Queen Consort and Wife of King Haakon V of Norway. She was the daughter of Count Gunther of Arnstein and grew up at the court of her maternal grandfather, Prince Witzlaw II of Rugen. She was married to King Haakon V in the spring of 1299, probably as the result of the Danish-Norwegian settlement in the autumn of 1298, where her grandfather had participated as a mediator. She was known for her cultural interests and reportedly possessed one of the largest collection of books in Europe at that time. She was especially fond of chivalric knight novels and had translations made of three French and German 12-century poetic novels, "Herr Ivan Lejonriddaren" (1303), "Hertig Fredrik av Normandie" (1308), and "Flores och Blanzeflor" (1312), which were distributed to the Norwegian and Swedish courts and were very popular. She and Haakon had one daughter, Ingeborg, who survived to adulthood and was married in 1312 to Duke Eric Magnusson, the younger brother of King Birger of Sweden. Their infant son, Magnus Magnusson, would succeed King Haakon V in 1219 as Magnus VI (the Lawmender), with Ingeborg as the formal regent until he came of age. She died around the age of 42. She was originally interred at St. Mary's Church in Oslo, Norway. Severly damaged in an attack by Swedish forces in 1523, it was ultimately demolished in 1542. His remains were discovered in the 1960s and reinterred in the Royal Mausoleum at Akershus Castle
Queen Consort and Wife of King Haakon V of Norway. She was the daughter of Count Gunther of Arnstein and grew up at the court of her maternal grandfather, Prince Witzlaw II of Rugen. She was married to King Haakon V in the spring of 1299, probably as the result of the Danish-Norwegian settlement in the autumn of 1298, where her grandfather had participated as a mediator. She was known for her cultural interests and reportedly possessed one of the largest collection of books in Europe at that time. She was especially fond of chivalric knight novels and had translations made of three French and German 12-century poetic novels, "Herr Ivan Lejonriddaren" (1303), "Hertig Fredrik av Normandie" (1308), and "Flores och Blanzeflor" (1312), which were distributed to the Norwegian and Swedish courts and were very popular. She and Haakon had one daughter, Ingeborg, who survived to adulthood and was married in 1312 to Duke Eric Magnusson, the younger brother of King Birger of Sweden. Their infant son, Magnus Magnusson, would succeed King Haakon V in 1219 as Magnus VI (the Lawmender), with Ingeborg as the formal regent until he came of age. She died around the age of 42. She was originally interred at St. Mary's Church in Oslo, Norway. Severly damaged in an attack by Swedish forces in 1523, it was ultimately demolished in 1542. His remains were discovered in the 1960s and reinterred in the Royal Mausoleum at Akershus Castle
Bio by: William Bjornstad
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