Valdemar, and after Sweyn's re-entry into Denmark, a final compromise was struck in 1157, under pressure from the Danish magnates. Sweyn, Canute, and Valdemar were set up as co-rulers, with Canute ruling Zealand. During the peace banquet in Roskilde on 9 August 1157, later known as the Bloodfeast of Roskilde , Sweyn attempted to kill both Canute and Valdemar. Canute
36-413: A number of reconquests, all of them unsuccessful, and turned to Frederick Barbarossa for help. The resulting compromise of 1152, which was supported by Valdemar, made Canute the inferior co-regent of Sweyn. However, Sweyn decided not to effectuate the deal. Canute now formed an alliance with Valdemar and Sverker, whose daughter Helena Canute was to marry. Sweyn fled Denmark in 1154, and Canute struck
48-514: A pretty girl with promise of becoming a beauty. In the marriage contract, she was secured an eighth of her half brother King Canute V's estates in Denmark. Sophia departed Sweden for Denmark after the conclusion of the engagement in 1154, but as she was not yet regarded old enough to marry by Nordic standards, she was sent to reside with a foster mother named Bodil until she was old enough to live with Valdemar. The wedding between Sophia and Valdemar
60-573: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Sophia of Minsk Sophia was the daughter of Richeza of Poland , Dowager Queen of Sweden, from her second marriage to a man called "Valador", King in Poloni Land. The identity of her father is uncertain, it was either Volodar of Minsk or Vladimir Vsevolodich [ ru ] , Prince of Novgorod and son of Vsevolod of Pskov . Both of them were Rurikids . The latter version would mean Valdemar
72-732: The Netherlands Sophia of Prussia (1870–1932), Queen of Greece Sophia of Greece and Denmark (born 1938), Queen of Spain Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Queen Sophia . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Queen_Sophia&oldid=1208329040 " Categories : Disambiguation pages Title and name disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description
84-410: The border by her son and a grand entourage. She was repudiated in 1190, and returned to Denmark. Sophia had the following children with Valdemar I of Denmark : Canute V of Denmark Canute V Magnussen ( Danish : Knud V Magnussen ) ( c. 1129 – 9 August 1157) was a King of Denmark from 1146 to 1157, as co-regent in shifting alliances with Sweyn III and Valdemar I . Canute
96-459: The court of her half brother the king. In circa 1149, her mother married Sverker I of Sweden , in her third marriage. She took her daughter with her to Sweden, where Sophia subsequently spent the rest of her childhood at the Swedish royal court. In 1154, at the age of circa fourteen, Sophia was betrothed to Valdemar as a symbol of alliance between Sweden and Denmark: she was at this time described as
108-572: The following years, Canute tried in vain to defeat Sweyn III on Zealand for complete control over Denmark. In 1147, Canute and Sweyn united to undertake the Wendish Crusade , which however ended in the re-ignition of their strife. Sweyn and his cousin Duke Valdemar , the son of Canute Lavard, defeated Canute in Jutland in 1150, and Canute fled to his father-in-law Sverker I of Sweden . Canute attempted
120-458: Was conducted in Viborg in 1157, three years later. Queen Sophia was described as beautiful, dominant and cruel. According to traditional myth, she murdered Valdemar's mistress Tove and injured his sister Kirsten, but this is not confirmed. She was widowed in 1182. As queen dowager, Sophia received a proposal from, and married, Louis III, Landgrave of Thuringia in about 1184, and was escorted to
132-492: Was killed at the so-called Bloodfeast of Roskilde in 1157. Nothing certain is known about his person and character. Canute was born around 1129, the son of Magnus the Strong and his consort Richeza of Poland . After the abdication of Eric III in 1146, the magnates of Jutland declared Canute king, while the magnates of Zealand and Scania crowned Sweyn III , the nephew of Canute Lavard who Magnus had killed in 1131. In
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#1732854892227144-597: Was married to his first cousin once removed, as Sophia's possible father Volodar was a nephew of Valdemar's mother Ingeborg of Kiev . Sophia spent a part of her childhood in Denmark, where her mother had been married to a Danish prince in her first marriage, and returned with her daughter when her second marriage was terminated. Sophia was the half sister of Canute V of Denmark , the son of her mother by her first marriage: after her half brother became king of Denmark in 1146, her mother returned to Denmark with her daughter Sophia, who thus spent part of her childhood in Denmark at
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