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Dagmar of Bohemia 
Queen Dagmar, church in Ringsted Queen consort of Denmark Tenure 1205–1213 Spouse Valdemar II of Denmark Issue Valdemar the Young
stillborn sonHouse Přemysl Father Ottokar I of Bohemia Mother Adelheid of Meissen Born c. 1186
MeissenDied 24 May 1212/13
RibeBurial St. Bendt's Church Religion Roman Catholicism Dagmar of Bohemia (also known as Markéta of Bohemia; c. 1186–24 May 1212/13, Ribe) was Queen consort of Denmark as the first spouse of King Valdemar II of Denmark. She was the daughter of King Přemysl I Ottokar of Bohemia and his first wife, Adelheid of Meissen.
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Family
Markéta had one brother, Vratislav, and two sisters, Božislava and Hedwig/Hedvika. Her father became the Duke of Bohemia in 1192, but in 1193 was deposed. He left Bohemia with his family then.
Adelheid with children find new home at the court of her brother and Přemysl Ottokar became mercenary of German dukes. In 1197, Ottokar became the Duke of Bohemia for the second time. He repudiated his wife and divorced Adelheid in 1199, on the grounds of consanguinity. He married Constance of Hungary later in the same year.[1] This step, together with other maneuvers, helped him to obtain hereditary elevation of his title to king later.
Adelheid did not waive her rights. In 1205, she returned to Prague temporarily. At that time, Ottokar decided to marry their daughter, Markéta, to Valdemar II of Denmark. However, Constance gave birth to a son, later king Václav I of Bohemia, in 1205. Adelheid left Bohemia soon and died a few years later.
Queen Dagmar
Before his first marriage, Valdemar had been betrothed to Richeza of Bavaria, daughter of the Duke of Saxony. When that arrangement fell through, he married Markéta in 1205 in Lübeck. She quickly won over the hearts of the Danes. In 1209, the new queen, now named Dagmar, gave birth to son Valdemar.
Queen Dagmar died in 24 May 1212/13 while giving a birth to her second son. Old folk ballads say that on her deathbed she begged Valdemar to marry Kirsten, the daughter of Karl von Rise, and not the "beautiful flower" Berengaria of Portugal (Danish: Bengerd). In other words she predicted Berengaria's sons' fight over the throne would bring trouble to Denmark.
After Dagmar's death, in order to build good relations with Flanders, (a commercially important territory to the west of Denmark's hostile southern neighbours), Valdemar married Berengária of Portugal in 1214.
Queen Dagmar is buried in St. Bendt's Church in Ringsted, Denmark, on one side of Valdemar II, with Queen Berengaria buried on the other side of the King.
Valdemar II elevated his son with Dagmar as co-king at Schleswig in 1218. Prince Valdemar was accidentally shot while hunting at Refsnæs in 1231.
Ancestry
Ancestors of Dagmar of Bohemia 16. Vratislaus II of Bohemia 8. Vladislaus I, Duke of Bohemia 17. Świętosława of Poland 4. Vladislaus II of Bohemia 18. Henry I, Count of Berg 9. Richeza of Berg 19. Adelheid of Mochental 2. Ottokar I of Bohemia 20. Louis the Springer 10. Louis I, Landgrave of Thuringia 21. Adelheid of Stade 5. Judith of Thuringia 22. Giso IV, Count of Gudensberg 11. Hewig of Gudensberg 23. Kunigunde of Bilstein 1. Dagmar of Bohemia 24. Thimo of Wettin 12. Conrad, Margrave of Meissen 25. Ida of Nordheim 6. Otto II, Margrave of Meissen 26. Adalbert, Count of Elchingen-Ravenstein 13. Luitgard of Elchingen-Ravenstein 27. Bertha of Hohenstaufen 3. Adelheid of Meissen 28. Otto, Count of Ballenstedt 14. Albert I, Margrave of Brandenburg 29. Eilika of Saxony 7. Hedwig of Brandenburg 30. Hermann I, Count of Winzenburg 15. Sophie of Winzenburg 31. Hedwig Gallery
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Monument in Ribe.
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Death of the Queen, monument in Ribe.
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Tomb of Dagmar and Valdemar.
References
Dagmar of BohemiaHouse of PřemyslBorn: 1186? Died: 24 May 1212/13Danish royalty Preceded by
Gertrude of BavariaQueen consort of Denmark
1205–1213Succeeded by
Berengária of PortugalDanish Royal Consorts Henri de Laborde de Monpezat (1972–present) · Ingrid of Sweden (1947–1972) · Alexandrine of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (1912–1947) · Louise of Sweden (1906–1912) · Louise of Hesse-Kassel (1863–1898) · Caroline Amalie of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg (1839–1848) · Marie Sophie of Hesse-Kassel† (1808–1839) · Caroline Matilda of Great Britain† (1766–1775) · Juliana Maria of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel† (1752–1766) · Louise of Great Britain† (1746–1751) · Sophia Magdalene of Brandenburg-Kulmbach† (1730–1746) · Anne Sophie Reventlow† (1721–1730) · Louise of Mecklenburg-Güstrow† (1699–1721) · Charlotte Amalie of Hesse-Kassel† (1670–1699) · Sophie Amalie of Brunswick-Lüneburg (1648–1670) · Anne Catherine of Brandenburg† (1597–1612) · Sophie of Mecklenburg-Güstrow† (1572–1588) · Dorothea of Saxe-Lauenburg† (1534–1559) · Sophie of Pomerania†‡ (1523–1533) · Isabella of Austria†‡ (1515–1523) · Christina of Saxony†‡ (1481–1513) · Dorothea of Brandenburg†‡ (1445–1448 & 1449–1481) · Philippa of England†‡ (1406–1430) · Helvig of Schleswig (1340–1374) · Euphemia of Pomerania (1326–1330) · Ingeborg Magnusdotter of Sweden (1296–1319) · Agnes of Brandenburg (1273–1286) · Margaret Sambiria (1252–1259) · Matilda of Holstein (1250–1252) · Jutta of Saxony (1239–1250) · Eleanor of Portugal (1229–1231) · Berengaria of Portugal (1214–1221) · Dagmar of Bohemia (1205–1213) · Gertrude of Bavaria (1182–1197) · Sophia of Minsk (1157–1182) · Helena of Sweden (1156–1157) · Adela of Meissen (1152–1157) · Lutgard of Salzwedel (1144–1146) · Malmfred of Kiev† (1134–1137) · Ulvhild Håkansdotter‡ (1130–1134) · Margaret Fredkulla† (1104–1130) · Boedil Thurgotsdatter (1095–1103) · Ingegerd of Norway‡ (1086–1095) · Adela of Flanders (1080–1086) · Margareta Hasbjörnsdatter (1076–1080) · Gunnhildr Sveinsdóttir‡ (1050–1052) · Gyda of Sweden (1048–1049) · Emma of Normandy† (1017–1035) · Sigrid the Haughty†‡ · Gunhild of Wenden† · Tove of the Obotrites† (970–986) · Gyrid of Sweden (952–970) · Thyra (900–935)† also Queen of Norway · ‡ also Queen of Sweden Categories:- 1180s births
- 1210s deaths
- Bohemian princesses
- Danish royal consorts
- Přemyslid dynasty
- Women of medieval Denmark
- Burials at St. Bendt's Church
- Year of birth uncertain
- Deaths in childbirth
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