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Margareta Hasbjörnsdatter

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Reign
  
1076–1080

Father
  
Asbjorn Ulfsen

Spouse
  
Harald III of Denmark


Burial
  
Roskilde Cathedral

Died
  
unknown (after 1080)

Name
  
Margareta Hasbjornsdatter

Margareta Hasbjörnsdatter or Margareta Asbjørnsdatter (11th century) was Queen consort of Denmark as the spouse of King Harald III.

Margareta was the daughter of jarl Asbjörn Ulfsen, possibly an uncle of her spouse; she would thereby have been her husband's cousin. No children are known from the marriage. The dates of her birth and death are unknown.

A DNA test in 2003 dispelled the centuries-old legend that Estrid Svendsdatter was buried in the northeastern pier of the Roskilde Cathedral. The new theory is that the sign on the pier refers to Margareta Hasbjörnsdatter, who was also known as Estrid.

Literature

  • Henning Dehn-Nielsen: Kings and Queens of Denmark. Kopenhaga: 2007. ISBN 978-87-89542-71-3.
  • Kay Nielsen, Ib Askholm: Danmarks kongelige familier i 1000 år. 2007. ISBN 978-87-91679-09-4.
  • References

    Margareta Hasbjörnsdatter Wikipedia