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Richardis of Schwerin, Queen of Sweden

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Tenure
  
1365–1377

Died
  
1377, Stockholm, Sweden


Name
  
Richardis Schwerin,

House
  
House of Hagen

Richardis of Schwerin, Queen of Sweden

Burial
  
Stockholm Dominican Church

Issue
  
Eric I, Duke of Mecklenburg Richardis Catherine, Duchess of Gorlitz

Father
  
Otto I, Count of Schwerin

Mother
  
Matilda of Mecklenburg-Werle

Spouse
  
Albert, King of Sweden (m. 1352)

Children
  
Richardis Catherine of Mecklenburg, Eric I, Duke of Mecklenburg

Similar People
  
Albert - King of Sweden, Elizabeth of Gorlitz, Charles IV - Holy Roman E, Elizabeth of Pomerania

Parents
  
Otto I, Count of Schwerin

Grandchildren
  
Elizabeth of Gorlitz

Richardis of Schwerin (Swedish: Rikardis; 1347 – April 23 or July 11, 1377) was Queen consort of Sweden as the wife of King Albert.

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Life

Richardis was the child of Otto I, Count of Schwerin (d. 1357) and Matilda of Mecklenburg-Werle (d. 1361) and the paternal niece of Richardis of Schwerin, Duchess of Schleswig, the wife of the former Valdemar III of Denmark. She was engaged to Albert of Mecklenburg, who was also to be king of Sweden.

In Wismar on 12 October 1352, the marriage contract was signed. It was not until 1365, however, that they were married in person and Richardis arrived in Sweden. She died in Stockholm and was buried in the Cloister Church at the Black Friars' Monastery.

Children

  • Eric I, Duke of Mecklenburg (1365–1397); also called Duke Eric, heir to the throne of Sweden and Lord of Gotland.
  • Richardis Catherine of Sweden (1370/1372-1400); married John of Görlitz
  • References

    Richardis of Schwerin, Queen of Sweden Wikipedia