Find A Grave - Ostergotlands Lan

Benedicta (Bengta Ebbesdotter) b. 1165 d. 1200
Queen of Sweden. She was originally a Danish-Scanian noblewoman, the daughter of a major magnate and man of war, and belonged to the powerful Hvide Dynasty (the Whites). Her years of birth and death above are approximate. Born on the big island of Zealand (Sjælland), Denmark, already at the age of about fifteen she became the consort of Crown Prince Sweartgar (II), the only son of Sweden's King Carl I (who had been assassinated many years earlier) and his surviving widow, Queen Christina. Her...[Read More] (Bio by: J T Demitz)
Alvastra klosterruin (Ruins of Alvastra Abbey), Odeshogs Kommun, Ostergotlands Lan, Sweden
Birgitta b. 1303 d. 1373
Roman Catholic Saint. The daughter of nobility and a relation of the royal family, she longed for a religious life as a young girl. She married and had four children, but after her spouse died she founded a religious order, doing much to help unmarried woman and their children. She went on long trips to holy places and died in Rome. Canonized in 1391, her Feast Day is October 7. (Bio by: girlofcelje)
Vadstena klosterkyrka (Vadstena Abbey Church), Vadstena, Ostergotlands Lan, Sweden
Carl I (Karl Sverkersson) b. 1135 d. April 12, 1167
King of Sweden. His year of birth is an approximation. This second Sweartgarian Dynasty king, King Sweartgar I's eldest surviving son by Queen Wolfhilda, had been named for the magnificent European Emperor Charlemagne (Carl the Great). Having eliminated his predecessor, Magnus II, in 1161 he maneuvered for a few years of his own on the throne. He was the first to adopt the official title of King of the Swedes and the Goths, a form used for over 800 years until 1973. He also tried...[Read More] (Bio by: J T Demitz)
Alvastra klosterruin (Ruins of Alvastra Abbey), Odeshogs Kommun, Ostergotlands Lan, Sweden
Catherine (Katarina Karlsdotter) d. September 7, 1450
Queen of Sweden and Norway. Born about 1418, she was the daughter of Carl Ormson, of a noble family later called Gumsehuvud, who was a member of the Swedish National Council. In 1438 Catherine married the Constable of the Realm Karl Knutsson of the House of Bonde, who the same year reached the title of Regent. In 1448 her husband was elected King of Sweden as Carl II and also in 1449 (for a year only) of Norway as Carl I. Already in 1450 Catherine died and was buried in the Church of Vadstena.<...[Read More] (Bio by: Benny Chordt Hansen)
Vadstena klosterkyrka (Vadstena Abbey Church), Vadstena, Ostergotlands Lan, Sweden
Danielsson, Bengt b. 1921 d. 1996
Swedish Author, Ethnographer, Explorer. He first made his name as stewart aboard the Kon-Tiki expedition in 1947. He was a sociologist interested in human migration theory, and he was also the only Spanish-speaking member of the crew. Most of his life he lived in Raroia, Tahiti in Polynesia, and wrote several books about this part of the world, among them a six-volume history of the Polynesian islands. He was very much engaged in environmental struggle and faught against the nuclear tests in...[Read More] (Bio by: Peter Robsahm)
Östra Tollstad kyrkogård, Mjölby, Ostergotlands Lan, Sweden
Eggert, Joachim Nicolas b. February 22, 1779 d. April 14, 1813
Composer, Conductor. A long-neglected pioneer, he was most important in establishing classical instrumental music in Sweden. Eggert was born in Gingst on the Swedish island of Ruegen (now part of Germany). A sickly but musically gifted youth, he began playing violin at age 11. Following a period of illness - possibly the first signs of the tuberculosis that would doom him to a short life - he pursued his education in Northern Germany (1794 to 1802) and got acquainted with the latest musical...[Read More] (Bio by: Robert Edwards)
Kisa Kyrkogard, Kisa, Ostergotlands Lan, Sweden
Heidenstam, Verner von b. 1859 d. 1940
Acclaimed Swedish poet, author and essayist. His first collection of poems, ”Vallfart och vandringsår” (Pilgrimage and wanderyears) was released in 1888, and met great recognition. He challanged the contemporary literature and called for a renaissance of fantasy, beauty and national themes, instead of naturalism that prevailed at the time. This opposition he voiced in ”Renässans” (1889). He beacme a member of The Swedish Academy (of literature) in 1912, and received the Nobel Prize for...[Read More] (Bio by: Peter Robsahm)
Övralid, Motala, Ostergotlands Lan, Sweden
Ingi the Elder (Inge den Äldre Stenkilsson) b. 1055 d. 1112
King of Sweden. Belonging to the Steinchetellian Dynasty, he was a son of the founder King Steinchetel and a grandson of King Edmund (III) the Old or the Slimy. Counted by some sources as Ingi IV of Sweden and called Ingemundus in Latin, he was born around the year given. At least for the last 5-6 years of his brother Alstan's reign they were co-rulers, but Ingi had the throne by himself from about 1084 when Alstan died. Ingi the Elder reigned for about 30 years, residing mainly in...[Read More] (Bio by: J T Demitz)
Vreta klosterkyrka (Vreta Abbey Church), Linkopings Kommun, Ostergotlands Lan, Sweden
Ingi the Younger (Inge den Yngre Hallstensson) b. 1075 d. 1130
King of Sweden. He was the last definite king of the Steinchetellian Dynasty, the second son of King Alstan (Hallsten). He has been counted as Ingi V, going by the most ancient Nordic history, but used no numeral. His year of birth here is an approximation. Records, which are scant and sometimes contradictory, have him reigning jointly with his elder brother Philip from before 1118 and/or taking over that year after Philip's death. He seems to have been dethroned in or around 1125-1126 during...[Read More] (Bio by: J T Demitz)
Vreta klosterkyrka (Vreta Abbey Church), Linkopings Kommun, Ostergotlands Lan, Sweden
John I (Johan Sverkersson) b. 1201 d. March 10, 1222
King of Sweden. He was a Sweartgarian Dynasty prince as the only surviving son of Sweartgar II and was born into that king's second marriage to Queen Ingigarth, who belonged to the early Bielbo Dynasty. He was chosen to reign at 15 years of age when King Eric (X) the Survivor died in 1216. John I led a war expedition to Estonia, where his earl was killed as well as a bishop who was taking part in the campaign. At home, his coronation at Linköping Cathedral created a stir, mainly resulting in...[Read More] (Bio by: J T Demitz)
Alvastra klosterruin (Ruins of Alvastra Abbey), Odeshogs Kommun, Ostergotlands Lan, Sweden
Leander, Zarah b. March 15, 1907 d. June 23, 1981
Actress. Born Zarah Stina Hedberg in Karlstad, Sweden. Her career began in revues and operettas in her home country. Her first movies were also made in Sweden, but it was only after the German production "Premiere" (1937) that she managed her breakthrough. She became one of the greatest stars of German film arousing enthusiasm with her cool acting, especially with her fascinating and deep voice, singing songs that were specifically composed for her. From then on each of her movies became 'Zarah...[Read More] (Bio by: Lennart Haglund)
Häradshammars kyrkogård, Norrkoping, Ostergotlands Lan, Sweden
Magnus I (Magnus Nilsson of Denmark) [cenotaph] b. 1106 d. June 4, 1134
King of Sweden. He was born around 1106, the younger son of King Nicholas of Denmark and Queen Margaret Colleen-of-Peace, a Steinchetellian Dynasty princess whose father was King Ingi the Elder of Sweden. His six-year-old brother Ingi was kicked to death by a horse in 1112. He has also been called Magnus the Strong, but the epithet has been criticized as a latter-day fabrication by many historians. Around 1126, after the reign of King Ingi the Younger and the death of throne claimant Reynold...[Read More] (Bio by: J T Demitz)
Vreta klosterkyrka (Vreta Abbey Church), Linkopings Kommun, Ostergotlands Lan, Sweden
Plot: Location of actual grave is unknown
Magnus II (Magnus Henriksson of Denmark) b. 1106 d. 1161
King of Sweden. He belonged the old Estrith Dynasty as the son of Duke Henry the Lame of Denmark and another one of Ingi the Elder's granddaughters, Duchess Ingrid. She thus originally was a Steinchetellian Dynasty princess of Sweden through her father Prince (possibly King?) Reynold. Duke Henry was a paternal first cousin of King Magnus I of Sweden and was killed in the famous Battle of Fotevik in Scania in 1134, waged between contenders for the Danish throne. Ingrid went on to marry King...[Read More] (Bio by: J T Demitz)
Vreta klosterkyrka (Vreta Abbey Church), Linkopings Kommun, Ostergotlands Lan, Sweden
Philip (Filip Hallstensson) b. 1070 d. 1118
King of Sweden. His year of birth is approximate. Belonging to the Steinchetellian Dynasty, he was the elder son of King Alstan (Hallsten) who died when Philip was in his mid-to-lower teens, leaving his uncle Ingi the Elder to rule until 1112. Philip's reign then lasted for six years, during which he may, according to some historians, have shared the throne with his younger brother, Ingi the Younger. A legend professing that the Apostle Philip had visited the old Swea Region and/or Gothenland...[Read More] (Bio by: Find A Grave)
Vreta klosterkyrka (Vreta Abbey Church), Linkopings Kommun, Ostergotlands Lan, Sweden
Plot: Unknown, may not be at Vreta
Philippa (Filippa of England) b. July, 1394 d. January 5, 1430
Queen of Scandinavia. She belonged to the Angevin-Plantagenet Dynasty, Lancaster branch, and was the daughter of King Henry IV of England and Mary of Bohun, the daughter of an Earl of Hereford. Her mother died when Philippa was born. After being engaged to him for 3 years, the English princess married King Eric the Pomeranian of Denmark, Sweden, and Norway at Westminster Abbey (in his absence) in 1405 and again in 1406 at Lund, Sweden (then Denmark). She was 12, he was 24. The marriage was part...[Read More] (Bio by: J T Demitz)
Vadstena klosterkyrka (Vadstena Abbey Church), Vadstena, Ostergotlands Lan, Sweden
Richeza (Rikissa Swantoslawa Boleslavna of Poland) b. April 12, 1116 d. 1160
Queen of Sweden. She was originally a princess of Poland of the Piast Dynasty, also called Rixa, and the daughter of Boleslaw III Wrymouth and Salome, originally of Berg-Schelklingen. Her four brothers shared rule in Poland after their father's death in 1139. About twelve years before that, Richeza was married to the Danish prince who was King Magnus I of Sweden, becoming his Queen Consort during a short and shaky reign. She had two sons by him. The elder of them was later Canute V of Denmark...[Read More] (Bio by: J T Demitz)
Alvastra klosterruin (Ruins of Alvastra Abbey), Odeshogs Kommun, Ostergotlands Lan, Sweden
Sophia (Sofia of Denmark) b. 1241 d. 1286
Queen of Sweden. She was originally Princess of Denmark of the Estrith Dynasty, the daughter of King Eric IV Plowpenny and Queen Gytha (Jutta), an Ascanian princess of Saxony. She was born about 1241, and her father was assassinated nine years later at the instigation of his brother King Abel. In 1260 she became a queen consort when she married King Waldemar of Sweden, whose step-mother was Abel's widowed queen from Denmark. This created a strange family relationship between Sophia and Matilda...[Read More] (Bio by: J T Demitz)
Vreta klosterkyrka (Vreta Abbey Church), Linkopings Kommun, Ostergotlands Lan, Sweden
Sweartgar I (Sverker den Gamle) b. 1100 d. December 25, 1156
King of Sweden. This founder of the Sweartgarian Dynasty of Swedish kings was a magnate of the first family of the Ostrogothland province, possibly the near descendant of an obscure King Eric (VIII) Goodyear (Erik Årsäll) a.k.a. Coal (Kol) and of Hacon Red, the so-called Blood Swain. His father probably was a major landowner called Wolf the Grain-Wealthy (Korn-Ubbe) and his year of birth here is an approximation. His dynasty vied for the throne with the competing Erican Dynasty, would fight it...[Read More] (Bio by: J T Demitz)
Alvastra klosterruin (Ruins of Alvastra Abbey), Odeshogs Kommun, Ostergotlands Lan, Sweden
Sweartgar II (Sverker Karlsson) b. 1164 d. July 17, 1210
King of Sweden. The third monarch of the Sweartgarian Dynasty named for his grandfather Sweartgar I, he was born about 1164, the only son of King Carl I and Queen Christina. He had been brought up in Denmark, and was called in from there to reign in 1196 at around 30 years of age because of the fact that the late King Canute's sons only were babies when he died. Sweartgar greatly increased the privileges of the church, even granting it total exemption from governmental taxation. His first queen...[Read More] (Bio by: J T Demitz)
Alvastra klosterruin (Ruins of Alvastra Abbey), Odeshogs Kommun, Ostergotlands Lan, Sweden
Wolfhilda (Ulfhild Håkansdotter) b. 1095 d. 1148
Queen of Sweden and Denmark. Her year of birth is approximate. She belonged to a dynasty of Norwegian lords called Thjotta (pron. Chiohta), as the daughter of the powerful earl Hacon Finnson, and has been considered the veritable femme fatal of Scandinavian queens as the consort of three kings in a row. It cannot be ascertained whether or not there is much factual substance upon which to base her nasty reputation as a greedy manizer, murderess-by-poison and mistress of intrigue of Italian...[Read More] (Bio by: J T Demitz)
Alvastra klosterruin (Ruins of Alvastra Abbey), Odeshogs Kommun, Ostergotlands Lan, Sweden

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