Queen Cecilia Blanka

Queen Cecilia Blanka

Cecilia Blanka is a fictional queen consort of Sweden invented by Jan Guillou in his trilogy of novels.

The real history does not know the name of the queen of king Canute I of Sweden. As Guillou needed her, or rather, a person in her position, as a figure in his novels, he invented that name and personality.

Europe in the Middle Ages did not have practically any double names, thus "Cecilia Blanka" in same sense as "Ulrika Eleonora" or "Sofia Magdalena" is not tenable for medieval authenticity.

It is inferred that the element "Blanka" has something to do with Blanka of Namur, a later, real queen of Sweden, married irl with Canute's wife's great-great-great-grandson, some century and a half later.

In his novels, Guillou contrasts two childhood friends, Cecilia Rosa and this Cecilia Blanka, nicknames based on their color of hair. Guillou thus indicates that his Cecilia Blanka was a blonde.


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