Saint Ingamoder Emundsdotter of Sweden

Saint Ingamoder Emundsdotter of Sweden, (1043-1090), was a Swedish Princess, queen consort and Saint, child of king Emund the Old, married to king Stenkil of Sweden and mother of king Inge the Elder of Sweden. Her real name is not known; the name "Ingamoder" was her name as a Saint, which ment "Mother of Inge".

Princess Ingamoder Emundsdotter of Sweden was born child of king Emund the Old of Sweden and his queen consort Astrid Nialsdotter from Norway. Her brothers, Emund and Ingvar, both died before her father. She married Stenkil Rangvaldsson, who replaced her father on the throne in 1061; it is considered, that the marriage made her husband more acceptable for the throne, and Ingamoder, born as Princess of Sweden, then became queen of Sweden in her own home country.

The old holy well of Saint Ingamoder, "The well of Ingamoder", which may originally have ben a holy Pagan well, was located in Dala between Falköping and Tidaholm, and the target of pilgrimiges, where people sacrificed coins for the health, until the 19th century.

Children

* Eric VII Stenkilsson, king of Sweden.
* Halsten Stenkilsson, king of Sweden.
* Inge the Elder, king of Sweden.

References

* http://www.fredrikahlander.com/genealogy/pf9e0fc0b.html
* http://www.sollidensbil.se/sol_sv.kungar2.htm
* Åke Ohlmarks "Alla Sveriges drottningar"

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