Benedikte Ebbesdotter of Hvide

Benedicta (Benedikte) Ebbesdotter of Hvide, (ca 1165 or 1170-ca 1199 or 1200), was a Swedish queen, in Sweden often called "Queen Bengta", first consort of king Sverker II of Sweden.

Biography

Benedicta was born in Knadrup i Northern Själland in Denmark between 1165 and 1170 as the child of Ebbe Sunesson Hvide and was in about the year of 1185 married to Sverker Karlsson.

In 1195, her husband became king and she became queen of Sweden. The same year, her relative, the priest Andreas Sunesson, returned from a trip to France and became the leading clerical politicial in the archbishopric under Absalon, also a relative of Benedicta; queen Benedicta is described as religious and supported the aspirations on power from the church and archbishop Olov Lambatunga in Uppsala.

Queen Benedicta died in 1199 or in 1200; the cause of her death are unknown but is sometimes believed to have ben childbirth.

Children

#Helena Sverkersdotter
#Margareta Sverkersdotter
#Karl Sverkersson the Younger

References

* Åke Ohlmarks "Alla Sveriges drottningar."

Sucession