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 48–49)
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:

• Helen (*ca. 1272–1337*), married with (1) Günther IX, Count of Schwarzburg-Blankenburg (*?–1289*), (2) in ca. 1297 Adolph VI, Count of Holstein-Schauenburg
• Elisabeth (*ca. 1274– before 1306*), married in 1287 with Valdemar IV, Duke of Schleswig.
• John II (*ca. 1275–22 April 1321*)
• Eric I (*1280/1282–1359/1361*)
• Albert III (*ca. 1281–October 1308*)
• Sophia (*?–13 December 1319*), prioress in Plötzkau

References

• Cronica Principum Saxonie, MGH SS XXV, sida 476
• Annales Lubicenses 1302, MGH SS XVI, sida 418

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