Rikissa of Poland

Rikissa of Poland

Rikissa of Poland (b. 1116 d. after 25 December 1156), was queen in Sweden and grand princess of Minsk. She was a daughter of king Boleslaw III of Poland and Salome von Berg-Schelklingen. Married three times, to Viking-originated rulers in two countries.

Biography

Her first marriage was with Magnus the Strong who was the son of King Niels of Denmark and a grandson of king Inge I of Sweden. Magnus died before his father and therefore did not succeed in Denmark, but as one of the heirs of his Swedish grandfather's extinct dynasty, he claimed Sweden and was recognized King in Gothenland whereby some sources dub him as king of Västergötland. Their marriage produced a son, Canute V of Denmark.

Secondly, she married Grand Duke Volodar of Minsk, a ruler of Viking origin as most of Rus princes then were. Their marriage produced, in addition to two sons, a daughter Sofia of Minsk whom her half-brother Knud had married to his rival, the future Valdemar I of Denmark.

Thirdly, she married the widowed king Sverker I of Sweden, earlier a rival of her first husband. Certainly one son was born from this marriage, Burislav Sverkersson; but the chronicles assign Sune Sik Sverkersson as another son from Rikissa and Sverker, possibly the youngest.

References

* cite book
author =Lars O. Lagerqvist
title = "Sverige och dess regenter under 1.000 år",("Sweden and its rulers during 1000 years").
publisher = Albert Bonniers Förlag AB
id = ISBN 91-0-075007-7
date = 1982
language = Swedish

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