Queen of Sweden. Originally from Schwerin, she was the daughter Count Otto I and Countess Matilda, who was from Mecklenburg-Werle and belonged to the Nicholan Dynasty. Otto was in the last branch of the old (von) Hagen Dynasty of Counts of Schwerin that ruled there prior to the sale of Schwerin to Mecklenburg by his brother in 1358. Six years before that happened, according to the customs of the age, Richardice was betrothed as a child to 14-year-old Hereditary Duke Albert of Mecklenburg. They were married in 1365, making her Queen of Sweden, since Albert had been elected King there a year earlier by nobles eager to oust King Magnus IV. It is not known whether or not there ever was a Swedish coronation for Albert and Richardice, but they were in Stockholm for a number of years and she died there. Her grave was arranged in the Abbey of the Black Friars, of which there only are a few cellar-level rooms left under the dense urban architecture of today in the Old Town. Twelve years after her death, her son Eric lost any possibility of inheriting the Swedish throne when Albert was deposed in 1389 by Queen Margaret I the Great of Denmark, but Albert did rule the big island of Gothland for a number of years. Their daughter married Duke John of Görlitz. Albert was remarried and reigned over Mecklenburg-Schwerin in his old age. A double grave effigy of wood, prepared earlier for him and including a sculpted portrait of Queen Richardice, became her monumental cenotaph over his grave in Bad Doberan, Germany.
Queen of Sweden. Originally from Schwerin, she was the daughter Count Otto I and Countess Matilda, who was from Mecklenburg-Werle and belonged to the Nicholan Dynasty. Otto was in the last branch of the old (von) Hagen Dynasty of Counts of Schwerin that ruled there prior to the sale of Schwerin to Mecklenburg by his brother in 1358. Six years before that happened, according to the customs of the age, Richardice was betrothed as a child to 14-year-old Hereditary Duke Albert of Mecklenburg. They were married in 1365, making her Queen of Sweden, since Albert had been elected King there a year earlier by nobles eager to oust King Magnus IV. It is not known whether or not there ever was a Swedish coronation for Albert and Richardice, but they were in Stockholm for a number of years and she died there. Her grave was arranged in the Abbey of the Black Friars, of which there only are a few cellar-level rooms left under the dense urban architecture of today in the Old Town. Twelve years after her death, her son Eric lost any possibility of inheriting the Swedish throne when Albert was deposed in 1389 by Queen Margaret I the Great of Denmark, but Albert did rule the big island of Gothland for a number of years. Their daughter married Duke John of Görlitz. Albert was remarried and reigned over Mecklenburg-Schwerin in his old age. A double grave effigy of wood, prepared earlier for him and including a sculpted portrait of Queen Richardice, became her monumental cenotaph over his grave in Bad Doberan, Germany.
Bio by: Count Demitz
Family Members
Advertisement
See more Richardice memorials in:
Explore more
Sponsored by Ancestry
Advertisement
